As seen on WWE Raw earlier tonight, Shawn Michaels won the right to wrestle The Undertaker at WrestleMania 25 by defeating Vladimir Kozlov. It was Kozlov’s first defeat in the WWE since he debuted a year ago.

As first rumored back in December here at The Wrestling Frenzy, it will be “Mr. WrestleMania” Shawn Michaels against “The Phenom” The Undertaker. This promisses to be a great battle, and could be the match of the night, which would be nothing new to Michaels. The Undertaker will put his streak of 16-0 on the line, at perhaps his last WrestleMania, against Shawn Michaels, who has had some of the greatest matches in the long history of WrestleMania. For more, check out my original post about Shawn Michaels facing The Undertaker at Wrestlemania 25.

To steal a like from The Rock, finally, Christian has come back to the WWE. Yes, Christian finally made his long-awaited return earlier this week….but to ECW? That is how the WWE chose to bring him back, as a surprise and confronting Jack Swagger on ECW, their “C” brand? I think the WWE completely blew it. Fans have been waiting for months for Christian to pop up on WWE television again. Many thought he would have been the hit and run driver that hit Jeff Hardy, and the one that laid him out in the hotel that time. Apparently, Matt Hardy turning on Jeff at the Royal Rumble was not originally supposed to happen, but because the original plan got leaked out, they went to that. Was Christian the original plan? Now, he could still have a hand in it, but why bring him back to the WWE this way? Since the fans have been waiting for it, why didn’t they somehow build it up, like as being some sort of mystery person, who would one day show himself? Or, like they did with Chris Jericho when he came back? It just seems like they kind of buried his long-awaited return. Now, with Matt Hardy leaving for Smackdown, the ECW roster does need more star-power. But, still. It seems like Creative could have come up with a better return than that. That probably isn’t what Christian planned on when he signed. But, with the WWE draft coming up in a couple months, he could get drafted to another brand, which he could take off in.

I would like to give my personal, heart felt congratulations to Jeff Hardy for FINALLY becoming the new WWE Champion at Armageddon. It was certainly a long time coming.

Jeff Hardy has put his body on the line countless times for the WWE, only to always come up short when it came to becoming champion. I was sure that since he had multiple chances against Triple H, and since Edge returned to Smackdown, I felt that he would have to be pushed out of the title picture. Especially since he was written out of the title match at the Survivor Series. Jeff has such a tremendous fan base that has been pulling for him forever. I think the WWE didn’t have any choice to finally make him champion. I am sure the crowd reaction alone would be enough to make him champion.

Jeff sure did have quite a long road to becoming champion. Even with all he went through inside the wrestling ring, he endured a lot outside too. A few years ago he was fired by the WWE because of erratic behavior and drug use. Plus, he was burnt out. Then, he made his return to the WWE in 2006 after competing in TNA for a couple years, and he came back as the Jeff Hardy we all knew and loved, being more of a risk taker then ever before. He did have a tough 2008. He was suspended because of the WWE Wellness program, and had to removed from the “Money in the Bank Ladder Match” at WrestleMania 24. To make matters worse, his house burned down while he was on suspension. It burned to the grown, and he lost everything, including his dog. Then, not in September, Jeff was involved in an incident at the Nashville International Airport. A Southwest Airline employee reported that he appeared to be intoxicated and was not allowed to board the flight. He was not, however, arrested as he was said to be “calm” and “co-operative”, and he made other arrangements to get home. But you had to wonder. The next strike against Jeff would be his last in the WWE. Will he ever get his act together to fulfill his potential? Can the WWE trust Hardy if they put the belt on him to not do something they would regret? If he “fell off the wagon” again as champion, that would not be very good press.

Well, apparently the WWE feels they can trust Hardy, as witnessed last night. So congratulations to you, Jeff Hardy for becoming WWE Champion at last night’s Armageddon! I hope you have a nice run as champion.