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

What a weekend. Friday Night SmackDown from jolly ol’ England with the final word before Sunday’s Survivor Series all sandwiched, BBQ’ed of course, by Saturday night’s Oklahoma Sooners vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders marquis match-up in college football here in Norman, Okla.

Whew.

The stakes are high Friday night for the enigmatic Jeff Hardy who has the opportunity to wrestle his way into the main event at Survivor Series IF he beats Triple H in this week’s main event on MyNetwork TV … starring MyTazz … according to Michael Cole who still hasn’t recovered from his in-ring two-step with Goldust on Raw a couple of weeks back. But I digress.

The younger Hardy has a lot of folks I come in contact with talking about his antics the past few weeks, and without question no athlete on any brand in WWE has been hotter or more unpredictable than Jeff.

England has warm and engaging people quite unlike its weather as it was cool and rainy there AGAIN this week. Drat … I think I’ve caught the sniffles.

One has to admire ECW Champion Matt Hardy’s resolve as the near, one-legged man teams with R Truth, that’s the truth, to face the tandem of United States Champion Shelton Benjamin and Mark Henry aka the World’s Strongest Man. A little preview, “if you will”, of the Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team bouts we will see this Sunday on pay-per-view.

Can you imagine the humiliation of being the first person eliminated from a team? Remember, when a grappler is eliminated said individual must leave the ringside area immediately and return “to the back” or preferably to the showers.

In case you haven’t heard, John Cena is returning to action this Sunday in Boston which is essentially John’s hometown along with, of course, West Newbury, Mass. I wonder if the massive promotion for the charismatic Cena’s return to the ring to attempt to regain the World Heavyweight Title has offended anyone, say for instance, Chris Jericho?? Jericho has largely taken a back seat to his challenger during the build up for Sunday’s 22nd annual Survivor Series which I think will motivate Jericho immensely.

Cena’s storybook return may not have a happy ending, but then again...

Festus dating Maria … sorry Corn-fed Colossus ... but country boys like you and me generally don’t have a great chance at romance with lovely lasses such as Maria. We call it “out punting one’s coverage” here in Oklahoma (that’s an obligatory football reference) of which I happened to do with Mrs. J.R.

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