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.

Episode number 145 of PWB’s Official Podcast is now online.

In this episode, I discuss gimmick matches run wild, the results of last week’s podcast poll featuring Sting, Christian’s potential move to WWE, Lesnar v. Couture and give you my final word on the TNA Impact! video game.

Podcast Table of Contents:

• Intro and Plugs (1:00)
• The Sorry State of Gimmick Matches (3:16)
• Podcast Poll: Should Sting Sign with the WWE in 2010? (13:22)
• How to book Christian v. Edge in the WWE (22:11)
• Brock Lesnar v. Randy Couture (29:29)
• The Final Word: My Take on the TNA Impact! Video Game (36:35)

I know everyone was pretty dismayed when news broke that Evan Bourne suffered an ankle injury.

Now we know more about that injury. According to Bryan Alvarez of F4WOnline, Bourne suffered a torn deltoid ligament and a dislocated left ankle. He’ll be wearing a boot on that knee for the time being.

Jason Powell of ProWrestling.net is reporting that recovery time for this injury is three to four months, so don’t expect to see Bourne back on TV before then.

This is a huge blow for wrestling fans since Bourne was consistantly involved in the best wrestling matches on WWE TV. His popularity has soared, and I’m betting he gets a huge push when he comes back in 2009.

Maffew was deleted from youtube but is now back

FUCK YOU YOUTUBE!

Anyway, In this botchamania watch out for the Billy Gunn/Road Dogg shoot interview and the Invasion Alliance segment where RVD was late for the segment and Justin Credible had to go to the back and get him

HAHAHAHAHA!

From PW Insider’s Mike Johnson:

Evan Bourne suffered some sort of ankle injury at last night’s ECW taping. It’s believed he suffered torn ligaments in his ankle. There’s no word on how long he’ll be out of action at this point or if it’s something he can work through.

This is really unfortunate news. Bourne was really getting popular, and looked to be in for a big push.

If it really is a torn ligament, I doubt he can work through it considering his high flying style. This will definately hurt both ECW and Raw, as Bourne has been appearing frequently on both shows. Let’s hope he does what’s best for his health and is back in action as soon as possible.

As you all know by now, Lance Cade was released yesterday by the WWE. There’s been no real explanation for the release, so we’ve all be speculating on why it might have occurred.

Jim Ross blogged today about Lance Cade’s release, and it’s pretty shocking.

Here’s what he had to say:

The story that I have read on many internet sites about the reason for Cade’s sudden dismissal isn’t accurate. Many punhdits speculate that Cade was dismissed because of a bad performance in a recent TV bout against DX on Raw which is absolutely untrue. Lance’s dismissal had zero to do with his in ring performances or his lack of ability.

Lance Cade was dismissed from the WWE because, like many humans, he made a major league mistake while utilizing bad judgment that cost him his job. This included Lance having a seizure on an airplane and having to have emergency medial care. Luckily, Lilian Garcia was on the same flight and was instrumental in helping Lance get taken to a hospital where a battery of tests were run that luckily determined that there was nothing seriously wrong with the young man such as a brain tumor, etc.

Everyone makes mistakes, Lord knows I have made plenty in my career, but in this day and time some mistakes just simply can’t be condoned. To some fans, Lance Cade will likely still be perceived as the victim in this matter and his punishment too harsh.

Under the circumstances of the situation, I don’t know what other decision the WWE could have made. I’m just relieved that it wasn’t me in my former role that would have had to address this matter. I really like this kid and hope that he continues to follow his dreams. Second chances are not foreign in the wrestling business so perhaps that could be in Lance’s future but that’s just a personal observation.

Wow. I’m not sure what would have caused a seziure–it could have been any number of things. But as J.R. says, it was definately a major league mistake.

After reading this, I can’t see him showing up in TNA any time soon.