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During Sunday night’s Elimination Chamber pay per view there was a pyrotechnic accident during the Undertaker’s entrance.  Flames went up and caught his jacket on fire, possibly burning Undertaker.  Referees and agents were pouring water on Undertaker during the match.

This is exclusive fan video of the accident.

Or on Veoh:

http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/sports/watch/v19846875dYb7QM2r

During Sunday night’s Elimination Chamber pay per view there was a pyrotechnic accident during the Undertaker’s entrance.  Flames went up and caught his jacket on fire, possibly burning Undertaker.  Referees and agents were pouring water on Undertaker during the match.

This is exclusive fan video of the accident.

It should be noted that Jim Neidhart said at an autograph signing this past weekend in Long Island, New York that WWE  is working on a DVD looking at The Hart Foundation, likely the whole family and not just Neidhart and Bret Hart’s tag team. Apparently Neidhart just finished shooting some interviews for the project.

With WWE teasing a return by Bret Hart on last night’s RAW, this adds to the speculation that Bret might be returning to WWE in some fashion

I can’t believe I’m only just now seeing these figures.  They look awesome!  Look at the detail!  Rumors are 100 figures will be released in 2010 alone.  Also look out for entrance figures.  WWE Superstars in their entrance gear on platforms which play their theme music!  Awesome.  Some pictures of Wave 1 below.

That’s right, I said it.  Your best wrestler for the 2000s is Chris Jericho.  And that’s with him taking a couple years off from wrestling.  Lets look at his accomplishments:

At the first pay per view of 2000, the Royal Rumble, Jericho became the undisputed WWF Intercontinental champion, beating Hardcore Holly and Chyna.  At the last pay per view of 2009, TLC, Jericho lost the WWE Unified tag team titles, a belt he held since June of this year.  In between those titles Jericho was also the first Undisputed WWE champion.  Thus making Chris Jericho the only man to be the undisputed Intercontinental champion, the Undisputed WWE champion and the Unified tag team champion.  Not enough?  In this decade Jericho has accomplished the following:

A 9 time Intercontinental champion, 8 of which were won in the 2000s. An all time record.

Tag Team championships with Big Show, Edge, Chris Benoit, The Rock, Christian,

WWE Hardcore Title

WWE European Title

A two time WCW/WWE World champion, a WWE champion, a two time World heavyweight champion.

Jericho entered WWE in 1999.  In 2000 he feuded with Chyna but proved so popular Jericho was turned face.  He had a “Dusty finish” WWE title win over Triple H that was over turned by Earl Hebner.  This title change is not recognized, but it set the stage for Jericho as a World champion.  Jericho feuded with Triple H and Stephanie, calling Stephanie the classic insult, “a filthy, dirty, disgusting, brutal, bottom-feeding, trash-bag ho”.  Jericho won his first WWE Tag Team title with Chris Benoit in the match where Triple H tore his quad.  The iconic image of Hunter’s quadriceps rolled up into his hip while he’s locked into the Walls of Jericho atop the announce table will live forever in wrestling fan’s minds.

Chris Jericho is the only man to beat The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin in the same night, thus making himself the first WWE Undisputed Champion.  Jericho defeated the men again at the next two pay per views, Royal Rumble (vs The Rock) and No Way Out (vs Stone Cold).

Jericho had two memorable feuds with Shawn Michaels in 2003 and again in 2008.  The 2008 feud saw the end of the Y2J character and the debut of the serious, calculating, egotistical, sinister Chris Jericho that we see today.

Jericho is given credit for creating the Money in the Bank match.

At the very first ECW One Night Stand PPV Jericho wrestled in his Lionheart gimmick instead of his (at the time current) Y2J gimmick.  (Not so much a reason for wrestler of the decade, but just an awesome thing to do).

Jericho left WWE for two years and focused on his acting career as well as his rock band, Fozzy.  During the darkest time in WWE history, the days after the Chris Benoit tragedy, Jericho (a non-WWE employee at the time) defended his former company and their policies on every news show that would have him.  While some former wrestlers (*cough* Marc Mero *cough*) used their time to bury WWE and expose their own skeletons Jericho came across as intelligent, articulate, charismatic and “normal”.  He was the poster boy WWE needed at the time, and he wasn’t even under contract when he did so.

All of this while being branded as “too small” and a comedy act.  Remember the rumors he had lifts in his shoes?

Heel or face Chris Jericho is always on top of wrestling and can be given any title, carry any show, headline any PPV at any time.  That is why he is the Wrestler of the 2000s.

source: PWInsider.com

– WWE has signed Richie Steamboat, son of WWE Hall of Famer Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat, to a developmental contract. The son of the former NWA World Heavyweight Champion will be heading to Florida Championship Wrestling shortly to begin his progress towards WWE stardom.

Over the past two years, the elder Steamboat has been sending his son to areas all over the world to learn the art of wrestling including Pro Wrestling NOAH in Japan, World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico and Harley Race’s wrestling academy in Eldon, Missouri. Richie was originally trained by longtime preliminary wrestler George South.

The WWE Slammy Awards will air tonight on a three hour Raw, hosted by Dennis Miller.  Go to WWE.com to vote.

Superstar of the Year:

Undertaker

John Cena

CM Punk

Randy Orton

Diva of the Year:

All WWE Divas are eligible.

Extreme Moment of the Year:

Kofi Kingston lands a Boom Drop on Randy Orton at MSG.

Big Show chokeslams John Cena into arena spotlight at Backlash.

Jeff Hardy jumps from ladder onto CM Punk at SummerSlam.

Triple H invades Randy Orton’s home.

Breakout Star of the Year:

Yoshi Tatsu

Sheamus

Drew McIntyre

Abraham Washington

Shocker of the Year:

Batista turns against his former friend Rey Mysterio

Randy Orton DDTs Stephanie and forces Triple H to watch.

CM Punk forces Jeff Hardy to retire after Steel Cage match victory.

Sheamus slams Raw host Mark Cuban through a table.

Tag Team  of the Year:

Jeri-Show

D-Generation X

The Legacy

The Hart Dynasty

Match of the Year:

Jeff Hardy vs Edge Ladder match at Extreme Rules

Shawn Michaels vs Undertaker at WrestleMania

John Cena vs Randy Orton “I Quit” match at Breaking Point

Team Raw vs Team Smackdown at Bragging Rights

Raw Guest Host of the Year:

Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne

Seth Green

Bob Barker

Shaquille O’Neal

The “Oh My” Moment of the Year:

Chris Masters performs special “dancing pecs” routine for the Osbournes

Shawn Michaels superkicks little girl in cafeteria

Michael Cole vomits on Chris Jericho at Smackdown’s 10th Anniversary special

Santino Marella accidently nails Vickie Guerrero with a pie

Originally aired October 2, 2008.

On this episode of Jump The Smarks, Team Hellions discusses the greatest tag teams to ever grace the ring. From The Freebirds to The Dudleys to Miz and Morrison??? We also receive our first listener mail. And if you were on google and searched Tag Team, and just happened to find us, lets just say we are happy you came across us…..

ZINGER!!!!!!!!!!