I’VE lost track of how many times my six-year-old daughter Sam has watched “High School Musical” and “High School Musical 2″ in all their different versions (original, What’s What, Sing-Along, etc.) on the Disney Channel and on DVD, and I can tell you that all she’s waiting for is October to watch “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” in the movie house.

Yup, unless you’ve been hiding under a rock or aren’t a parent, you know that the highly successful Disney Channel Original Movie is going to the big screen this October. Needless to say, I expect this movie to be a big hit — it’s just a question of how big. Judging by Sam and her friends and classmates, a lot of kids and young people absolutely love the “High School Musical” series, as well as “Hannah Montana” and, lately, “iCarly.”

Here’s a look at the “High School Musical 3″ trailer courtesy of TV Guide’s YouTube channel.

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WATCHING World Wrestling Entertainment Night of Champions on Jack TV and the action is about to start.

Keep refreshing this page to get the latest results. And stop reading if you don’t want the results spoiled for you heh

Jim Ross welcomes everyone as they broadcast Night of Champions from deep in the heart of Texas, saying that the arena is sold out with a crowd of 16, 151 WWE fans. Fellow SmackDown (yes, JR is now with SmackDown) commentator Mick Foley greets JR and the viewers.

First up is the WWE tag team championship match. WWE Tag Team champions The Miz and John Morrison make their way to the ring.

Next up are the challengers, Finlay and his, uh, son, Hornswoggle (please don’t ask).

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Foley says Finlay is able to inject the “classic European style” as opposed to the American style of catch wrestling. OK, whatever you say, Mick. I still don’t like Finlay, and the leprechaun, either.

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Haha, Finlay uses his “son” Hornswoggle as a battering ram against the tag team champs. OK, that was amusing. Will this be the night of the Irish?

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Nice teamwork by the champs, who are making frequent tags to keep Finlay  at bay.

Oh jeez, Hornswoggle tags himself in, and — WTF — the leprechaun hits a Stunner! Followed by a Bulldog.

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Hornswoggle is trying to crawl to their corner.

Can Hornswoggle make the tag?

Noooo!!!

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Hornswoggle finally manages to tag in Finlay, who goes to work.

Celtic Cross by Finlay.  Makes the tag to Hornswoggle, who is about to attempt a Tadpole Splash (yeah, a mini-Frog Splash) from the top rope, but Morrison reverses and then pins the leprechaun for the 1-2-3.

The tag team champs win and retain their title!

Winners: The Miz and John Morrison

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Heh, they show a replay of Hornswoggle doing the Stunner, and Foley says, “Somewhere in Texas, Stone Cold [Steve Austin] must be smiling.”

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Michael Cole and Jerry “The King” Lawler greet the viewers, and reminds them how the recent draft has made an impact on Night of Champions. Triple H, who is defending his WWE Championship against John Cena, has been drafted to SmackDown, so if he wins, his title will go with him to SmackDown.

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Next up is the US Championship. Chavo Guerrero makes his way to the ring, together with bodyguard and fellow La Familia member Bam Neely. Champ Matt Hardy then makes his entrance.

Match is underway.

Will Chavo’s bodyguard be a major factor in this match?

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Chavo is working on the injured left knee of Matt Hardy.

Chavo is “systematically dissecting the left leg” of Hardy, JR comments.

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Matt hits the Side Effect. Matt covers Chavo, but he kicks out.

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Chavo tries to make Matt submit with a half Boston Crab, but Matt reaches the ropes. Matt hits the DDT and covers Chavo, who again kicks out.

Chavo again tries the half Boston Crab, but again Matt is able to reach the ropes.

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Chavo looks like he is attempting the Three Amigos, but from out of nowhere, Matt hits the Twist of Fate to counter!

Matt pins Chavo for the 1-2-3 to retain the US Championship.

Winner: Matt Hardy

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Remember, all matches at Night of Champions is (duh!) a championship match.

So far, it’s 2-0 for the champs.

Man, I can’t even decide who to root for later in Triple H vs John Cena. I don’t like either of them.

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ECW commentators Taz and Mike Adamle welcome viewers, as the ECW Championship match is about to get underway.

It’s a Triple Threat Match involving champ Kane, The Big Show, and, ho hum, The World’s Strongest Man, Mark Henry.

Mark Henry makes his entrance.

Next up is Big Show, who earned this championship shot by winning the Singapore Cane match in Judgment Day One Night Stand.

Now the champ Kane makes his entrance.

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The action is underway. I’m rooting for Show. Anyway, Kane has been drafted to Raw, along with Batista, who will be challenging Edge later for the World Heavyweight Championship.

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Right now it’s Show and Mark Henry in the ring, while Kane is outside, just watching them.

Why do they insist on using Mark Henry? Can you say slow?

Show scoops up Mark Henry and slams him, heh.

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After Show and Mark Henry beat each other up, Kane decides to enter the ring, climbing the top rope and hits Henry.

Haha, now it’s a double Choke Slam as Kane and Show take out the trash, er, I mean, Henry.

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Kane once again goes to the top rope and goes flying, but Show catches him and Choke Slams him! Show pins him, but Kane kicks out.

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WTF! All attention was on Kane and Show, with Kane doing a suplex on Show, when out of nowhere Mark Henry smashes his 450-pound frame into Kane and pins him!

Mark Henry is the new ECW Champion. What the hell?

Oh, well, Kane is going to Raw.

Winner: Mark Henry

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Backstage interlude with Money in the Bank winner CM Punk telling John Cena and Batista that his briefcase is getting heavy. Will he cash it in at Night of Champions?

Maybe that’s why Henry won haha to job for CM Punk later One can dream.

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Next up is the World Tag Team Championship.

Defending champs Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes enter the ring.

Next up is challenger Ted DiBiase Jr. Who’s going to be his tag team partner?

“Um, there’s a problem. My partner texted me and says he’s on his way,” DiBiase says.

He asks if they can wait for 10 minutes.

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In one of the crappiest twists ever heh turns out Cody Rhodes is DiBiase’s mystery partner.

Rhodes ambushes his partner from behind when the match starts, and DiBiase reveals the treachery. DiBiase then quickly pins Holly, and now DiBiase and Rhodes are the new World Tag Team Champions.

Winners: Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes

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Boring blah-blah-blah interlude with Todd Grisham at the luxury suite interviewing John Bradshaw Liefeld, who is complaining because he’s not part of this pay-per-view.

JBL asks Todd why he’s not part of Night of Champions.

“Because you’re not a champion,” Todd replies.

LOL!

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Man, isn’t this JBL crap over yet? Now he’s dissing Mark Cuban, and then the Dallas Cowboys.

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Cheap heat as JBL tells the booing crowd his favorite city is New York, home of the SuperBowl champs, the New York Giants.

Thankfully, this boring segment is over, and we’re now going to find out who WWE Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho’s surprise opponent will be.

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Chris Jericho’s original opponent was Shawn Michaels, but he’s supposedly unable to compete because of an eye injury.

Chris is now ranting about how he’s competed even when he’s injured.

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OK, talk about a surprise opponent. It’s Kofi Kingston, the Jamaican Sensation, who’s been drafted to Raw from ECW.

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The high-flying Kofi is pretty good, but there was no build up to this match, and I really can’t get into it.  After that crappy DiBiase angle, and the crappier JBL segment,  this PPV is becoming really boring.

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In another shocker, turns out Shawn Michaels is in the arena, and his distraction costs Chris Jericho the match.

Kofi is the new champ!

Winner: Kofi Kingston

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Now it’s time for the WWE Women’s Championship match.

Defending champ Mickie James makes her entrance.

Now the challenger Katie Lea Burchill enters the ring.

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Katie Lea seems to be the more powerful of the two women, Michael Cole notes. Well, yeah, Mickie’s known for her spunk and speed, not really her power, right?

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Mickie James hits the DDT and then pins Katie Lea to retain her title.

Winner: Mickie James

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It’s time for the World Heavyweight Championship match — Edge vs Batista, baby!

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Edge and Batista have made their way to the ring.

Don’t tell me Edge “banished” The Undertaker from WWE, only to have to job to Batista heh

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Uh-oh, JR and Mick Foley keep talking about Edge’s unbeaten streak when it comes to defending the World Heavy Championship against Batista.  Usually a bad sign. Will the streak end with this match?

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So far, it seems like Edge is serious about wanting to beat Batista without any help from La Familia. Not a peep from La Famila, Mick Foley notes.

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Batista Spears Edge. People think it’s over, but Edge gets his shoulder up.

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Batista goes for the Batista Bomb, but Edge counters with a DDT. Edge covers Batista, but it’s not enough to put away Batista.

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La Familia finally makes an appearance.

Batista has Edge covered, but just when it looks like he’s won, SmackDown general manager Vickie Guerrero pulls away the ref.

It’s mayhem as Batista later grabs Vickie and sends her sailing throught the air when he throws her against the other members of La Familia. But when Batista turns, Edge hits him with the championship belt.

Edge pins Batista for the 1-2-3! Man, talk about the Ultimate Opportunist.

Winner: Edge 

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It’s time for the main event: WWE Champion Triple H vs John Cena.

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John Cena makes his entrance.

Will he be able to bring the WWE Championship to Raw?

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Triple H makes his entrance.

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Michael Cole seems to be sucking up (blame the writers heh) saying Triple H could be the poster boy for Night of Champions. You know, 12-time champion, blah blah blah.***

“Quite frankly, I’ll be pulling for John Cena to bring back that title to Monday Night Raw,” Jerry “The King” Lawler tells Michael Cole.

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Is Cena the new Hulk? The King says “one thing Triple H doesn’t want to do is get John Cena angry.”

Cena: Please don’t make me angry. You can’t see me when I’m angry.

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Cena kicks out of the Pedigree.

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FU connects!

Cena goes for the pin, but Triple H kicks out!

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Cena and Triple H exchange punches.

“It’s almost as if they’re trying to knock sense into each other,” The King Says.

Cena finally connects with the Five Knuckle Shuffle. Third time’s a charm.

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Triple H goes for the Pedigree again, but Cena counters and locks in the STFU.

Will Triple H tap again?

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Triple H reaches the ropes, but Cena pulls him back to the center of the ring.

Triple H counters with the Crossface. Cena refuses to tap.

Cena then uses his strength to lift Triple H into an FU position, but Triple H counters with the Pedigree!

Triple H covers Cena for the 1-2-3! What a great win!

Winner: Triple H

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Well, Night of Champions had a number of boring matches, but that Triple H-John Cena war was a great way to end the PPV.

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UPDATE: Looks like Randy Orton legitimately injured his left collarbone when he got tossed over the top rope when Triple H countered the RKO. As you’ll remember if you saw the match, Orton looked like he was trying to grab on to the rope but failed and landed hard on the floor. If you haven’t watched One Night Stand yet but don’t mind having the results spoiled, check out the WWE news story — the article also has a link to a video of Orton receiving medical assistance after the match.

Some wrestling sites are reporting that the legitimate injury Orton sustained was the reason the match was supposedly cut short.

WELL, here we are again with another World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-view event, One Night Stand, which I’m again watching on Jack TV.

Stop reading now if you don’t want the results spoiled for you. Just like the last time, I won’t be giving a blow-by-blow account, but rather highlights and some thoughts on the matches and WWE Superstars. Keep refreshing this page to get the latest updates.

As usual, Jim Ross and Jerry “The King” Lawler are doing the commentary for Raw and hyping up the matches.

First up is a Falls Count Anywhere match between Jeff Hardy and the superheavyweight Samoan Umaga.

As I’m typing this, the high-flying Hardy just did a cross body from the top against Umaga, who was outside the ring, and covered him for a near-fall. Yup, as the name of the match says, it’s Falls Count Anywhere — you can pin your opponent anywhere.

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Spraying your opponent’s face with a fire extinguisher backstage? Yup, that’s One Night Stand: Extreme Rules for you, heh

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Poor ref, he has to follow these two wherever they go, and now they’re under the hot San Diego sun in the parking lot, banging each other against the side of trucks and anything metal they can find.

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Damn, Jeff Hardy just did a Swanton dive from the top of an 18-wheeler truck on a prone Umaga, then covered him for the win!

Winner: Jeff Hardy

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SmackDown commentators Mick Foley and Michael Cole hype the Stretcher Match between The Animal, Batista, and The Heartbreak Kid. Shawn Michaels.

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ECW commentators Tazz and Mike Adamle talk about the Singapore Cane match (a staple match in the old Extreme Championship Wrestling) involving The Big Show, CM Punk, John Morrison, Chavo_Guerrero and Tommy Dreamer.

The winner will receive a shot at the ECW championship currently held by Kane at Night of Champions.

Tazz and Adamle keep talking about how the thought of The Big Show with a Singapore cane should make everyone afraid.

The participants are now being introduced. First up is CM Punk, followed by Chavo Guerrero. Then it’s Tommy Dreamer, who was part of the original ECW, has the most experience. Next is one-half of the SmackDown WWE tag team champions, John Morrisson. And last but not least, of course, is the heavy (pun intended) favorite, The Big Show.

The action starts, and everyone tries to attack The Big Show, who manhandles them.

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Ugh, close up of Big Show’s cut over his left eye.

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A bloody Big Show choke slams Tommy Dreamer, hits him with the Singapore cane and pins him (well, OK, puts one foot on the chest of the unconscious Dreamer) for the win.

It’s going to be The Big Show vs Kane, who is shown backstage smiling as he watches the results on TV.

Winner: The Big Show

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Todd Grisham is interviewing WWE chairman Vince McMahon, who had announced on last week’s Raw that he was giving away $1 million

“McMahon’s Million-Dollar Mania. Has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it,” McMahon says.

Grisham asks him what people have to do to get the million dollars, and McMahon says he’ll announce the details on Raw. He also says he knows what Grisham is thinking, but sorry, WWE employees are disqualified from the million-dollar giveaway.

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Now it’s one of my least-favorite wrestlers, JBL, who enters the ring for his First Blood match against John Cena, who I’m not too fond of either but who at least can be exciting.

Haha, one sign a fan is holding up says, “Just Bleed, Loser.”

Now Cena has entered the ring.

Ho-hum, Cena vs JBL is getting boring.

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As the name tells you, the first wrestler who bleeds will lose the match. If I’m not mistaken, the first First Blood match was the one between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Kane for the championship; at least, that was the first First Blood match I saw.

You have to think that it’s hard to script a First Blood match, ‘coz what if a wrestler starts bleeding by accident before the scripted ending of the match, and the one who was supposed to win bleeds first? That’s supposedly what happened in the First Blood match between Austin and Kane. Austin wasn’t supposed to lose, but he bled legitimately. Which would explain why he immediately regained the title from Kane on the Raw episode that followed that pay-per-view.

Oh yeah, and Cena and JBL are still trying to beat the crap out of each other in this match. No cuts yet, heh

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Cena slams JBL face first on a steel chair lying on the ring.

“No blood! No blood!” the ref yells after checking JBL.

Damn.

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JBL brought the chain, but Cena was the one who used it on JBL. Blood pours out of the mouth of JBL.

JBL bleeds! Cena wins!

Winner: John Cena

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Randy Orton is talking to Batista backstage. “Why the hostility?” Orton asks Batista, reminding him of their time as members of Evolution.

Orton talks about the upcoming draft and how they could end up in the same brand. He asks Batista to join up with him, saying they can be bigger than DX. Batista’s not buying it.

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Hell, yeah, The Glamazon, Beth Phoenix, has made her entrance for her I Quit match with Melina.

It’s the first ever I Quit Match involving the Divas, JR helpfully informs us.

Now Melina is making her way to the ring. Still one of the most exciting Diva entrances, heh. Stop drooling, King

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Boy, The Glamazon is pretty strong, isn’t she?

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“You’ve got to keep it clean now,” the ref tells the Divas.

Um, hello, ref? Extreme Rules? No DQ? I Quit match?

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Wow, Melina is trying to make Beth Phoenix tap out with an armbar submission.

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“How strong is Beth Phoenix?” Lawler asks.

Well, she just broke the submission hold by lifting Melina and slamming her with a running power bomb!

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Yes, Melina finally quits! The Glamazon wins! But Melina sure has improved as an in-ring wrestler. Props to her. But nobody messes with my fave The Glamazon heh

Winner: Beth Phoenix

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The Stretcher match between Batista and Shawn Michaels is up next.

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HBK Shawn Michaels makes his entrance.

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Michael Cole reminds viewers this feud started because Michaels’ retired Batista’s mentor and idol Ric Flair at WrestleMania.

Batista makes his entrance.

The match starts.

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Mick Foley comments that one Sweet Chin Music from Michaels may not be enough to put Batista in a stretcher. He says a second or third kick might be needed.

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Michael Cole says Batista’s clothesline has “literally turned Michaels inside out.” Um, it would be really horrific if that literally happened, Cole

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HBK tunes up the band for Sweet Chin Music, but instead runs into a Batista clothesline.

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Batista is dazed by a superkick from Michaels and he falls into the stretcher, but HBK can’t capitalize immediately. HBK stirs and is now trying to drag the stretcher with Batista on it to the finish line.

Batista is now off the stretcher.

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Batista hits the Spear, and now a Batista Bomb!

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Batista is now using one hand to drag Michaels to the stretcher.

Chris Jericho has come out and is now willing Michaels on, trying to inspire him.

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Batista and Michaels are now back inside the ring. Maybe Batista wants to punish him some more.

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Batista echoes the words Michaels used when he said “I love you. I’m sorry” to Ric Flair in the waning moments of their WrestleMania match before HBK finished him off with a Superkick — except Batista says “I don’t love you. I’m not sorry” and punishes HBK with a second Batista Bomb.

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Batista lifts Michaels and slams him against the steel steps. Then he places HBK in the stretcher and pushes it across the finish line.

The Animal wins!

Winner: Batista

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Oh yeah, I haven’t seen this in a while — Randy Orton vs Triple H for the WWE Championship.

Damn, we’ve seen this several times in a row, along with the match that will come after this, Edge vs The Undertaker for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

Anyway, Orton makes his entrance for his Last Man Standing match against Triple H. That reminds me, I still like his old ring entrance music better.

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Triple H a.k.a. The Game a.k.a. The King of Kings a.k.a. The Cerebral Assassin a.k.a. Vince McMahon’s son-in-law in real life heh makes his entrance.

Triple H is a 12-time WWE champion.

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Is it hoping against hope to think Orton will win this Last Man Standing match?

Triple H is doing a number on Orton’s left shoulder.

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Triple H beats the ref’s 10 count, after Orton drilled him with a DDT against the announcer’s table.

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Orton and Triple H are back inside the ring. Orton drives a knee right to the sternum of Triple H.

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Orton is supposedly telling the ref he has a broken collarbone, according to Lawler.

Triple H hits him with a sledgehammer.

“The Age of Orton is on life support,” JR says.

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Orton can’t beat the 10 count. The sledgehammer did it. Triple H wins. Again.

Winner: Triple H

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I’m still rooting for Edge against The Undertaker, but again, I think it’s hoping against hope. WWE has been more concerned for some time now with helping the veterans secure their legacies, rather than letting the young guns hold on to the championship.

Of course, I’m biased heh If Stone Cold Steve Austin or The Rock actually returned to the ring, I’d want them to be champs again. But with Austin’s injuries and The Rock’s Hollywood career, that’s unlikely.

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Yup, the last One Night Stand match is, in the words of SmackDown general manager Vickie Guerrero, the most extreme championship match in history.

It’s a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship. Edge, of course, is the TLC specialist, and The Deadman has never been in a TLC match.

Yeah, like that matters. Because one of the stipulations in this TLC match is that The Undertaker will leave the WWE if he loses.

Do you really see The Undertaker’s career ending in a PPV like One Night Stand?

One Night Stand isn’t exactly WrestleMania or one of the bigger PPVs like Royal Rumble or Survivor Series.

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Edge makes his entrance.

The Undertaker makes his entrance. Michael Cole reminds viewers that The Undertaker is the only champion in the history of WWE to be stripped of his championship.

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The match starts.

Foley and Cole keep reminding the viewers that The Undertaker’s career is on the line. Foley says that, like the Stretcher match, you have to wear your opponent down and put him away before you try to climb the ladder.

He added that another similarity is that, just as you can use the stretcher as a weapon, the ladder comes in pretty handy for beating up your opponent

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We’ve seen the chairs. We’ve seen the ladders. Now Edge is bringing out the tables heh

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Holy… Edge just did a Frog Splash off the announcer’s table onto The Undertaker, who was lying on a table, breaking the table in half!

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“How do you climb the ladder without a knee?” That’s Cole’s question as Edge places The Undertaker’s knee between a ladder and keeps hitting it with a steel chair.

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The Undertaker just took two chair shots to the head. The Undertaker is motionless. Edge is about to hit him with a third, but The Undertaker hits him with a low blow.

Edge lands outside the ring after hitting the ladder. The Undertaker is about to climb the ladder in the middle of the ring, but Edgeheads/La Familia members Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder attack The Deadman.

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The Undertaker may have beaten up the Edgeheads, but the distraction may have been enough as Edge hits the Spear.

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Edge is now climbing the ladder. The Undertaker limps inside the ring.

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Edge has his hands on the title. The Undertaker climbs and catches him. Then he does the Last Ride from the ladder, driving Edge through two tables stacked on top of the other!

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The Undertaker is about to grab the title, but La Familia members Chavo Guerrero and Bam Neely attack him. He wipes the floor with them.

The Undertaker, on one good leg, is climbing the ladder again.

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Edge pushes the ladder, and The Undertaker lands outside the ring, crashing through four tables!

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The Undertaker is out. Edge is now climbing the ladder.

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I don’t believe it! Edge grabs the title. Edge wins! He’s the World Heavyweight Champion again!

Winner: Edge

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I still can’t believe it. Foley and Cole talk about the end of The Undertaker’s career.

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La Familia — Edge, Vicki Guerrero, Curt Hawkins, Zack Ryder, Chavo Guerrero and Bam Neely — celebrates and goes backstage.

The Undertaker is getting up from the floor. The fans are cheering him.

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The arena goes dark as The Undertaker limps his way up the ramp with the fans cheering him.

“The career of The Undertaker is dead, but his legacy will live forever,” Michael Cole says.

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JUST tuned in to the World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-view event Judgment Day, which started 8: 30 this morning on Jack TV. Figured I’d blog the results while enjoying my WWE fix, so stop reading if you don’t want the results spoiled Keep refreshing the page to see the latest results.

Had to run an errand and finish other stuff first, so I missed the first match, which I understand John Cena won over JBL with his trademark finisher the FU. I’m not a Cena fan and I’ve never liked the JBL character — I think he was better as Bradshaw in The Acolytes back in the 90s — so I’m not exactly heartbroken over missing this match heh Still, Cena’s been the most popular WWE superstar for the past few years, so how do you get from being the former champ to having the opening match in Judgment Day? (Though to be fair yeah, JBL’s a former champ, had a 10-month run, if I remember correctly.)

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Huh, didn’t see that one coming. I thought ECW champ Kane and Money in the Bank winner CM Punk would become the new WWE tag team champions, but The Miz and John Morrison retained the titles. Yup, while Kane was choke slamming The Miz, Morrison hit his finisher and pinned CM Punk.

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Now they’re showing the promo for the match between Shawn Michaels and Chris Jericho.

Haha, don’t you just love the Best Acting in Sports Entertainment award Jericho gave Michaels, whom Jericho claims was pretending to be injured? Sweet Chin Music by Michaels to Jericho! While favoring his “injured” leg knee.

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Yup, pro wrestling is like soap opera for men, as my wife Ellen put it during the few times she watched some episodes with me. Just when Jericho was apologizing in the run-up to their Judgment Day match, turns out Michaels wasn’t injured. Yup, HBK (the Heartbreak Kid) was pretending to be pretending to be injured (nope, he’s not injured in real life, ya think?)

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Jericho makes his entrance. Break the walls down, baby. He’s actually the Intercontinental champ, but the title isn’t on the line. What’s up with that?

HBK’s music hits. If you haven’t been watching wrestling since the 80s or 90s, yup, HBK is still using the “Sexy Boy” entrance music.

The match has started. This should be good — these are two of the best superstars in the WWE when it comes to giving great matches, no matter whom they’re facing. Especially Michaels.

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This is a good match, heh. We’ve seen the Walls of Jericho and Sweet Chin Music, but both men are still standing. OK, now Michaels is trying to make Jericho submit with the Crossface, but Jericho reaches the ropes for the break.

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“Michaels’ ribs.” Blah-blah-blah, heh. Nah, seriously, JR rules, and he has to hype up the match.

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Damn, HBK pulls off the win! I was rooting for Y2J. Guess this is why it wasn’t a title match.

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Jericho is offering to shake Michaels’ hand in a show of sportsmanship. But is it?

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Heh it really was a show of sportsmanship Jericho claps his hands in a show of respect for Michaels. Guess that’s that for this feud, and we can now concentrate on Michaels feuding with Batista.

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Todd Grisham is interviewing the women’s champ Mickie James backstage on what she thinks of Cena’s win in the opening match over JBL.

Then JBL comes in and gets in Grisham’s face heh JBL asks Grisham why the heck he’s interviewing the women’s champ when he should be talking to JBL. Grisham starts stammering as he does just that, and JBL goes on a tirade on how he’s the one who was beating up Cena for 20 minutes in their match, and how Cena’s the one getting medical attention. Yeah, but you still lost, JBL

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I’m really forward to this one — it’s the triple-threat match for the WWE Women’s Championship involving current titleholder Mickie James, former champ The Glamazon Beth Phoenix, and sultry Melina.

James and Phoenix, unlike some other divas, are actually good in the ring, especially The Glamazon, who trained in pro wrestling and started out in one of the WWE developmental wrestling organizations.

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The Glamazon makes her entrance.

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Sorry was busy staring at Melina while she makes her entrance heh

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Mickie James makes her entrance. The match starts. I’m rooting for The Glamazon, actually, but I think they might pull off a surprise here and make the third party (because, really, it seems they’re setting up either James retaining by pinning Melina, or Phoenix regaining her title by pinning Melina, so that neither will lose to their bitter rival) Melina the new champ.

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Have to hand it to James and Phoenix, they’re making Melina look good inside the ring, though let’s give Melina credit, she’s improving. How about that double backbreaker The Glamazon did on Mickie James and Melina, carrying both divas and executing the backbreaker on them at the same time! Awesome!

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Sigh, so the obvious result was really what the WWE planned: Mickie James, channeling Jake “The Snake” Roberts, as JR puts it, hits the DDT on Melina and pins her to remain the women’s champ.

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Hmm, not a good sign for the challengers in the other championship matches. The tag team and women’s champs retained, and now it looks like the only reason Chris Jericho’s Intercontinental title wasn’t on the line was because WWE booked Shawn Michaels to win.

Aw man, I want Randy Orton to beat Triple H, and Edge to defeat The Undertaker (who isn’t the reigning champ only because it was stripped from him).

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Yeah, yeah, 85 percent of the AT & T mobile voters think The Undertaker will beat Edge. I get it, I get it

They’re now running the promo leading up to the world heavyweight championship match between The Undertaker and Edge.

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Edge has one of the best ring entrance theme musics in the WWE. My opinion of course Of course, my all-time faves are Stone Cold Steve Austin’s “Glass Breaks” theme and The Rock’s entrance music.

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OK, I’ve never been as big a fan of The Undertaker as some people are, but gotta admit, his ring entrance is a classic Just not really a fan of the Deadman, but he’s one of the all-time greats.

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“That lethal chokehold” that The Undertaker is banned from using in this match is the gogoplata, which is a submission move in mixed martial arts; it’s called the Kagato-Jime in judo. I read that The Undertaker is a big fan of MMA and so started using the gogoplata as one of his finishers.

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A countout win for The Undertaker, what the hell?

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“Excuse me!” says SmackDown general manager Vickie Guerrero. “I need to interrupt this announcement.” The crowd boos. Guess they all want The Undertaker to be a seven-time champ heh

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She says it’s common knowledge that a championship can only be won via a pin or submission, not via disqualification or countout.

“You are not the champion,” she tells The Undertaker.

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The Undertaker’s response? A tombstone piledriver on Edge.

“You son of a bitch!” Vickie Guerrero shouts at The Undertaker.

“Vickie sucks!” chants begin.

The World Heavyweight Championship remains vacant.

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In real life, by the way, Vickie is the widow of the late, great Eddie Guerrero, one of my favorite pro wrestlers. On screen, she plays SmackDown general manager and the romantic interest (ugh!) of Edge. Edge, The Rated R Superstar, is a great heel character, but I miss the days when it was Edge and Lita (sorry to all Matt Hardy fans).

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Randy Orton is talking smack to build up his cage match with reigning WWE heavyweight champ Triple H. RKO rules!

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OK, MVP is now in the ring complaining about being left off the Judgment Day card. What an insult to “the highest-paid superstar” on SmackDown heh

Now he’s calling out any top-tier talent who thinks they can take on MVP, who’s “still half-man, half-amazing.”

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Heh speaking of Matt Hardy The reigning United States champion, who beat MVP for the title, comes out. MVP says the wrestling gods have answered his prayers. he wants to fight Matt Hardy. “And bring my US title with you,” MVP tells Matt Hardy.

Matt, however, says there’s another person who’s going to prove he’s better than MVP.

Guess who?

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The crowd goes wild as Jeff Hardy makes his return! Heh Too bad, MVP, you get the other Hardy.

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Hell, yeah, high-flying Jeff Hardy climbs the turnuckle and hits Whisper in the Wind to pin MVP!

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Jerry “The King” Lawler wonders aloud if even Rambo can survive the steel cage, heh

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They’re now showing the promo for the steel cage match between WWE champion Triple H and the guy he beat at Backlash (in a fatal four-way also involving challengers John Cena and JBL) to win the title, Randy Orton.

By the way, in case you’re wondering why there’s a WWE Championship and a WWE World Heavyweight Championship, that’s because the Raw champ holds the WWE Championship, while the SmackDown champ has the World Heavyweight title.

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Remember, the one who’ll win the cage match is the person who wins via pinfall, submission or whose feet first touch the floor when he gets out of the cage, either by climbing over the side or using the steel door.

Randy Orton makes his entrance. He stares at the steel cage and touches it before stepping inside the ring.

Triple H, The Game, makes his entrance.

They’re now being introduced inside the ring.

The Game versus RKO for the WWE Championship!

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I want Orton to win this match, but I really don’t think they’re going to take the title away from Triple H so soon after Backlash.

Jerry “The King” Lawler keeps talking about being afraid to get inside the “mind of Orton.” His dark thoughts. Orton as “pure evil.” Heh

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Triple H applies the figure-four leglock on Randy Orton. Shades of his idol Ric Flair, who was formerly with Evolution together withTriple H, Orton, and Batista.

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Failed RKO attempt. Failed Pedigree attempt. Orton tries to hit Triple H with a steel chair. Hey, it’s legal! Triple H avoids the chair and hits the facebuster. Triple H now has the chair, but Orton hits him with low blow. Orton grabs the chair. Chair shot on Triple H, and then DDTs Triple H into the chair.

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Triple H survives the near-fall. Orton sets up the chair in the middle of the ring and tries to RKO Triple H into it, but Triple H counters.

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Orton tries to climb over the side of the cage, but Triple H pulls him. Triple H then tries to make his own escape, but no go. Now both men are battling on the ropes. Triple H seems to be attempting to Pedigree Triple H from the top rope, but Orton counters and is now making his way over the side of the cage, but just as Orton reaches the other side and starts climbing down, Triple H keeps him dangling with a chokehold.

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Both men are now in the middle of the ring. Triple H hits a spinebuster and tries to pedigree Orton into the chair laid out in the ring, but Orton counters. Triple H lands on the chair.

The Game, however, will not be denied. He dodges a rushing Orton, and then hits Orton with the steel chair. Triple H then pedigrees Orton for the three-count to retain the WWE Championship.

So much for the Age of Orton heh Triple H is still champ.

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Well, WWE went for predictability, and just as the trend in the earlier matches boded, all the champs retained their titles (well, that “son of a bitch” The Undertaker, according to Vickie Guerrero, isn’t the World Heavyweight champ but that’s just a technicality).

Funny enough, to me the most entertaining match in this PPV card was the triple-threat match for the women’s title. I would have loved to have seen Chris Jericho win over Shawn Michaels, because they haven’t really done anything with Y2J since he came back to the WWE, and now even his Intercontinental title looks irrelevant. Show some respect for the man and the title.

Anyway, Judgment Day is over.

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By Candice Montenegro, Contributor
INQUIRER.net

DAVID is going to be the next American Idol.

I know, I know, I’m fence sitting. Cook or Archuleta? That I do not know yet, but I’m almost sure it’s going to be a David face-off at the Nokia Theatre two weeks from now.

This year’s “American Idol” has been a mix of pure musical genius, acquired taste and huge fan bases. We’ve seen the likes of Carly Smithson and Michael Johns, who are both really good singers but probably didn’t have that much charisma or personality to sustain them in the competition. We’ve seen Kristy Lee Cook and Brooke White outlast better singers like, say, Ramielle Malubay, and we wonder how many people from their hometowns are burning the lines just to make them stay in the competition.

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