WWE WrestleMania XXVI Complete Results......

Announcers: Jerry Lawler, Michael Cole, & Matt Striker
Carlos Cabrera & Hugo Savinovich(In Spanish)

Attendance: 72,219

WWE Unified Tag Team Championship Match -
The Big Show & The Miz defeated John Morrison & R-Truth when Big Show landed the pinfall on Morrison to retain the WWE Unified Tag Team Championship
Referee: Charles Robinson

Triple Threat Match -
Randy Orton defeated Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes when he landed the pinfall on DiBiase
Referee: John Cone

Money In The Bank Ladder Match -
Jack Swagger defeated Christian, Shelton Benjamin, Kofi Kingston, Kane, Matt Hardy, Evan Bourne, Montel Vontavious Porter, Drew McIntyre, & Dolph Ziggler by climbing the ladder to become Mr. Money In The Bank
Referees: Chad Patton & Jack Doan

Triple H defeated Sheamus via pinfall
Referee: Chad Patton

Rey Mysterio defeated CM Punk via pinfall
Referee: Aaron Mahoney

No Holds Barred Match -
Bret Hart defeated Mr. McMahon via submission
Referee: Bruce Hart
*Prior to the match, The Hart Family came out with Vince McMahon to join him. But then it was found out that the Hart's were on Bret's side

World Heavyweight Championship Match -
Chris Jericho defeated Edge via pinfall to retain the World Heavyweight Championship
Referee: Jack Doan

10 Diva Tag Team Match -
Vickie Guererro, Michelle McCool, Alicia Fox, Layla, & Maryse defeated Beth Phoenix, Gail Kim, Mickie James, Eve Torres, & Kelly Kelly when Guerrero landed the pinfall on Kelly
Referee: John Cone

WWE Championship Match -
John Cena defeated Batista via submission to win the WWE Championship
Referee: Mike Chioda

Streak vs. Career Match -
The Undertaker defeated Shawn Michaels via pinfall ending Michaels wrestling career
Referee: Charles Robinson

WWE WrestleMania XXVI Card.......

WWE WrestleMania XXVI
LIVE! TONIGHT! From the University Of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona
Official Theme Songs:
I Made It by Kevin Rudolff featuring Lil' Wayne, Jay Sean, & Birdman
Be Yourself by Audioslave
*Card Subject To Change
© = Current Champion

Fantasia Barrino will perform "America The Beautiful"

*SPECIAL START TIME OF 7pm EASTERN/4pm PACIFIC*

World Heavyweight Championship Match -
Chris Jericho© vs. Edge
Double A's Pick = Edge
Lexicon's Pick = Edge
Mstar's Pick = Chris Jericho
Nick Money's Pick = Chris Jericho

Streak vs. Career Match -
The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels
*The only way to win the match is by pinfalls of submission
**If Shawn Michael wins, he will end The Undertaker's WrestleMania streak
***If The Undertaker wins, Shawn Michaels wrestling career is over.
Double A's Pick = Shawn Michaels
Lexicon's Pick = The Undertaker
Mstar's Pick = Shawn Michaels
Nick Money's Pick = The Undertaker

Money In The Bank Ladder Match -
Kane vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Evan Bourne vs. Montel Vontavious Porter vs. Christian vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Jack Swagger vs. Matt Hardy vs. Drew McIntyre
*The one who climbs the ladder, and grabs the briefcase, will earn a Championship Match which they can cash it anytime up until WrestleMania XXVII
Double A's Pick = Christian
Lexicon's Pick =Drew McIntyre
Mstar's Pick = Kofi Kingston
Nick Money's Pick = Christian

WWE Championship Match -
Batista© vs. John Cena
Double A's Pick = Batista
Lexicon's Pick = John Cena
Mstar's Pick = John Cena
Nick Money's Pick = John Cena

No Holds Bared Match -
Bret Hart vs. Mr. McMahon
Double A's Pick = Bret Hart
Lexicon's Pick = Bret Hart
Mstar's Pick = Bret Hart
Nick Money's Pick = Bret Hart

WWE Unified Tag Team Championship Match -
The Big Show & The Miz© vs. John Morrison & R-Truth
Double A's Pick = The Big Show & The Miz
Lexicon's Pick =John Morrison & R-Truth
Mstar's Pick = The Big Show & The Miz
Nick Money's Pick = John Morrison & R-Truth

Triple H vs. Sheamus
Double A's Pick = Sheamus
Lexicon's Pick = Sheamus
Mstar's Pick = Sheamus
Nick Money's Pick = Sheamus

Triple Threat Match -
Ted DiBiase vs. Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes
Double A's Pick = Randy Orton
Lexicon's Pick = Randy Orton
Mstar's Pick = Ted DiBiase
Nick Money's Pick = Cody Rhodes

CM Punk vs. Rey Mysterio
*If Rey Mysterio loses, he must turn Straight Edge
Double A's Pick = CM Punk
Lexicon's Pick = CM Punk
Mstar's Pick = CM Punk
Nick Money's Pick = CM Punk

10 Diva Tag Team Match -
Mickie James. Kelly Kelly, Eve Torres, Gail Kim, & Beth Phoenix vs. Michelle McCool, Layla, Maryse, Alicia Fox, & Vickie Guerrero
Double A's Pick = Mickie James. Kelly Kelly, Eve Torres, Gail Kim, & Beth Phoenix
Lexicon's Pick = Mickie James. Kelly Kelly, Eve Torres, Gail Kim, & Beth Phoenix
Mstar's Pick = Mickie James. Kelly Kelly, Eve Torres, Gail Kim, & Beth Phoenix
Nick Money's Pick = Mickie James. Kelly Kelly, Eve Torres, Gail Kim, & Beth Phoenix

Coverage for the event begins at 6:30pm the day of the event. Stay tuned to
this blog and bulletins for updates to the card and our picks. During the
event, you can follow our coverage on this blog, in the bulletin sections, on
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for the event will be posted right at the conclusion of the show.

Welcome ladies and Gents, to a Post-Destination X edition of the Rant's own...Gettin Open-with EddaDrama.

Now in the aftermath of the TNA PPV, here's a couple of thoughts from some of the main event matches...

-The Global championship:
Rob Terry beat Brutus Magnus. Who? Oh well, at least it was a decent match.

The X-Division Title:
Better than the fact that Doug Williams beat Shannon Moore, Williams grabbed the mic, and clowned Moore for even gettin' a title shot. In truth, the talk segment saved the match.

The Tag Team Title:
Hernandez almost single handily beat Beer Money Inc. as Matt Morgan continues to show he's no longer a team player. It's a shame too. Beer Money won't loose again if this continues.

Kurt Angle made Mr. Anderson Tap!:
decent match. But after the match we got to see what Mr Anderson does best....talk the talk. Even if he couldn't walk the walk after gettin' his ankle twisted, he can sure run his mouth. I can still hear him....Anderson,...Anderson,...Anderson....Anderson.

TNA Title match:
AJ Styles vs Abyss was a joke from the pre-match interviews. Styles soundin'like Flair. "Who do you think you are?". Ok, it was more of Styles tryin' to sound like Flair. And Abyss soundin' like Hogan. "Whatcha gonna do......" But to my disappointment, the match was stopped do to AJ gettin' put through the ring at the hands of Abyss. Hogan was ready to declare Abyss New champ, but it was not to be. Ref. stopped the match. Wait, why the ref stop the match? Never mind. It was funnier tryin' to watch everyone fight with that small ring now being broken after that match. I guess that's why they stopped the match. Who was supposed to fight in that environment. The real question is why was the ring small to begin with. This isn't the same ring that Hogan showed us when he got rid of the 6 sided ring. So why the change now?

I'll give this PPV a 2 out of 5.

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TNA Destination X Complete Results.......

Ladder Match -
Kazarian defeated Daniels, Brian Kendrick, & Amazing Red when he climbed to ladder to retrieval the clipboard to win a TNA X-Division Championship Match

TNA Women's Knockout Championship Match -
Tara defeated Daffney via pinfall to retain the TNA Women's Knockout Championship

TNA Global Championship Match -
Rob Terry defeated Brutus Magnus via pinfall to retain the TNA Global Championship

Ultimate X Match -
The Motor City Machine Guns defeated Generation Me when Chris Sabin grabbed the X to earn a shot at the TNA World Tag Team Championship

Scott Hall & Syxx Pac defeated Kevin Nash & Eric Young when Syxx landed the pinfall on Young to earn contracts into TNA
*During the match, Kevin Nash turned on Eric Young

TNA X-Division Championship Match -
Doug Williams defeated Shannon Moore via pinfall to retain the TNA X-Division Championship

TNA World Tag Team Championship Match -
Hernandez & Matt Morgan defeated Beer Money Inc when Hernandez landed the pinfall on James Storm to retain the TNA World Tag Team Championship

Kurt Angle defeated Mr. Anderson via submission

TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match -
AJ Styles retained the TNA World Heavyweight Championship when he was slammed through the ring and match was stopped by referee Earl Hebner

TNA Destination X Card.......

TNA Destination X
LIVE! TONIGHT! From the iMPACT! Zone in Orlando, Florida
Official Theme Song is Torn Apart by Death On Two Wheels
*Card Subject To Change
© = Current Champion

TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match -
Abyss vs. AJ Styles©
Double A's Pick = AJ Styles
EddaDrama's Pick = AJ Styles
Nick Money's Pick = AJ Styles

Ultimate X Match -
Motor City Machine Guns vs. Generation Me
*Winners
will be given a TNA World Tag Team Championship Title Shot
Double A's Pick = Generation Me
EddaDrama's Pick = Generation Me
Nick Money's Pick = Generation Me

Mr. Anderson vs. Kurt Angle
Double A's Pick = Kurt Angle
EddaDrama's Pick = Kurt Angle
Nick Money's Pick = Mr. Anderson

Scott Hall & Syxx Pac vs. Eric Young & Kevin Nash
*If Hall & Syxx win, they will receive TNA Contracts. If they lose, they must leave TNA forever.
Double A's Pick = Scott Hall & Syxx Pac
EddaDrama's Pick = Scott Hall & Syxx Pac
Nick Money's Pick = Scott Hall & Syxx Pac

TNA World Tag Team Championship Match -
Beer Money Inc vs. Hernandez & Matt Morgan©
Double A's Pick = Beer Money Inc
EddaDrama's Pick = Hernandez & Matt Morgan
Nick Money's Pick = Beer Money Inc

Ladder Match -
Brian Kendrick vs. Daniels vs. Amazing Red vs. Kazarian
*The winner will get a shot at the TNA X-Division Championship
Double A's Pick = Kazarian
EddaDrama's Pick = Daniels
Nick Money's Pick = Brian Kendrick

TNA Women's Knockout Championship Match -
Daffney vs. Tara©
Double A's Pick = Daffney
EddaDrama's Pick = Daffney
Nick Money's Pick = Tara

TNA Global Championship Match -
Brutus Magnus vs. Rob Terry©
Double A's Pick = Brutus Magnus
EddaDrama's Pick = Brutus Magnus
Nick Money's Pick = Rob Terry

TNA X-Division Championship Match -
Shannon Moore vs. Doug Williams
Double A's Pick = Shannon Moore
EddaDrama's Pick = Doug Williams
Nick Money's Pick = Shannon Moore

Coverage for the event begins at 7:30pm the day of the event. Stay tuned to
this blog and bulletins for updates to the card and our picks. During the
event, you can follow our coverage on this blog, in the bulletin sections, on
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TheRant09
or Twitter http://www.twitter.com/TheRant09.
The Twitter Stream also links up to our MySpace stream. And complete results
for the event will be posted right at the conclusion of the show.

Gettin' Open-with EdDaDrama

Almost missing out on the Monday stint,...here's a

Monday Night edition of Gettin Open-with EdDaDrama!

As of this post, we have had a solid 2 weeks straight of

Head 2 Head TNA vs WWE matchups. For the first week,

TNA had a chance to get a leg up on the WWE who didn't

do anything too exciting. The "Return of Sting" and the

unveiling of RVD along with Jeff Hardy helped things out

a lot. With that, there's still a lot more work to be

done if TNA wants the ratings to go in their favor.

This week I watched WWE programing only! With Steve

Austin as GM, I wasn't about to miss a beat. The

"Wrestlemania Theme" was a good idea for the show as

well. From John Cena vs Big Show, to HHH vs Randy Orton,

we got to see some of the hottest Wrestlemania matches.

WWE must've checked out my blog last week (cheap plug),

because they're doin' a nice job of showing the new guys

some respect. Dibiase, Rhodes, and Sheamus really got

to make big impact happen on RAW. One other thing about

RAW. After Batista's match against Kofi Kingston, I

laughed so hard as Batista punk ed out a fan who booed

him who was wearing John Cena gear. Batista made that

dude flinch so hard.....LMAO!!

A final note for this week...Stone Cold did so well as

GM, that I'm gonna throw his name into the hat to become

the permanent GM. Austin will demand respect, kick ass,

and take names. He's almost perfect for the role.

Injury may have cut his actual in-ring carrer short,

but he'd be really good in this kind of role.

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We continue to talk about the new Monday Night Wars and

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Gettin' Open- with EddaDrama!

It was once lost, but now found. The Monday night wars. And here to shed some cheers about it is the Rant's own....Gettin' Open-with EddaDrama!

So startin' tonight, the wars begin. Or continue depending on how you look at it. What's a new war here staring TNA goin' against WWE,....may also be called a Re-Match because of the "Generals" leadin' the charge. Of course, Vince McMahon is on the WWE side. No on the TNA side we've got Hulk Hogan, and Eric Bishoff. We had that in the WWE vs WCW Monday Night Wars. Could things be different this time around? TNA have some of the good things that helped WCW get to the top for awhile,..
-WCW had it's own talent to showcase, besides the former WWE stars that went over. People like Diamond Dallas Page, Scott Steiner, Booker T, Goldberg, and a hot cruiser weight division.
-TNA? They got their own talent. Those like AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Hernandez, Matt Morgan, Beer Money Inc, and the innovative X-Division.

Besides all of that, why should anyone get excited? Because it was WCW that made the big splash back in the day. Fans wanna see if TNA can do it. TNA has invested themselves to Hogan and Bishoff's way of runnin' things. As long as they learn from old mistakes, that include a really big one.....STOP COPYING THE WWE. Then they'll do just fine. I'm serious though. All the stuff with superstars jumpin' from one company to another is all well and good. Even havin' people use gimmicks from the other company is ok....not really great, but ok when it fits. But if I see anything like the fake Kurt Angle Screw job(Montreal Screw job), then I'm gonna grill the heck outta them. If TNA really want braggin' rights out here, then they really want to make their own material.

-And the WWE? It's simple for these dudes. They need to simply finish what they've started. From 2009-now we've seen the rise of young talent, and popular stars to freshin' things up a bit on the WWE roster. Legacy members, Dibiase and Rhodes, former WWE champion Sheamus, former US champion Kofi Kingston, current US champion/Tag champion The Miz, and such. With the big one, Wrestlemania right around the corner, we can see that the WWE is lookin' to their proven superstars to make it happen. That's all well and good, but I say that after WM, they really need to get back to gettin' their young talent up. Plus like I said....finish what they started. Stars like Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, John Morrison and such really need to get heavy spotlight out there. Of course the fall of ECW brought the rise of other young talent. This can be what really breaks things open for both RAW ans Smackdown. NXT has some very nice talent that won't take long to translate to the big rosters in the WWE.
-One more thing RAW needs to do though.....get a real RAW GM. Enough of all this "Guest Host" crap. It could be any of the WWE Legends. (Imagine Brett Hart takin' that job). Or it could be a good way to get JBL back...not to wrestle, but as an agressive GM...that would work. By default former GM William Regal is still in line. Whatever happens, we need a permenate GM...How bout Steph?

-Of course all of this is about the future of both companies. For now, let's just celebrate the rebirth of the Monday Night wars. It's been too long since we had one....let's just hope this war last longer than the last one.

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That's a mouth full. 'Till next week......

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Gettin' Open-with EdDaDrama

Just when you thought it was safe....It comes back to haunt your mind. It's the Rant that we love on Monday's....Gettin' Open-with EdDaDrama!

The countdown to Wrestlemania is here, but I'm gonna go a bit off-beat here. A couple of random thoughts have come to mind and I wanna get them out while I still have them fresh in my head.

-Money in the Bank PPV...If they really want to make a big splash about this thing, then I think it's time to put a nice tweak into it.
Lets put "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase's Belt in the air instead of the briefcase. By now everyone knows that whoever wins Money in the bank gets a title shot at any belt they want, whenever they want to challenge for it. Dibiase's betl never had a real title to it, and Virgil is the only other person to have ever held it. This would be a great way to give the belt some real prestige. Of course, once the person cashes in for a title shot, then they would have to give up the Million Dollar Belt, just as they do now with the Briefcase. But what I really like about the Belt vs the Briefcase is the fact that more people may want to challenge for the title if it was a belt. The briefcase had some matches, but the belt....that could change the game. Imagine having the Million Dollar Belt at WWE Night of Champions.

-Breaking up of Legacy...
It was a matter of time. And it seems to be for the better, if it didn't happen like this, then the WWE Draft would've most likely broke them apart. I still hope that Dibiase and Rhodes would stay together for a while longer. The tag division still needs work.

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