Blog #2: January 10, 2009

Hello once again wrestling fans! This past week has been a busy one for wrestling with lots to talk about so let's get started.

All the speculation came to an end when Christian Cage's contract with TNA finally expired. I think that Christian will soon resign with WWE within the next week or so and will make his return at February's pay-per-view No Way Out which most likely will mean Jeff Hardy will remain champion at the Royal Rumble. Christian's time away from WWE helped him improve on both his in-ring ability and mic skills. The "Hardy attackings" angle continues as Jeff was recently involved in another "accident". I will be interested to see how it all plays out in the end.

Goodbye, ladies! WWE released many performers this past week, the biggest of them all being Val Venis. Also released were D'Lo Brown, Kevin Thorn, and Bam Neely. I was hoping to see some of these guys more often on the return of WWE Superstars on WGN. Sadly they have become the first inductees into the 2009 Future Endeavors class.

TNA crowned new Tag Team Champions this week when "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed cashed in their Feast or Fired title shot (which is basically the same thing as Money in the Bank, but TNA will not admit it) to defeat Robert Roode and James Storm. Also, Mick Foley will make his in-ring return when he teams with A.J. Styles and Brother Devon against Booker T, Kevin Nash, and Scott Steiner of Main Event Mafia. I don't believe he has fought in a match since his arrival in TNA so this will be his first match back since he competed in the 2008 Royal Rumble match.

Speaking of the Royal Rumble match, the list of competitors has grown to 9 superstars. They are Triple H, Big Show, Shelton Benjamin, Vladimir Kozlov, The Undertaker, Chris Jericho, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, and Kofi Kingston. I'm still putting my faith in Orton to win the match but if the past has proven something, it is that anything can happen in the Rumble.