Tonight’s Raw will feature a potentially solid wrestling match: Randy Orton v. CM Punk. Note I said potentially solid. Orton’s matches are always judged on how often he goes into the headlock, so we’ll see if that’s within the first two minutes of the match–it usually is.

Also featured on tonight’s show wil be “Stephanie McMahon’s Raw Superstar Forum.” That segment will kick off Raw, and promises to be oh-so-exciting. Nothing like losing your audience to football in the first five minutes of the show.

Also, in other Raw-related news, PW Torch is reporting that Triple H is up to play the role of Thor in the movie Thor. I’m a big fan of the Thor comics published by Marvel (DC Sucks!), and I think he’d be a fine choice–he looks just like the guy. Also, if he’s off filming a movie, he won’t be clogging up the title scene on Smackdown.

Apparently it’s down to Trips and Daniel Craig (James Bond), so we’ll see if they go with big look-a-like or big star.

By the way, here’s Thor back in the day:

Oh, and uh, discuss Raw here.

What’s this, Episode 26 of the PWBite Rant is up on time. In this episode of The Rant our topics include WWE’s latest round of firings, Sting’s demand for more money, Randy Orton’s least favorite co-workers and I try to have a serious discussion about who could be the best wrestler in the world while the people in the chat room make jokes.

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Don’t forget to join us every Wednesday around 8pm EST as we record the podcast live over Stickam. Just be here at The New PWB 4.0 and I will embed the Stickam broadcast right into the web page before we start. Oh and of course don’t forget to check me out on Facebook and follow me on Twitter because I know you just can’t get enough of sideshowRaheem.

-sideshowRaheem

Episode 25 of the PWBite Rant is up. This is the longest episode ever mainly because I didn’t really edit out much due to time constraints. In our first Live broadcast Jade, El Nagual, Arron and I discuss the latest headlines which include Randy Orton’s re-injury, WWE’s latest round of releases, Mick Foley’s possible jump to TNA, and the lawsuit that Raven filed that could change the way TNA and WWE do business. I also give a review of TNA Hard Justice my first TNA live event and we make our picks for this Sunday’s Summer Slam PPV.

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Okay, so at the beginning of the podcast I go over all of this but I’ll do it again. First off I know the audio sucks even though I’ve done 25 of these things it’s still is a work in progress. Second, we will be continuing the live Stikam broadcasts every Wednesday night at 8pm EST be there or be square. And third if you like this weeks special opening theme you can download the entire Isaac Hayes tribute album by Cookin Soul here for Free!!! and be sure to check out there official Myspace Page and while your at it don’t forget to follow me on Twitter.

-sideshowRaheem

Episode 24 of the PWBite Rant is up on time this week. Since Jade is on the run from Jenny McCarthy’s people it’s only Arron, El Nagual and myself. This week we talk about Ric Flair’s departure from WWE, the likelihood of Mick Foley resigning his contract, WWE’s injury list, Kaz’s new gimmick, and we talk about the now infamous Mike Levy incident(if you haven’t seen it yet check the video here). Also we go over the cards for UFC 87 and TNA’s Hard Justice PPV.

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Seeing as next weeks PWBite Rant will be episode number 25 which I consider a milestone I want to attempt to record it LIVE!!! via uStream or Stikam I haven’t decided which one yet. What this means is all of you will be able to hear and chat with us as we record Episode 25. I don’t have all the details worked out yet but the tentative plan is to do this next Wednesday, August 13 starting at around 8pm EST if this changes I’ll let you know. Also don’t forget my Twitter, Facebook and our email address:

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After some degree of difficulty finding clips and my WMM cutting out on me several times. I present my newest Tribute videos.

The Rated RKO Tribute Part 1 & 2

Randy Orton

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Edge

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Guy, please rate, comment and subscribe

Paul Haymen is obviously ripping us off! Okay, maybe not but in the latest edition of the article he writes of The Sun UK he did put together is own top 5 list of the most underutilized talents in the business, here it is:

1. Randy Orton
2. The Entire TNA Roster
3. James Mitchell
4. Beth Phoenix
5. Tito Ortiz

I think Paul Heyman has one of the greatest minds pro-wrestling has ever seen with that said I don’t really agree with any of the names on his list but if you read the entire article you’ll see he dose make very strong arguments for all his selection. I want everybody to post there own top 5 most underutilized talents in the business because I want to use some of them on the next episode of The Rant(I’m gonna try to go with a slightly longer format and I think I need more material). So, what do you think who in the WWE, RoH, TNA or MMA is not being used to there full potential.

-sideshowRaheem

Editor’s Note: As always, no posting over this until tomorrrow!

First off, let me say this: can anyone believe Booker T actually made a PPV ad back in the day? I had completely forgotten!

Anyways, it’s time for another WWE PPV, Judgment Day. Here’s the card:

• Steel Cage Match for the WWE Championship: Randy Orton v. Triple H(c)
• WWE Tag Team Championship: Kane and CM Punk v. John Morrison and The Miz(c)
• World Heavyweight Championship: Edge v. The Undertaker(c)
• Triple Threat for the WWE Women’s Championship: Melina v. Beth Pheonix v. Mickie James(c)
• JBL v. John Cena
• Chris Jericho v. Shawn Michaels
• Mark Henry v. Big Show (not listed, but supposedly added)

And there you have it. Now let me tell you why this PPV might not be that bad. Yeah, I said it. It’s actually not that bad of a lineup, regardless of the crappy build that they’ve  had.

Mark Henry v. Show is obviously a filler match, so let’s just throw that out right off the bat. Jericho v. Michaels may be a short feud-advancing match, especially with Batista promising to show up, so I don’t have high hopes for it, either. That being said, you know these two guys will have a good match leading up to whatever kind of screwy ending there is. I’m sure it will set up a triple threat match for next month.

JBL v. John Cena…I really don’t know what to think about that one. It’s a wild card, but it could be interesting. At least it’s something different.

The women’s triple threat should be a pretty good women’s title match, especially when Melina and Beth Pheonix start turning on each other. The tag match could really go either way, as well, but with Morrison and CM Punk in it, there should be some interesting spots.

I’m hoping this Edge v. Undertaker match will be the match they should have had at Wrestlemania. I’d love to see an all-out brawl–we haven’t seen Edge have a really good, wild match in a while.  I could be way off base, but I think this match will deliever.

Finally, we get to the steel cage match. I think this match really could have been built better, playing more on Orton and Triple H’s history, which would have made the steel cage much more meaningful. Still, these guys will probably go to great links to make this a brutal, bloody steel cage match, which we really haven’t seen in a while in the WWE. I think the cage was a good choice for the main event, and hopefully it won’t be a let down.

So, I guess it boils down to this question: are you going to buy this show? I’ve considered it since I don’t think it’s that bad of a card wrestling-wise, but it will be on a whim if I do.

As always, discuss the PPV here.