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LAW Oct 5 Update - No Mercy Tonight
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John Pollock
Fight Network Journalist

POSTED: October 5, 2008 - 2:40 pm

CATEGORIES: Wrestling

**Tonight is the WWE "No Mercy" card from Portland, Oregon at the Rose Garden - tickets have been selling very well for this show and I would expect at least a near sellout for the card tonight. We have a preview of the show on the main page, here is the quick lineup for the card (play by play on our site will start at 8pm EST):
*Chris Jericho Vs Shawn Michaels for the World Title in a Ladder Match
*Triple H Vs Jeff Hardy for the WWE Title
*Matt Hardy Vs Mark Henry for the ECW Title
*Big Show Vs The Undertaker
*JBL Vs Batista
*Kane Vs Rey Mysterio
*Beth Phoenix Vs Candice Michelle for the Women's Title

**On paper this is a show that is going to need a lot of big performances for it to be a strong show as the chemistry in some of these matches is not great. The top two matches should have great heat and the Jericho Vs Michaels has potential to be excellent. I think it's really key to put Batista over JBL in almost Goldberg like fashion to make that title match look as strong as possible whether it be Jericho or Michaels (and both have ties to Batista but I would leave it on Jericho right now). I have bad feelings about the Big Show Vs Undertaker match because it's going to be booked to go at least 10-minutes and they better have it booked well because that one could kill the crowd.

**Tonight on The LAW Dan "The Mouth" Lovranski and Jason Agnew will have a full recap of the WWE "No Mercy" card as well as Elite XC "Heat" and we will be joined by CBS commentator Mauro Ranallo to look at the event from last night and a behind the scenes look at what went down in Sunrise, Florida last night. We also want to hear from you guys at 416-872-1010, *8255 on cell and 1-800-561-CFRB about both shows and anything else you want to rant about from this past week. There will be a "Listen Live" link posted as the main story on the LAW page at 11pm EST tonight for those that cannot get the show on their radio or on Sirius 98.

**Dan Lovranski and I will also be hosting "Live Audio Xtra" for those that download the show each week - PLEASE POST QUESTIONS BELOW.

**Call Wai Ting and I will also have another installment of "Ask a Wai" and discussing new names for the segment.

**TNA has a live event today in Plattsburgh, New York.

**With the Motor City Machine Guns taken off of the October 24th and 25th events for Ring of Honor - the company has now added LAX to both shows with LAX competing in the Iron Team Match taking on Chris Hero & Davey Richards, Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black and ROH Tag Champions Kevin Steen & El Generico. Then the next night on October 25th LAX will take on The Briscoe Brothers.

**Pro Wrestling Guerilla has announced that Davey Richards and Chuck Taylor are the first two entrants into this year's "Battle of Los Angeles" tournament that will take place in Burbank, California on November 1st and 2nd.  

**Today is the 11-year anniversary of the passing of Brian Pillman.

**Former WWE Diva Terri Runnels turns 42 today.

**PAY PER VIEW REWIND
WWE No Mercy
Sunday October 7th 2007
Chicago, Illinois
*Triple H over Randy Orton to win the vacant WWE Title
*Mr. Kennedy & Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch over Jeff Hardy & Paul London & Brian Kendrick
*CM Punk over Big Daddy V by DQ
*Triple H over Umaga to keep the WWE Title
*Rey Mysterio and Finlay fought to a no contest
*Beth Phoenix over Candice Michelle to win the Women's Title
*Batista over The Great Khali in a "Punjabi Prison Match" to keep the World Title
*Randy Orton over Triple H in a Last Man Standing Match to win the WWE Title

LAW MMA UPDATE

**Here are the results from the Elite XC event last night in Sunrise, Florida:
*Nicolae Cury over Jorge Bouchat by reverse triangle at 1:35 of Round 1
*Bryan Hamade over David Gomez by guillotine at 2:03 of Round 1
*Mike Gomez over Lorenzo Borgomeo by armbar at 4:06 of Round 2
*Connor Heun over Edson Berto by TKO at 2:18 of Round 2
*Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos over Yoko Takahashi by unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
*Benji Radach over Murilo "Ninja" Rua" by TKO at 2:31 of Round 2
*Gina Carano over Kelly Kobald by unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
*Andrei Arlovski over Roy Nelson by KO at 3:14 of Round 2
*Jake Shields over Paul Daley by armbar submission at 3:47 of Round 2 to keep the Elite XC Welterweight Title
*Seth Petruzelli over Kimbo Slice by TKO at 0:14 of Round 1

**It was one of the most bizarre nights in the history of Mixed Martial Arts where the majority of viewers tuned in expecting to see Kimbo Slice Vs Ken Shamrock in the main event but were alerted right at the start of the show that Shamrock has suffered a cut above his left eye during training that afternoon and would not be cleared by the Florida State Athletic Commission to fight. Shamrock required 6 stitches above the eye after rolling with coach Dan Freeman and was accidentally head butted by Freeman. Elite XC was scrambling in the remaining hours before the event to find a replacement with Frank Shamrock willing to take the fight but they ended up choosing Seth Petruzelli (who UFC fans will remember as a member of "Ultimate Fighter 2"), who was scheduled to fight Aaron Rosa in a dark fight. Slice was adamant that he only wanted to fight Ken Shamrock but was eventually paid an undisclosed amount of money to take the fight and essentially save the show from losing its marquee main event star with the hope that enough fans that had tuned in would stick around to watch Kimbo fight. The end result was probably the last thing the company wanted although they are trying to put on a happy face about the situation. The fact is Seth Petruzelli will be known by a lot more fans today than he was 24-hours ago but I don't believe there is any chance he was made into a superstar or a draw coming off the win last night as more people are going to remember last night the fact that "Kimbo Slice lost" rather than "Seth Petruzelli won". It was very chaotic scene all day behind the scenes at Elite XC and to the companies credit they got the show on the air and got through a disaster situation but are left with many questions and few answers in terms of the long term stability of the company and their relationship with CBS.

**Hulk and Brooke Hogan were very visible at cage side Saturday night - it was funny because some people at Elite XC found it funny that Brooke was text messaging throughout most of the card and didn't seem too interested to be there.

**Terri Runnels was also at the show and will be joining us on Fight Network Radio tomorrow at 3pm EST on Sirius 98 Hardcore Sports Radio.

**Elite XC confirmed last night that there next card will be held on November 8th in Reno, Nevada on Showtime with the following fights scheduled:
*Robbie Lawler Vs Joe Villasenor for the Elite XC Middleweight Title
*Nick Diaz Vs Eddie Alvarez to crown a new Lightweight Champion (after K.J Noons was stripped of the title)
*Scott Smith Vs Hector Lombard
*Sarah Kaufman Vs Kaitlin Young

COMMENTS (21): Submit A Comment
1. Fish of the Land
October 5, 2008 - 2:59 pm

LIVE AUDIO XTRA ---- Is a box of hair dye really all that stands in the way of Kevin Nash making a return to the WWE as he stated in a recent interview? And with Edge mentioning how he'd like to see Christian return and finish his career out in WWE, do you see it happening? ASK A WAI ---- Do you have any female groupies? And does being an icon and having a cult following here on the site = getting lots of chicks?

2. ROD THRUST
October 5, 2008 - 3:16 pm

I was just wondering if Wai-Ting remembers the time we dropped 4 hits of Black aztec acid and ran threw Zellers shooting roman candles at the customers?Please answer me!

3. Alastair from Scotland
October 5, 2008 - 3:20 pm

Live Auido Xtra Question Hey guys i read a rumour going around that john cena is going to get a new gimmick when he comes back is this true from a member of the chaingang and im not a kid lol . and the new smackdown theme is terrible

4. KidKash
October 5, 2008 - 3:22 pm

Oh man, Nick Diaz vs. Eddie Alvarez is going to be an amazing fight. Can't wait for that fight. I wouldn't be surprised to hear elite xc fold within 1 year. The show has a very "cheap" feel to it, with referee's giving advertisements and comments prior to the fight "lets show them what women's mma is all about". The company has only 1 fighter in each division on their roster and they are quickly running out of opponents to create their lopsided match ups.

5. Warren
October 5, 2008 - 3:56 pm

With WWE's new PG rating and the Hornswaggle merch, is there any chance of turning Finley heel? He is much more interesting as a bad ass fighter than a dancing goof. PS Weeks I have been loving the Honk-A-Meter? 4. DING

6. rick from napanee
October 5, 2008 - 4:13 pm

do you guys think nash will return to the wwe,another live xtra question,do you see kurt angle returning to the wwe.

7. josh thomas
October 5, 2008 - 4:27 pm

Hey guys just a couple of questions and comments.. First the only guy i want to come over from TNA is Christian and for him to feud with Edge for a while.. wwe definately dosent need Kevin Nash nor does HBK!!! Also i've been loving Santinos backstage stuff more and more with him mocking Batistas entrance and such. Just a couple of questions first when do you guys suspect John Cena will return and will Vince put the WHC on him ever?? Also what ever happend to Sick Boy?? Kidman

8. Chris from New Jersey
October 5, 2008 - 4:42 pm

Live Audio Xtra Question- I know Homicide is a ROH alum and will be welcomed with open arms, but do you think the ROH fans will accept Hernandez?

9. Mike from Oshawa
October 5, 2008 - 4:57 pm

Hey guys what are the plans for Edge and when is he expected to return providing he doesn't return at the PPV. Smackdown has been boring and dull without him. I was surprised to see Seth Petruzelli beat Kimbo Slice the way he did, Who do you guys wins between Brock Lensar vs Randy Couture? I don't think Lensar deserves a title shot but it is good for buisness cause this could be the biggest bujy rate the UFC does, I predict Couture will win by submission in the 3rd round.

10. Magno
October 5, 2008 - 5:14 pm

LAW Xtra Q -
How does Punk go from World champ to no match on the PPV.

Ask A Wai Q-

Wai, what's your favorite Nas album? Glad to see someone at the LAW likes Nas.

11. Magno
October 5, 2008 - 5:22 pm

Another LAX Q -

By any chance, will you guys fix the iTunes podcast page in the future? It surely would make things go better, and get you much more publicity.

12. The Ultimate Man Challenge Of Fucked Up Things
October 5, 2008 - 5:48 pm

This is the most evil video on the internet and If you and wai watch it on ask a wai it would be really funny.http://www.spankwire.com/Article.aspx?id=51835 is the link but it is a messed up video so only watch if you have balls of steel.P.S it is a porn site so you might want to go through google or something.

13. Steve W.
October 5, 2008 - 5:53 pm

This one is for DAN and is not wrestling related. I saw you at the FAN EXPO repping the Trash Palace, and while I have yet to hit up a show, I was wondering if you had any good reccomendations for some bad but awesomely entertaing movies? I heard you last week saying you like bad wrestling PPV's so I'm sure you love bad movies too. I'm a huge movie nerd, and I've seen everything mainstream from the 70's and 80's so the more obscure the better!

Thanks!

14. Steve
October 5, 2008 - 5:54 pm

This one is for DAN and is not wrestling related. I saw you at the FAN EXPO repping the Trash Palace, and while I have yet to hit up a show, I was wondering if you had any good reccomendations for some bad but awesomely entertaing movies? I heard you last week saying you like bad wrestling PPV's so I'm sure you love bad movies too. I'm a huge movie nerd, and I've seen everything mainstream from the 70's and 80's so the more obscure the better!

Thanks!

15. this guy
October 5, 2008 - 6:21 pm

That wasn't Brooke with Hulk, that was his new girlfriend who looks very similar to her. It is creepy but that is Hogan for you.

16. Morty Seinfeld
October 5, 2008 - 7:06 pm

LAW XTRA = = = = Do you think anyone in TNA realized how many references to the WWE, Vince McMahon and their stars they actually made mention of on their show this past Thursday? It's really mind boggling, and all it does in my opinion is tell the world and re-enforce the point that WWE is the major leagues and that TNA is on a minor league level. I don't even see what it accomplishes. Even funnier is that it didn't even help the rating in anyway, not even with Mick Foley being there. It's time TNA worries about themselves, their homegrown talent, developing more of their own stars and storylines, and not worrying about what is going on in WWE land. Your thoughts John and Dan? ASK WAI TING = = = = Ever been asked for an autograph? If so, can you share your first experience for when that happened? Thank you!

17. LIVE AUDIO XTRA QUESTION
October 5, 2008 - 7:19 pm

What would Dan "The Mouth" Lovranski order when he goes to McDonalds? A Big Mac or a Crispy Chicken Deluxe? Also, what toppings does he get on this hamburger when he goes to Harvey's? What is Jason's favourite website for celebrity gossip? When will we see a match between Gotthorm and Dan "The Mouth" Lovranski? Also, when will Shawn Stasiak make a World Heavyweight Championship run in WWE? When do you guys think Chuck Liddel and Tito Ortiz will have a steel cage match or a Hell In the Cell? Also, what do you guys think about Lick's Homeburgers or going to Mr.Greek and ordering extra Tzaiki with your Gyros or Souvlaki?

18. Spaghetti Western
October 5, 2008 - 8:24 pm

I have it on good authority that Dan the Man Lo Vran's protege is none other than the Ham Burglar and thus has him steal Big Macs from inattentive patrons.

19. Tracy Turnblad
October 5, 2008 - 8:48 pm

About the ELITE XC Ref.

Did anyone else notice that Petruzelli's first punch only semi-stunned Kimbo , but one of the next punches ...which was seemingly a hard shot to the back of Kimbo's head ... was when Kimbo really fell apart? Why didn't the ref call that as illegal before Petruzelli continued pummeling Kimbo?

Also, I bet Shamrock is really wishing he had been the guy to end Kimo's win streak. Ha, Shamrock is such a tool.

20. Chopper
October 5, 2008 - 8:52 pm

I honestly hope Nash, Angle, and Christian go back to the WWE. TNA is a frickin bore. Mind you, not that the WWE is a big treat as of late, but at least with Nash and Angle back there will be some real backstage drama. Christian will actually add something to the mix though, and may even get a push. I hate seeing him languish in TNA.

21. Lex Morgan
October 6, 2008 - 12:01 am

When is Edge coming back? I thought he was going to comeout from under the ring and spear Taker after the match.

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