Weekend Wrap-Up: Tryptophan Hangover

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For a holiday that used to have such strong wrestling tradition in several regional markets, there was a scant few major wrestling shows this weekend. Yikes.

- Capital City Championship Combat, out of Ottawa, (CANADA?) ran a show Saturday night that featured a bunch of Chikara regulars, including Up in Smoke, Brodie Lee, Max Boyer, 3.0 and the Super Smash Bros. Also on the card were ROH guest star Tyson Dux, the Beef Wellington who I erroneously reported as getting a WWE developmental deal (the CZW one... it was another Beef Wellington who competed mostly for OVW who got the deal) and current (former?) TNA wrestler Kiyoshi. Main event saw Stupefied (aka Player Dos) taking out Dux.

- Lots of Juan Cena news. First, he's got his own Twitter... okay, it's not WWE-approved, but God bless the person who took it upon himself to do this thing. Second, he made his debut last night at a Maryland house show. Hopefully he appears on RAW tonight, but it could also only be a house-show-only thing. Either way, the WWE has my attention.

- The Miz appeared on 93.3 WMMR-Philadelphia this morning on the Preston and Steve Show. I didn't get to catch the whole thing, just the first half of it. They talked to him about becoming WWE Champion and rising up from The Real World to get there. They asked him if he felt responsible for creating "The Situation" because of his self-given nickname dating back to the TRW days, and he said "I hope not". That's the part where I had to get out of the car, but at least it was on a high note. I'll see about getting maybe a podcast link to throw up here later as well as scouring their Youtube page for Miz's intro this morning, which featured a malfunctioning confetti cannon that shot out a tampon-shaped item rather than confetti. Just as a note, Miz appeared on-site at the Plymouth Meeting Metroplex as Preston and Steve's Campout for Hunger is beginning today. It's a food drive to help Philabundance to feed the hungry. It's a super-worthy cause, and if you're in the Philadelphia area, I highly suggest bringing over a donation this year.

- Remember kiddies, RAW is three hours tonight for the King of the Ring. Your participants are Ezekiel "Don't Call Me Ahmed Johnson" Jackson, Daniel Bryan, John Morrison, Kofi Kingston, Alberto del Rio, Cody Rhodes, Scrooge McPoyle and Sheamus. Make your picks here. I got del Rio over Bryan in the finals, with Triple H possibly coming back and costing Sheamus in an early round. Either way, with KOTR, The Miz as Champion and a possible appearance by the wily Juan Cena, this could be a very interesting RAW tonight.

- On a sad note, actor/comedian Leslie Nielsen died last night in Tampa, FL at the age 84. He succumbed to pneumonia. The guy had an epic career, starting out as a serious actor, but really found his niche as a comedic actor with his brilliant deadpan deliver in the movie Airplane!. He'll be best remembered as Lt. Det. Frank Drebin in the Naked Gun movie series. Of course, wrestling fans will remember him for his crack detective work at SummerSlam '94, investigating the whereabouts of the real Undertaker. RIP Mr. Nielsen. You'll be sorely missed.

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