2009 Year in Review of Sports and Wrestling

What a year it has been this year in 2009. Sports and pro wrestling have been very fun to watch. A lot has happened this year and will do my best to talk about the important things. Lets start with this years champions and how they put themselves in history.

The Pittsburgh Steelers started off the year by winning their sixth Super Bowl, which is an NFL record. They defeated the surprising Arizona Cardinals who have never been to the Super Bowl. Then in the spring time the city of Pittsburgh celebrated once again when the Penguins defeated the Red Wings in the Stanley Cup Finals. It was the second year both teams were there. It was also in the spring time when the Lakers were back in the NBA finals and defeated a very young Orlando Magic team. Then in the fall, the New York Yankees defeated the defending World Champions, the Phillies in the World Series.

No doubt the biggest controversy was Tiger Woods affairs and accusations of steroids. The man has lost a lot of sponsorships, and has completely destroyed his private life. I will be curious to see if he will be able to rebound from this. Only time will tell, and until the next scandal comes out in 2010 he will be in the spotlight. Don’t worry just like Kobe, A-Rod, and others this soon will pass and you’ll be out of the limelight.

This year has also been a year of comebacks. The two most notable to me are Brett Favre signing with the Minnesota Vikings and absolutely killing everyone for the most part. The other comeback is Hulk Hogan who has had a rough last few years with divorce and the media twisting things he’s said. He’s back in wrestling, back with TNA Wrestling. I am looking forward to seeing Hulk in 2010 on a weekly basis on TV. The Monday Night Wars return January 4th at 8pm and the comeback will be complete.

The bad blood between Frank Mir and Brock Lesnar finally came ahead in July when Lesnar totally brutalized Mir in their UFC Heavyweight Title fight at UFC 100. Lesnar still showed he had some of his WWE heel character in him during his interview after the fight. The only other new champion in UFC was Lyoto Machida who defeated Rashad Evans in May. Roy Nelson became the newest Ultimate Fighter but the attention was on Kimbo Slice who finally made it to the UFC after all the criticism against him.

In pro wrestling the one thing that really stands out to me is Wrestlemania 25, the Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels. This match is the greatest match in Wrestlemania history and probably one of the best matches of this decade. A lot of things happened in wrestling this year like the return of Christian to the WWE, the rise of stars such as Kofi Kingston, Yoshi Tatsu, Evan Bourne, John Morrison and more. The WWE Championship changed hands nine times this year making the WWE more worthless then it’s ever been. The WWE World Heavyweight Championship changed eight times so that’s not much better. Believe it or not the ECW Championship has the most value to it because it’s only changed hands four times. There were some great moments in WWE this year like Ricky Steamboat having one more match, Stone Cold Steve Austins farewell and the return of DX again. Like I said the one thing that will always stand out to me in 2009 in the WWE was the Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels and how great of a match it was.

On the TNA side of things there Heavyweight Championship changed hands 3 times between Mick Foley, Kurt Angle and AJ Styles. TNA also acquired Bobby Lashley, Elijah Burke, Victoria and others who left WWE. Their biggest acquisition came in November when they announced Hulk Hogan was joining TNA wrestling thus starting a chain of events that wrestling fans thought would never happen again. TNA was under the scope because of it’s founder Jeff Jarrett. Jeff was suspended for five months because of his relationship with Kurt Angles ex-wife. Karen Angle moved in with Jeff shortly after the divorce. When it was all said and done Jeff returned to TNA and ended 2009 on a good note.

This year has a lot excitement, action and even some controversy. There are somethings I’d like to forget but a few things I will always remember. Sports and wrestling fans have a lot to look forward in 2010. The competition in sports its always getting better and now their is even more competition in pro wrestling now.

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