Elton's Weekly Wrestling High Spots and Botches: December 6-December 12

High Spots: The combined triumvirate (had to get in my Webster's Dictionary bag on y'all real quick!) of WWE Champion Big E and title contenders Seth Rollins & Kevin Owens have given me much to enjoy on a largely unenjoyable show lately. As soon as this edition of Raw got underway, we got a Steel Cage match between Big E and Owens that provided further evidence of their continued excellence on Monday nights. They had a damn good big boy clash that saw Owens land a clean-ass moonsault while positioned near the cage and a finish that saw Big E clean KO's clock with a Big Ending off the top rope. After Big E escaped the cage and left with his title intact, Seth Rollins got in his licks on both guys for a bit...but that assault ended up being all for naught as Big E beat the holy hell out of him and even Owens for extra emphasis. But during the commercial break, Bobby Lashley made his return to practically demolish all three men with absolute ease. So it's clear to everyone and their grandmother that Bobby's getting added to the WWE title match on Day 1, right? If so, then that's a hell of a way for WWE to kick off the new year!

I'm still tryna wrap my head around what exactly an RK-Bro-nament is for. I'm not gonna stress myself out doing so - instead, I'm just gonna take in the match quality between this tourney's participants. The Street Profits vs. AJ Styles & Omos was a cool little piece of business for the time it was given. The main reason I was sucked into that whole deal was the apparent breakup that's brewing between AJ and Omos. Omos' count-out screwup for his team forced AJ to give him an earful, which caused the big man to turn his back on his man's. If that leaves AJ to get back to singles competition sooner rather than later, then that's a dream come true! As for Omos, having him run around Raw all on his own is quite the risk to take! I feel like he could have used some more fine-tuning before going solo.

Shinsuke Nakamura should be ashamed - while he's playing air guitar alongside Rick Boogs looking like a complete joke, Damian Priest is out here going Super Saiyan mode and proudly taking down all contenders for his US Championship. Damian had himself another fine showing as he took on Robert Roode. It's easy to forget how good Roode is (especially when you remember his "Glorious" NXT run!), so it was nice to see him rekindle his singles greatness here. Damian had an awesome dancing partner here that resulted in both men having a dope midcard championship encounter. Bianca Belair finally got herself a worthy opponent! Piper Niven stepped up to the "EST" and actually gave me a women's match worth investing in on this damn show. Piper's disrespect of Bianca's hair set me off, I'm not even gonna lie! Bianca's jaw-dropping power almost put Piper out to pasture, but Piper escaped her grasp and bailed on the match. I think we know the deal here - they're both gonna run this back on Day 1! And I'm all the way here for it.

Edge and The Miz got into a verbal altercation once again. And this time, it was on Miz TV. Beyond Edge's roasting of Miz's choice in footwear, I was treated to some serious callbacks to both men's history in the company that added more fuel to their newfound feud's fire. The Miz went on about Edge not pulling him aside to help him during his tough upbringing in the company, while Edge mentioned the fact that Miz actually brushed him off when he tried to do just that. All that jaw-jacking between the two led to them getting booked for a match on January 1...wait my bad, Day 1! That mic slip from The Miz was hilarious, I gotta say. Did it sadden me to see T-BAR take yet another L on Raw? Yeah. But at least the match he competed in against Finn Bálor was halfway decent. Side note - a match between those two would kick ass back on one of those NXT 1.0 TakeOver shows! After Finn got the win, Austin Theory attacked him from behind and took an obligatory selfie right next to his fallen body. I'ma need that match on Day 1 is all I gotta say!

Botches: There was once a time where I was an absolute Stan for Nikki Cross - she was crazy, she was creepy, and, above all else, she was entertaining. Ever since she decided to dress up like one of those Wish.com superheroes you ordered for your children's birthday 'cause your budget was low, she's completely lost me. I continued to question her existence in WWE due to a waste of two minutes via her sleep-inducing match with Queen Zelina. The extra steaming turd on that shit cake of a match was the segment that followed it, where some random ass fan got backstage to ask for an autograph. Nikki A.S.H. totally thought it was her own autograph that the fangirl wanted, but it turns out that woman was asking Jerry "The King" Lawler to do it. So yeah, that whole thing was random and just done for the sake of getting a cheap pop for the hometown hero in Lawler. Complete trash, all of it!

The second match in the first-ever RK-Bro-nament was a complete dud, sadly. It was supposed to be a tag match, but it was more of a singles match with respective managers on the ring apron watching it all unfold. The infinitely more talented Chad Gable took an L to the highly annoying Dominik Mysterio, which had me wishing he'd get off my TV for a long while. Question - has the Alpha Academy won a single match since getting drafted to Raw? Anyways, that whole segment sucked. Do you know what else sucked? Theory's backstage mentorship segments with mumble mouth McMahon (I can't understand a word that man says nowadays...) and Dana Brooke's horrendous participation in the 24/7 Clown Division as its champion.

Now Becky Lynch and Liv Morgan certainly put forth their all to make sure the crowd was extra hot for their main event title match. But I was left feeling lukewarm throughout the entirety of it - the lame promos and lackluster bouts meant to build this bout up gave me 0 reasons to get invested in everything they did here. The screwy finish was expected as Becky's not dropping the Raw women's strap anytime soon. But I'm sure those two ladies will get booked again for Day 1 based on that shady result. Not that I would suddenly care about it now that they'll be on PPV, though. I know I'm definitely in the minority as far as my feelings for this match go, but it is what it is...

High Spots: Tonight's episode of NXT really had a brotha in his feels, mang (Terrence Howard voice). First I had to watch my man Kyle O'Reilly take his final bow after being defeated in a Steel Cage match with Von Wagner. The match itself was a strong way to establish Von as NXT 2.0's new mega heel and send Kyle out with a great performance befitting of his veteran status on WWE's developmental brand. Von made sure to add an exclamation point to everything that went down prior as he smashed the cage door into Kyle's face multiple times. Sigh...thank you for all the "undisputed" memories, Mr. O'Reilly. My sadness multiplied at the end of the show when Johnny Gargano seemingly gave his "I'll see you down the road..." farewell speech to the fans that have followed his NXT journey. I loved all the callbacks to his early WWE days, the many legends that helped him along the way, and his future honor of becoming a father. Then, Grayson Waller solidified himself as Public Enemy #1 when he clobbered "Johnny Wrestling" with a steel chair and left him reeling with an extra beatdown soon after. Waller is indeed a piece of shit as evidenced by the fans that chanted that at him. Johnny...I love you, my friend. Wherever or whatever you do next, I'll be there to support you every step of the way.

Bron Breakker is focused on NXT Championship glory once again! It's clear to me and everyone else that he's taking the belt from Tomasso Ciampa the next time they meet. But first, he's gonna have to deal with Roderick Strong. Malcolm Bivens made him aware of that incoming challenge, which is the sort of match I didn't know I wanted until it was teased. Hope that gets the main event slot on the next episode! The two biggest teams of the NXT 2.0 era in The Creed Brothers and Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen came to blows in a decent tag match. I'm a bigger fan of dem country boys, but The Diamond Mine's amateur wrestling machines are fine in their own right. The nonsense with the Grizzled Young Veterans stealing the tag rope was hella lame, though! Dexter Lumis and Carmelo Hayes had themselves a match that was on its way to being better than good if it weren't for some awkward moments here & there and a cheap DQ ending. They're clearly gonna run this one back again, so I'll stomach all the negatives that happened here since I know it'll pay off in the near future.

I gotta give kudos to Santos Escobar and Xyon Quinn - they got a respectable amount of time allotted for their match and it ended up being the second-best bout of the evening behind the Steel Cage opener. Escobar's snappy knee strikes will forever impress me, plus Xyon's powerhouse moveset is always satisfying to watch. This was another case of a match having some noticeably off moments to it, but I enjoyed the majority of it. Elektra Lopez's loyalty is lookin' mighty shifty these days - I wonder if she's gonna dip on La Familia in favor of Xyon in the coming weeks. 'Cause it would definitely seem so!

Botches: Man the way Joe Gacy was talking, it had me feeling like the powers that be were talking through him and making it clear that 205 Live's days are numbered. And with the rumor of the NXT Cruiserweight Championship being abandoned in the near future, this promo felt a bit too prophetic for my tastes. Gacy's words really prepared me for a future that I'd rather not see pass, but I'm so used to being hurt by WWE on a regular basis. Them's the breaks, I guess. Harland's gonna wrestle in his grand debut on the next episode of NXT 2.0, so at least there was that to be happy about from Gacy's whole promo. I just knew Duke Hudson was gonna come out on this show with one of the worst wigs humanly possible. Hudson doesn't even have even a lick of the charisma Kurt Angle has, so I didn't smirk once or care about anything he had to say. My and everyone else's beloved "Olympic Hero" pulled off the whole "wig stashed underneath amateur wrestling headgear" gimmick the best and it will never be surpassed. I'm down to watch Cameron Grimes kick Hudson's wig off real soon, though.

So we wasted weeks upon weeks following MSK around during their journey to find their shaman...and it was just Riddle all along? Man, that payoff sucked! I figured it was gonna be some debuting personality or a repackaged NXT 1.0 talent. All we got was a cameo segment from a main roster Superstar that was filled with corny "get it...cause we both smoke weed!" jokes. I just wanna watch MSK wrestle, bruh. Please stop letting them speak and deliver excruciatingly lame one-liners. Tifanny Stratton got another "coming soon..." vignette, which I yawned all the way through. Indi Hartwell looked like she was growing more distracted with her boo Lumis instead of being more focused on her team with Persia Pirotta. Their tandem is trash anyway, so I don't give a damn if they're cohesive or not from this point forward. Speaking of the NXT ladies, the tag match between Toxic Attraction and Yulisa Leon & Valentina Feroz was no good. And even though Cora Jade had a star-making moment at WarGames, I still have no desire to watch her feud with Mandy Rose over the NXT Women's Championship.

High Spots: Smarmy, prick-ish CM Punk is the best version of CM Punk. My man probably took a look at those old "what if Bad News Barrett trolled the crowd and came out to CM Punk's theme song?" memes and got inspired for what he did on this episode. MJF's music played and sent his hometown Long Islanders into a frenzy. Then out walked Punk, who got in his heel bag to crap all over the town's NHL Islanders, berate the crowd for backing someone as despicable as MJF, and label them all chickenshit's. Listening to the parade of boos aimed at Punk reminded me of the good old days. Afterward, MJF finally got to have his moment by coming out to the Diamond Ring Battle Royal via an amazing opening introduction package and a very warm crowd reception. The battle royal was a fun piece of work that built up some ongoing storylines and teased some new ones. Matt Hardy's elimination of Jay Lethal seemingly set them up for a match, Dante Rush double-crossed Team Taz by eliminating Ricky Starks, and MJF's "accidental" elimination of Wardlow further teased his impending turn & abandonment of his asshole boss. MJF and Dante ended up as the last two men, so they're gonna square off at Winter is Coming and battle for the prize ring. Now that's a match I can get into!

I loved how MJF almost had himself a babyface save moment afterward when he ran back to the ring while Ricky beat on Dante. But of course, he kept up his heelish tactics and decided to join in on the beatdown. That had me in tears, fam! Punk ran out to stop him to a chorus of boos, which has me even more excited to finally see him and MJF come to blows. We got an eight-man tag featuring Jurassic Express & the Varsity Blondes and The Acclaimed & 2Point0. While the assault on Brian Pillman lasted a bit too long for my tastes, I got a ton of enjoyment out of the hot tag to Luchasaurus that really kicked the action up a notch. The babyfaces got the win thanks to an assist from Eddie Kingston - he struck down Daniel Garcia to knock him off the ramp. Backstage, Eddie could be seen dropping some "colorful" lingo while Ortiz attempted to calm him down. Then 2Point0 and Garcia met them with fists and garbage cans, which put them down for the count. I just hope all this was meant to set up Eddie Kingston and Santana & Ortiz vs. 2Point0 & Daniel Garcia.

Rocky Romero popped back up here to run with his CHAOS stablemates as he tagged with Chuck Taylor to take on the Young Bucks. This tag affair crescendoed its way into being a wild match that had both its participants and outside representatives go at it. The babyfaces put up a good fight, but they ultimately came up short due to a Meltzer Driver from the Bucks (haven't seen that move in a while!) to Romero. After the final bell rang, the SuperKliq proceeded to tear Best Friends apart for a while. Luckily, the fully healed and new haircut sporting Trent made the big save right alongside his lovable mom! My man handed out clotheslines to everybody and joined in to "GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT!" with the biggest Best Friends hug of all time. I'm all in for Trent reuniting with Chuck Taylor to take on Matt & Nick Jackson, plus I'm fully prepared to see Adam Cole and Orange Cassidy finally go one on one. TNT Champion Sammy Guevarra couldn't even get a word in during his promo segment with Tony Schiavone since Cody Rhodes (and those nasty burn marks of his!) challenged him at Winter is Coming for the title. Then Ethan Page and Scorpio Sky talked down on the champ from their perch at the top of the arena, which is obviously teasing towards them getting back in the TNT Championship picture.

AEW'S LADIES STRIKE GOLD ONCE AGAIN! Jamie Hayter and Riho went out there and had the best match of the evening, which shocked the hell out of me. The first half of the match saw Riho simply try to survive as Jamie beat her into submission. Then once the second half came around, Riho used a double stomp to Jamie's gut to get back in the fight. From that point forward, both women got me and the crowd all the way invested in their war as they pulled out all the stops to ground each other. Riho's babyface comeback had me extra hype and Jamie continued to prove how good she is via her spine-tingling power moves. A top rope Crucifix Bomb and a running knee strike finally took Jamie out of the fight and got Riho the big win! Britt Baker would have none of it, of course - she ran into the ring and struck down her next title challenger just for good measure. I'm all in for that match and the one taking place between Hikaru Shida & Sarena Deeb at Winter is Coming. AEW's Women's Division is truly something amazing now, isn't it?

MAIN EVENT TIME, FOLKS! This one was all about Bryan Danielson going toe to toe with Long Island's very own Jon Silver. Silver put up a very good fight and laid in a badass midair counter powerbomb & a slick German Suplex to get the upper hand. But Bryan's tenacity and brutality overcame all of Silver's attempts at victory - that Gotch Style Piledriver from Bryan surely put a sinister smile on Minoru Suzuki's face. Piledriving a bald man is just extra cruel and unusual punishment, right? After Bryan got the big W, he went ahead and got in some more stiff kicks to Silver's prone body. Then out came Adam Page, who did his best to defend his Dark Order buddy and send Bryan running scared out of the ring. "NEXT WEEK, I'M GONNA KICK THE COWBOY SHIT OUT OF YOU!" How eloquently put, Mr. Hangman.

Botches: What was that whole Malakai Black deal all about? It was so damn random and kind of unneeded on this show. I'm sure it'll lead somewhere eventful, but I still felt like Black's random mist attack towards Julia Hart felt largely ineffective on this packed edition of Dynamite.

High Spots: I got my wish granted! 'Cause this episode of Impact definitely came through with the intergender tag team match I requested a week prior. Chris Sabin & Mickie James vs. Matthew Rehwoldt & Deonna Purrazzo ended up being a decent affair that got Deonna a win over Mickie and added a bit more fire to their upcoming rematch at Hard to Kill. Josh Alexander is back in fighting form and ready to tear JONAH a new one. So much so that he disrupted Rohit Raju's match and dropped him where he stood. The man is finally getting a match with the Impact Wrestling newcomer and is more unhinged than ever (which I get 'cause the man STILL hasn't gotten a rematch with Moose for the Impact World Championship). That match is going to take home MOTN honors with ease, I presume.

Rhino and Eric Young had themselves an eventful Street Fight, boy! The garbage and plunder were put in place like they should have been, plus some extra faces appeared to add to all the turmoil unfolding in the ring. The rest of Violent By Design, Heath, Rich Swann, Willie Mack, and even The Good Brothers hit the ring! At the end of it all, EY emerged as the victor alongside his VBD brothers and seemed to be in total solidarity with Gallows & Anderson. Interesting development there. That first-ever Knockouts Ultimate X Match has quite the quality lineup worth looking forward to! Lady Frost, Jordynne Grace, Rachael Ellering, Chelsea Green, Rosemary, and Tasha Steelz are all going to put on the performance of a lifetime at Hard to Kill. My money's on either Lady Frost or Jordynne Grace pulling away with the big W.

Matt Cardona and W. Morrissey proved to be good dancing partners in the main event. Matt even got busted wide open at the mid-point, which I wasn't expecting whatsoever. Morrissey's big boot just might be the best in the business right now, I might add. Anyways, this match ended in a DQ victory for Matt since his opponent didn't let up on his brutality one bit. The post-match madness ensued with the inclusion of Moose and even Chelsea Green, which was a nice way to wrap things up and make the Hard to Kill main event that much more heated.

Botches: I was none too keen on that tag match between The Learning Tree and FinJuice. VSK hasn't really captured my interest yet and still didn't do much to change that here, plus the whole "they don't know how to make tags!" gimmick put me off everything he was doing alongside Zicky Dice. I dreaded having to watch The Influence drag down the awesomeness of The IInspiration and I was right to do so. 'Cause their match against The Decay wasn't all that good, to be perfectly honest. At least there's friction between The Influence and The IInspiration now, which will hopefully lead to the Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champions prevailing over them in a future matchup.

High Spots: Poor Sami Zayn. The man still has that damned conspiracy tripping up all of the major opportunities he's earned in recent memory. Now that he's in a neck and foot brace, Sami's ready to take his next battle...INTO THE COURTROOM! Anyways, Brock Lesnar hit the ring to deliver some more of his shockingly strong mic work as he looked to befriend Sami since they're both proud Canadian alpha males. I found it hilarious how Brock almost convinced me that he really had a change of heart - even Paul E. chastised him for being way too soft. Paul's speech flipped the switch for Brock though, who proceeded to batter Sami's personal doctors and Sami himself. Brock sure has it out for people bound to wheelchairs, huh? Even in overalls, Brock is immensely terrifying. That was a fun opening segment. Watching Brock put the fear of God into Adam Pearce was just as fun, I might add.

Drew McIntyre and Sheamus never have a bad match...FACT! Shout out to Tyson Kidd. They had a brief yet still worthwhile brawl that just reminded me how much better off McIntyre is by ditching his beef with Happy Corbin and Madcap Moss. It might be time for Cesaro to link up with McIntyre so he can have more of a fighting chance against Sheamus and his new bestie Ridge Holland. McIntyre vs. Holland? Yeah, I'ma need to see that on Day 1! Sonya Deville's beef with Naomi (which still hasn't been explained one bit...) continued here as she stacked the odds against her foe in a match that was set to take place. But thankfully it didn't due to Naomi taking out Sonya's two appointed special guests and the grand debut of Xia Li. Li hit the stage ramp lookin' like Jade from Mortal Kombat and she even got some cool visual effects that made her look like she went full Super Saiyan. Li's kicks looked a bit off when she eventually got in the ring, but I'll let those slide for now. I'm just glad she's finally starting her tenure as an active member of the SmackDown roster.

Due to Jeff Hardy's unexpected release, WWE had to add some extra star power to this episode's main event. BRAND SPLIT BE DAMMED! 'Cause RK-Bro showed up to engage in a triple threat tag team match against the New Day and The Usos. In what was clearly the best bout of the evening, all three teams went a mile a minute with a fast pace complimenting their every move. Jimmy and Jey were extra savages here as they got into some nasty exchanges with the Raw Tag Team Champions. Randy Orton always pops the hell outta me with his comeback offense and he damn sure did it for me here. The New Day scored the winning pinfall after a lengthy main event that pleased me greatly.

Botches: A minute and twenty-five seconds. That's the measly amount of time Shinsuke Nakamura and Rick Boogs vs. Los Lotahrios got. Like, why even have the match if it's gonna last as long as a piss break? That was hella disappointing and a further indictment on WWE's lack of truly worthwhile tag team wrestling and storylines. King Woods has a new crown, but I honestly don't care all that much. Still love the guy since I love watching him work inside and outside the ring (his new G4 host gig pleases me the most!). But I'm beyond burnt out on having to watch him and Kofi Kingston wrestling The Usos yet again, which is actually happening on Day 1. Another thing I didn't care about was RK-Bro's brief interaction with the cast of Jackass Forever. That was just a complete waste of air time.

McIntyre has to ditch the sword, fam. It's getting super corny at this point watching him threaten people with it while we all know he's not gonna stab a soul. All he can do is stab random pieces of furniture, which he did on this episode with Pearce's desk. God, that was cringe. Yo am I the only one that thought Charlotte Flair vs. Toni Storm was kinda...mid? The build sucked and the eventual match sucked even harder. It lasted all of three minutes, ended on a shitty DQ, and left Toni looking like a complete scrub while Charlotte walked away from it looking dominant like she always does. That was just so...unfortunate.

High Spots: FTR and the Lucha Bros have seemingly worked out all the kinks from their past matches and developed the best chemistry they've had to date! Both teams brought the house down with their opening feat of tag team excellence in this episode's opener. I loved the way they added a few new wrinkles to their match - Rey Fenix used an errant title belt shot of his own to play into FTR's game, plus both teams responded to each other's signature moves with some smart counters. The near falls were off the charts and had the Long Island crowd biting on every last one of 'em. The Lucha Bros finally got their definitive win over the very first team to challenge their first reign as AEW World Tag Team champions and are surely moving on to face Jurassic Express as the new year gets underway. Speaking of tag team action, it looks like FTR is ready to take out their title loss frustrations on Sting and Darby Allin...again. Both teams faced each other already back at the Arthur Ashe show, so I find this re-run a bit confusing. But I loved that match the first time, so I'm open to watching it go down a second time.

This show featured a six-woman tag that was, I'd say, inoffensive at best. Nothing about it was outright bad, but it didn't really do much to be better than average either. The only real highlight I took from that match was Nyla's always impressive sitdown powerbomb. I'm just ready to move on to Nyla Rose vs. Ruby Soho in the next TBS Women's Championship tournament match. THEY SENT HOOK! FINALLY! My man has extremely fine taste in music as evidenced by his theme being Action Bronson's "The Chairman's Intent." Taz's killer boy met all the hype afforded to him by the whole "Hook Hive" that's been gaining steam all over social media lately. Hook looked great out there with Fuego Del Sol - his offense looked believable, he exudes a natural charisma, and he certainly looks the part as a formidable competitor. That kid is just another shining example of AEW's bright future. Hook's another "pillar" for the company as far as I can tell.

I gotta hand it to Wheeler Yuta - the fresh-faced member of the Best Friends stable is proving to be a fun watch every time I see him. Yuta clashed with Adam Cole (BAY BAY!) in the final match of the evening and it turned out to be a solid closer. Cole has his sights set on Orange Cassidy next, as he made sure to mimic his lazy leg kicks while he had Yuta down on the ropes. Yuta made a nice comeback as the match winded down, but Cole ultimately proved to be too much for him to handle. After Cole scored the win, the SuperKliq threw hands with the rest of Best Friends. The two main takeaways I got from that show-ending brawl was that Trent's return match is definitely gonna be against Bobby Fish, and Cole vs. Cassidy is obviously in the works.

Botches: None to speak of, honestly...

High Spots: HOOOOOOOOOOOO! LOOK AT GOD! "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan is officially cancer-free. That's just another one of those incredible gifts that the world of wrestling has given me and the rest of its fans this year. If you haven't already, check out Duggan's autobiography "Hacksaw: The Jim Duggan Story." Some truly good stuff in there. C'MON, TOUGH GUY!

Ring of Honor really went out with a bang, boy! Before the most influential independent wrestling company goes on an extended hiatus until next year's WrestleMania weekend, they presented Final Battle. Titles changed hands, past ROH greats paid their respects, and unexpected faces made their debuts. Witnessing Deonna Purrazzo, Bruan Strowman, and FTR pop up on my screen was pure insanity! I'm overjoyed at the fact that Jonathan Gresham finally got his hands on the ROH World Championship, too. It's a fitting win for someone that fits in line with the company's style so much and reminds longtime fans of the days of the "American Dragon's" storied run in the company. I'm eagerly anticipating what the new Era of Honor will look like come April 2022...

Botches: It always hurts to learn about the passing of a wrestling legend. And sadly, I have to acknowledge the death of Blackjack Lanza, who famously wrestled as one-half of The Blackjacks. Lanza is a WWE Hall of Famer, a member of the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, and a multi-time tag champion across the WWWF, AWA, and WWA. My condolences go out to Lanza, his friends, and his family.

A dizzying amount of WWE releases took place in 2021. But this latest one stings even more since it's not tied to budget cuts. The uber-popular Jeff Hardy was recently let go by the company due to what several wrestling sites are reporting is his declining of a company-sponsored rehab stay. After I heard about Jeff being sent home early during a WWE tour due to his troubled state at a house in Texas, I figured he was going through his addiction problems once again. And judging by the sounds of it, I was sadly correct. I hope Jeff takes the time to work on himself before he decides to sign with another wrestling company. His well-being is far more important to me and everyone else than his presence in a non-WWE company. GET WELL SOON, JEFF!