Pro Wrestling News and Notes From the Net: 12-17-08

In case you had your head some where you shouldn’t have over the past few days, Jeff Hardy finally got over the hill and captured the WWE Championship Sunday night in a brutal triple threat match. He was speared through one of announcer tables , toke several spills in and out of the ring, and came out of nowhere to swanton Edge for the pin. The net is buzzing all over with this as the majority of fans are happy with the outcome and think that it’s about time that Hardy got this honor. All of Hardy’s past problems are well documented and while it is a calculated risk , when you use his past to sell a match like the WWE did last month, you don’t get deny the man his do after all he has been through this year.

Am I the only one that doesn’t really get the JBL HBK angle. They have been feuding for a bit and know all of a sudden HBK is broke and works for JBL. it’s a big mystery how this is going to translate into HBK against The Undertaker at WM25. Your making HBK look like a pathetic jobber when he loses his Slammy to JBL for the best moment of the year. And I have a sinking feeling that next week JBL is going to do something on raw to screw up the matches to determine the number one contender for Cena “s Belt.

They have been having mini openings in various theatres for the “Wrestler” for a week or two. At one screenings , The “Hot Rod” was there and got a little emotional when being interviewed after the movie. Mick Foley has also seen it and he was equally impressed with it. It would be interesting to know what Vince , who has been trying to carve out his own niche in Hollywood, thinks of it . I”ll bet he isn’t all that thrilled with Layers of his business being peeled back for all to see.

In a follow up to last weeks TNA PPV, there a few whispers here and there about Al Snow making some more appearances with his old friend Mick Foley. If they don’t pursue this as far as they can , TNA will be missing out on something potentially very special. Your talking about two of the more interesting characters that have graced the squared or in this case six sided ring . They both know each other very well, and if there is any thought at all of Foley getting back into the ring, then there couldn’t be a better guy to put him up against then Snow. Depending on what Vince owns, you could have Mannequin heads start popping up on TNA shows to slowly drive Mick nuts.

Raw last night was , I don’t want to say it was bad but it was very uneven . I give them props for finally putting the second generation stable thing into high gear but without Ted Jr. it doesn’t hold as much water as it should. I cant help but think that Orton and the Million Dollar Brat will be at odds some where down the line. He’s wrapping the “Marine II” and should be back soon so until that happens , young Rhodes and Orton seem to be the ones in charge. They also seem to be courting Deuce who now declared he wants to be known by his real name , Sim Snuka in honor of his father “ Superfly Jimmy Snuki. I have one question in all of this. Is this Legacy group going to extend to smack down with the new Hart foundation .

Finally , Tomko has been seen back stage both Sunday and Monday night. This is a sign that he will be popping up on one of the shows soon . The big question being which show and will it be the same show that Christian will be on. Lets hope so