J.R.'s Family Bar-B-Q

Greetings from under the custom made, black hat from the “Baron of BBQ” and from a guy who will never win “Dancing with the Stars” – as the fans who stayed with us after Monday Night Raw went off the air in Kansas City night will attest. I “heard” this footage was actually on WWE.com, but out of kindness to you I won’t link it here, so find it at your own risk. Hopefully, it is buried on this site and is harder to find than an on-camera for the Raw announce team.

This week’s Raw Superstar of the Week is Mr. Kennedy … Kennedy after defeating “former” Raw General Manager William Regal in a Loser Gets Fired Match. Kennedy has major league verbal skills (i.e. he likes to talk, not that there is any thing wrong with that) and certainly seems to have ample potential. It will be interesting to see where this significant victory takes Kennedy … Kennedy, but lest we forget that Mr. McMahon isn’t too high on the gregarious Green Bay native. Having resided on that same list for some time now, I can assure Mr. Kennedy … Kennedy that being one of The Chairman’s “endangered species” isn’t as enjoyable as eating slow, hickory smoked ribs (gratuitous plug and a clever segue if I say so myself).

It is hard to believe that another WWE pay-per-view, One Night Stand, is literally just around the corner from beautiful San Diego, which might be the only beautiful thing about this Extreme Rules event that seems to be dotted with potentially brutal and bowling shoe ugly confrontations. One Night Stand’s roots go back to the original ECW (E ... C … Dub, E … C … Dub!) and South Philly, so one can be assured that the Sunday, June 1, extravaganza will have plenty of physicality.

Jeff Hardy has been sidetracked from returning to the title chase since his two month absence by the rather large albeit athletic Umaga who the Rainbow-Haired Warrior will meet at One Night Stand (ONS) in a Falls Count Anywhere (but the Raw announce table) Match. This match would be a helluva way to kick off ONS in an exciting and unpredictable manner. Jeff’s popularity in WWE is really amazing and seems to be growing. It’s much akin to The Great Khali being the “Slim Whitman” of India, in regards to popularity.

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