TLC In Toronto

Sweet. The first two matches announced for Unforgiven are "specialty matches". A Tables/Ladders/Chairs Match between Edge and Cena (I swear WWE advertised this already, before Edge's "decision" Monday night) and a Hell In A Cell Match between the McMahons/The Big Show and DX. Donnie said I'd be disappointed by the latter (I watched "Raw" today, missing it last night) but I'm not.

As mentioned numerous times before on Tha "O" Show, both Vince and Shane McMahon are no strangers to receiving O's, especially on a pay-per-view scale. Although, they may have 'under-delivered' our chances to exclaim our favourite letter at SummerSlam, I'm sure having the McMahons and DX perform the climax to their feud in a huge cage at Unforgiven will be crazy!

Considering that Tha "O" Show will be front row, that means we will literally be face to face with the cell! We may even get our new "O" Show t-shirts spattered with somebody's blood. (Cheap plug: the shirts are on the way O-sters, here's hoping we may count on your continued support!).

In addition, Edge and Cena in a TLC match! Never one to pop for anything Cena does, I'm excited to see our hometown boy Edge perform in the match he made famous. Here's an idea for a sign I might bring: "If Cena wins, we REALLY riot!".

Speaking of which, let me take this opportunity to open up a contest, of sorts, to our loyal O-sters. If you won't be at Unforgiven yourself...send us some ideas for signs that YOU would like to see us bring. We'll do our best to get as many done as possible...and hopefully you'll see YOUR sign at the PPV! We're trying to be as inventive, funny and original as possible. We're sure you'll have some dope suggestions.

Kinda nice to know WWE is allowing Trish to retire on TV (as she is in real life) instead of concocting some lame storyline. Looks like she'll fittingly end her career in Toronto, where it all got started. I remember training for my "Corrida De Toros" video (which can be viewed at www.feedlynks.com) in 2000 with the now-defunct Apocolypse Wrestling Federation. At each training session, I kept hearing that "Trish" might be coming in to train before heading to WWE where she had just signed. I never did get to meet Trish until this past January. She is truly a sweetheart, and I wish her all of the happiness and success that she's worked so hard for.

According to Big Daddy Donnie, who once worked with Trish at Fan 590, Trish's next step is getting married and starting a family. It looks like Torontonians will be getting to see her more often.

Had to mention this: Jim Ross screwed up a "Curb Your Enthusiasm" reference on "Raw" last night before the Divas match. He mentioned that Jerry Lawler had to keep his Larry Flynt (Hustler magazine dude)-like ways in check during the bout between Torrie Wilson and Candice Michelle. Sounds like he was confusing Flynt with Larry David (Seinfeld co-creator and "Curb" star). By the way, if you have never seen "Curb Your Enthusiasm", you're missing one of the funniest shows on TV ever!

JR did make up for this gaf later on in the show by claiming that a referee's count was "slower than government aid to New Orleans". Nice.

And to touch on a recent hot topic...the tag division on "Raw" seems to be getting somewhat of an inkling of respect lately. I like how The Highlanders keep mentioning that they are in WWE for one thing: the tag titles. Also, looks as if they are attempting to establish certain tag teams again: Cade/Murdoch, Viscera/Haas, Duggan/Eugene.

The tag division is definitely more promising on "SmackDown!" however...as evidenced by The Pitbulls run-in on Kendrick/London and James/Stevens last week. To paraphrase what JBL said about KC James and Idol Stevens being tag-team specialists, a tag match is not four separate guys involved in singles action. You need to be a 'specialist' to make tag matches work. Let's hope WWE is really running with this train of thought.

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