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

Yours truly feels "Unforgiven," "Raw," and like I have been "Smacked Down" after three lovely days of travel from Norman, Okla., to Cleveland to Milwaukee to Chicago and back to Norman. At least I get to hang around the house until I leave for Seattle Friday to attend the Oklahoma vs. Washington college football game Saturday evening that will be televised live on ESPN HD. 

Lots of folks along the beloved, Internet trail have chimed in on the inaugural "Scramble" bouts that WWE launched this past Sunday in Cleveland. Some liked it and a few folks didn't. Personally, I like new things and even though I wouldn't mind seeing an occasional, old school 2-out-of-3 Falls Match on Friday Night SmackDown, I applaud WWE for trying something new and innovative in the Championship Scramble. 

Did this past Sunday's Scramble bouts have flaws? Of course, what new concept doesn't? For example, why did some of the competitors who were the "current champion" still attempt to go for pinfalls? I don't have the answer for that one except that it was most likely just natural instincts. That's what they are trained to do.

Point being in this filibuster, if you will, is that once all the "experts" have finished dissecting the Scramble as typical Monday morning quarterbacks, I would encourage WWE to try this concept again and "tweak" what they feel needs to be tweaked. It will never be as bad as watching multiple airings of The Devil Wears Prada.

I can assure you that the Superstars will be much more comfortable the second time around in this unique format.

Who would have thought that Chris Jericho would have left Unforgiven Sunday as the World Heavyweight Champion, especially after he got his hat handed to him by HBK ... who seemed to have some sort of out of body experience during the unsanctioned bout?

Jericho loses the battle but essentially wins the war on Sunday. Nonetheless, I don't think the HBK-Jericho issue is over, far from it. BTW, Jericho vs. Punk inside a steel cage for the World Heavyweight Championship will be an anticipated main event next week on Raw from Memphis, Tenn.

Tazz, "The World's Angriest Announcer," and I were both surprised that Big Show sucker punched Undertaker on Sunday, and it will be interesting to hear the reason why, hopefully in detail this Friday night. Big Show has the "World's Most Dangerous Hand' which I wanted to document here so that line wasn't "borrowed" by other WWE TV broadcasters.

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