Squared Circle Blog

Right out of the gate , its been coming out all day long that there was some sort of physical altercation between JBL and Joey Styles on the Iraq trip. JBL has a rep in the back for being a real prick to certain people on the back and there has been tension between him and Styles in the past. The kicker of the whole thing is that all reports have Styles Laying JBL out with one punch and drawing blood. This certainly explains the ear to ear grin that Styles had on this face last night and also why JBL couldn’t wait to get off the stage last night. Didn’t really do much to sell whatever stupid storyline they are cooking up with him and HBK.

There was nothing earth shaking involving the slammy’s last night other then Jericho as superstar of the year. My vote would have been for Jeff Hardy but then they had Hardy drop a match to Jericho anyhow. With a week to go before another PPV, it doesn’t bode well for one of the main events to lose to another. It doesn’t look all to well for the extreme enigma this Sunday at Armageddon. The thing with Jericho winning the Superstar of the year was probably done to generate that much more heat on the Cena match this Sunday.

Kozlov made a surprise run in on ECW this past Tuesday. Tommy Dreamer was in the middle of the ring when the big Russian popped up from under the ring and took out dreamer with relative ease. He then in his very thick Slavic accent that most people can understand , challenged Matt Hardy to a match that has been added for this Sunday.

The negative traffic on the internet about Diva champ Michelle McCool is apparently starting to get to her . While I personally wouldn’t say her in ring work is bad, she’s being singled out because of the whole problem with the Diva division . You cant keep putting variations of the same thing and expect people to be interested in it. You have to go against Diva type to create if you want people to watch. I have one question to the powers that be in the WWE. When Kong was a free agent , negotiating a new contract with TNA, was there any effort on taking her away from them, like say the effort you made to sign Gail Kim , who has yet to make a appearance on any of the shows in the WWE. If the answer is no , then you have your answer on why your women’s division doesn’t work.

Congrats go out to Ron Simmons on his induction into the college football hall of fame . This is kind of a personal thing with me because I remember when Ron pushed the “nature boy” to the brink and became the first African American world champion in any promotion. He was also one of the first linemen to finish in the top four in the Heisman Trophy Ballot. You earned it Ron.

The number one contender for the IC title is getting closer to being named . It will come down to Rey vs. CM Punk and the winner will face Lord Regal. My bet is it will be Rey and Regal will be in a prolonged program on RAW. Very contrasting styles so it could work.

And last but not least, the sound you heard Sunday night coming from the north was Vince’s head exploding when Al snow made an appearance on a TNA PPV . I have to admit myself that I thought it was going to be Terry Funk, but the fact that it was Snow makes it so much better. Foley and Snow have so much history between ECW and the WWE that there is bound to be a compelling story in there somewhere. It also means that there is a good chance that the two will meet in the ring somewhere down the line. Given Foley’s physical condition the options are some what limited but given those two lunatics, they could work out a killer match for a PPV.

Well that’s all I have for now. I’ll see you soon.