Twilling's Blog Twilling's Blog: UFC made two great decisions over the weekend, will Raw properly promote WrestleMania tonight? What's going on with Chris Jericho and JBL? By Rich Twilling Mar 9, 2009 - 10:46 AM Email This Article | Printer Friendly Page Send Us News & Results | Back to Main Listing Monday, MARCH 9 – 10:46 AM (CT) -First of all, I have two compliments to give to UFC. The first is Saturday's pay-per-view main event between Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Keith Jardine. Jackson won the very entertaining fight via unanimous decision. Where UFC did fantastic business was with the post fight interaction between Rampage and Rashad Evans, the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. That was a nice way to end the pay-per-view while promoting a future fight between the two. Secondly, I know the fight I really want to see is Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir to unify the Heavyweight Championship. Mir is responsible for Lesnar's only loss and although I don't see Lesnar losing this fight, the intrigue is there to sell a lot of pay-per-views. When Mir was injured and had to pull out of the fight, I was concerned they would replace Mir with someone else. The time for Lesnar vs. Mir is now and UFC has to strike while that iron is hot. I was very glad when they elected to reschedule the fight. -While last week's Raw was about announcing WrestleMania matches, this week's show is about building toward the announced matches. Triple H and Randy Orton will likely dominate much of the show, especially with what happened last week on Smackdown. We will probably hear from Shawn Michaels. With John Cena being involved with Edge and Big Show, I could see that program being pushed to Friday night. That leaves a couple of questions. I know there is still time before WrestleMania, but it would be nice to see who Chris Jericho is going to be facing. Don't get me wrong, I have enjoyed the segments very much, but I am getting antsy at this point. If his opponent turns out to be Steve Austin or Hulk Hogan, WWE can afford to wait to make that announcement. However, with all due respect to Jerry Lawler, but if he turns out to be the guy, fans might be disappointed if they continue to build up the announcement, only to reveal him as Jericho's opponent. -JBL knows how to move on from adversity. You have to give him credit for that. First of all, he hired Shawn Michaels to help him go into WrestleMania as the World Heavyweight Champion. That did not happen. Then he moved onto attempting to end The Undertaker's streak at Mania. That did not happen either. He then made an announcement that he would be doing something legendary at the big show. What could it be? So, a script leaked last week saying JBL would go into his home state as the Intercontinental Champion. Well, that turned out to be pretty lackluster. We don't know if this will come to fruition, but JBL going to WrestleMania as the IC Champion is hardly legendary. Of course, the boastful nature of his character could be the reason behind pimping the announcement, but there has to be a sense of credibility to his character. At this point, announcing his retirement and the fact he is investing in OVW would be a better way for him to go out, in my opinion. HELP SUPPORT DOT NET! BECOME A MEMBER AT OUR CHARTER RATE OF JUST $5 A MONTH - GET THE FIRST LOOK AT EXCLUSIVE INSIDER DOT NET NEWS, TONS OF EXCLUSIVE AUDIO SHOWS, MESSAGE BOARD ACCESS, START YOUR OWN BLOG, AD-FREE MAIN LISTING: SIGN ME UP (or MORE INFO) GOT AN IPHONE OR IPOD TOUCH? THEN BE SURE TO DOWNLOAD OUR NEW FREE iPhone APP: (click here!) (or SEARCH "pro wrestling" in iTunes App Store) FOR MORE BREAKING WWE & TNA NEWS AND COMMENTARY, VISIT OUR AFFILIATE PWTORCH.COM (click here!) FOR MORE MMA & UFC NEWS AND COMMENTARY, VISIT OUR AFFILIATE MMATORCH.COM (click here!) CLICK TO RETURN TO DOT NET MAIN LISTING OR SELECT A LINK BELOW FROM THIS CATEGORY Twilling's Blog Latest Twelve Articles Twilling's Blog: If you haven't heard yet, Hulk Hogan has signed with TNA and that is a good thing Twilling's Blog: Looking at Shane McMahon leaving WWE, Nigel McGuinness going to TNA, where the best place for Nigel and Bryan Danielson is Twilling's Blog: Less is more; why the WWE Raw guest host gimmick is watering down the overall product Twilling's Blog: Did Chris Jericho make the Tag Team Championships so relevant that DX finally wants them? Twilling's Blog: Was Hulk Hogan's 80s run as bad as John Cena's current run? What was different about the times and why Chris Jericho is so valuable Twilling's Blog: Why are the fans accepting decent as good or great? Why finding the next Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin or The Rock cannot be forced