Hello, Wrestling-Online fans, and Welcome to the Jumble! I hope all of you who are mothers, grandmothers, etc. had a wonderful Mother’s Day!

I like William Regal but this whole turning the lights off whenever he feels like the audience or the superstars aren’t respecting him is getting just a little ridiculous. I’m all for him playing a heel character because he does it so well, but cable television isn’t cheap and I really don’t like seeing my money wasted on a black screen. Sure it’s a great “heel” tactic but it’s something that will get very old very quickly.

One errant boot and Melina now has a big target on her back. I can’t wait to see a series of matches between her and Beth Phoenix because it just seems like it’s been a while since Melina got into a really good feud with anyone.

How great was it to see Trish Stratus backstage! I’m sure she was just visiting friends while WWE was in Ontario, but we can still hope that one day she’ll return on a more permanent basis. Can’t you imagine a feud with Trish and Beth? Or maybe even Trish and Nattie, trying to prove which Canadian is the best women’s wrestler. Hey, stranger things have happened!

I’m probably in the minority here but I actually like Mike Adamle as an announcer. I think it’s going to take him some time to really get used to calling wrestling matches when he’s more used to calling things like “American Gladiators” but he’ll manage. After all, look at how many people hated Jonathan Coachman and Michael Cole when they first started announcing? They’re both good play-by-play guys now, so there’s hope for Adamle.

Speaking of The Coach, I want to send my congratulations to him on his new position with ESPN! He’s going to be missed on WWE TV but how awesome is this opportunity for him!

Loved the tag team match pitting Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels against John Morrison and The Miz! And besides that, I’m still loving the feud between Y2J and HBK! Is Shawn faking the knee injury to gain sympathy and lull his opponents into thinking he’ll be a pushover, as Chris seems to think? Or is Shawn really hurt but able to work through the pain and deliver his “Sweet Chin Music” to numerous challengers?

Everyone knows that I am no fan of John Bradshaw Layfield, but after what he said to D.H. Smith last Monday I’m more inclined than ever to hate his guts. What did he say that made me so angry? “Your daddy can’t help you.” Normally I wouldn’t have had a problem with JBL telling D.H. that his father couldn’t help him, just like I didn’t have a problem with him saying Bret Hart (who is D.H.’s uncle) couldn’t help him. Bret obviously couldn’t help D.H. because he isn’t able to physically compete anymore. Davey Boy is another story. It wasn’t that he’s unable to help his son due to physical limitations. No, Davey can’t help his son because he died in 2002, and I just felt it was completely wrong for JBL to say something like that when he knew good and darn well that D.H.’s father is dead. Now I won’t place the blame strictly on JBL because there’s the possibility that the writers told him to say what he did, and perhaps they even okayed it with D.H. ahead of time. But, honestly, I think JBL was probably just given an outline of what he should say and was allowed to ad lib as he saw fit, and we all know that the WWE doesn’t seem to care what comes out of JBL’s mouth as long as it’s controversial.

The main event of Triple H and Mr. Kennedy against the entire ECW roster was an interesting concept, but was it exactly practical? Only a handful of the ECW stars were even able to participate, although I guess the ones that didn’t were okay with that since it still meant TV time and a paycheck. I would’ve really liked to have seen more of the wrestlers actually in the ring, though.

I enjoyed ECW’s 100th episode but where were the clips from ECW before it was bought out by the WWE? There was only one, maybe two, clips that I thought were from the original ECW broadcasts, not the WWE/ECW shows.

Speaking of “original” ECW broadcasts, how many of you out there were just waiting for Joey Styles to step out of his WWE.com duties long enough to yell “Catfight!!!” when Kelly and Layla started rolling around in the ring?

Congratulations to Colin Delaney for finally winning the ECW contract he’s been working so hard for! Of course we all know he’s already under contract with WWE or he wouldn’t be appearing on their shows every week, but it was still awesome to see his excitement when he pinned Armando Estrada and realized he had finally achieved his “dream!”

Did you all see the way CM Punk reacted to Miz and Morrison holding up their tag team title belts following Punk and Kane’s match against Chavo Guerrero and Bam Neely? He looked over at Kane and then held up his “Money in the Bank” briefcase. Could Punk be thinking about cashing in his “MITB” contract for a chance at Miz and Morrison’s tag belts instead of trying for one of the Heavyweight titles? Things that make you go hmmm!

My apologies for not having anything to say about last Friday’s “SmackDown” but I missed the entire show due to a last minute invitation to attend a free concert by the Florida Orchestra. Since tickets to the Orchestra are definitely not cheap, I’m not about to pass up a chance to see them for free!

I’ve been debating with myself whether or not I should say anything about the sentence recently handed down to Nick Bollea for the car crash back in August that injured his friend John Graziano. If you’ve read my previous columns, particularly those around the time the accident first occurred, then you can probably guess my reaction to what he received.

If you plan on watching “Judgment Day” I hope you enjoy it! I’ll be enjoying myself on Sunday for a different reason - it’s my 30th birthday! I’ve got a little virtual birthday party posted on my MySpace page (www.myspace.com/jenwrestlingonline), so stop by and help me celebrate!

Take care, everyone, and I’ll see ya in The Jumble!

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