Quick Rant on CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho WrestleMania Match.

Message board vultures are crapping all over the Punk vs. Jericho match from WrestleMania because it wasn’t the Steamboat/Savage encounter they were expecting. It’s an awful hard position to be in when you are expected to surpass what is arguably the greatest match of all time. It’s not as if Jericho and Punk said “Hey, let’s not try our hardest and see what happens”. They wrestled for 30 minutes and the crowd didn’t get into it until the 16 minute mark. Sometimes, when you put a wrestling match together, it sounds really good in your head but doesn’t translate as well when it’s time to execute the plan. They were hindered by a lack of crowd response, poor placement on the card and that stupid no disqualification stipulation. The last 10 minutes were fantastic to watch but it fell short of being one of those classic Mania matches you will remember forever.

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Ring of Honor: 10th Anniversary Results and Thoughts

Ring of Honor 10th Anniversary iPPV 3/4/12 The Manhattan Center in New York City

Glory By Honor X Tag Team Rematch: The All Night Xpress (Rhett Titus & Kenny King) defeated Wrestling’s Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) when King pinned Ben out of a Power Bomb sunset flip exchange.

Special Attraction: Mike Bennett defeated Homicide with a school boy after being distracted by Maria Kanellis and Brutal Bob Evans.

– ChiKara Grand Champion Eddie Kingston came out for s special interview and Kevin Kelly announced a co promotion event between RHO and ChiKara titled “Synergy” in Chicago. Kevin Steen came out and wanted to make an alliance with Kingston where they destroy both promotions and rebuild them in their own image.

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Miesha Tate vs. Ronda Rousey Preview

Miesha Tate (12-2) vs. Ronda Rousey (4-0)

Meisha Tate will defend the Strikeforce 135 lbs championship against the undefeated Ronda Rousey. Rousey has taken female mixed martial arts by storm with her impressive submission victories and charisma. The war of words has been heated over the past three months as both women do not like each other. This is the 2nd time a female fight will headline a major MMA event.

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UFC on FX 2: Alves vs. Kampmann Results

Allphones Arena in Sydney Australia Commentators: Kenny Florian and Jon Anik

– Prelim Results

Shawn Jordan over Oli Thompson via TKO in the 2nd Round

Daniel Pineda over Mackens Semerzier vi-a armbar in the 1st Round

T.J. Waldburger over Jake Hecht by armbar in the 1st Round

Andrew Craig over Kyle Noke via unanimous decision

Steven Siler over Cole Miller via unanimous decision

Anthony Perosh def. Nick Penner via TKO in the 1st Round–

James Te Huna over Aaron Rosa via TKO in the 1st Round 1

Main Card

Constantinos Philippou defeated Court McGee via unanimous decision 29-28 across the board: The story of the fight was McGee coundn’t get anything going as Philippou made him uncomfortable and dictated the pace.

– Flyweight Tournament

Demetrious Johnson defeated Ian McCall via majority decision as two judges scored it 29-28 Johnson and one scored it a draw: McCall stormed out of the octagon as the fans chanted bullshit. I scored it 29-28 McCall and Kenny Florian even disagree with the decision. McCall control the fight by utilizing inside trips to secure takedowns. Johnson didn’t score a single takedown. McCall show no sign of first time jitters and displayed a lot charisma. He is going to be a star.

Joseph Benavidez defeated Yasuhiro Urushitani via TKO due to strikes at 0:11 of the 2nd Round: Benavidez came out and immediately dropped Urushitani with an over hand right. He jumped right on him and pounded him until the ref called a halt to the action.

– Main Event

Martin Kampmann defeated Thiago Alves via guillotine choke at 4:12 of the 3rd Round: With the exception of a teep kick that hurt Alves early in the first, Kampmann was dominated for the majority of the fight. He kept getting hit with punch after punch and was taken down a few times even though Alves couldn’t do anything with it. The finish came when Kampmann hooked the guillotine as Alves shot in for the takedown.

Wrestlemania is taking Shape, Is The Rock a Heel and More.

The build for Wrestlemania is heating up with six big matches announced.

The Rock vs. John Cena

Hell in a Cell: HHH vs. The Undertaker

WWE Title: CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho

World Heavyweight Title: Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus

Intercontinental Title: Cody Rhodes vs. Big Show

Randy Orton vs. Kane

Those matches are enough for any wrestling fan to throw down their $54.95. With such a stacked line up already would any other match just be a let down? There will be a Divas’ match added to the card and the drama between Teddy Long and John Laurinaitis will probably culminate with a five man tag to determine one General Manager. Look at the current roster of wrestlers to see who doesn’t have a match yet.

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