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WWE

Raw rating

- Last night’s Raw broadcast drew a 3.4, which is .2 points down from the previous two weeks’ 3.6. The first hour did a 3.34, while the second hour did a 3.5.

Credit: wrestlezone.com

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Flair not re-signed, new ECW talent’s identity revealed

- Ric Flair has not signed a new deal with WWE. Flair is planned to be a part of WWE TV as they build to WrestleMania, and will be at the Hall of Fame Ceremony to induct Ricky Steamboat.

- Tyson Kidd, who debuted on ECW last night, is WWE developmental talent TJ Wilson. The original plan was to put Wilson on Smackdown with DH Smith and Natalya as the new Hart Foundation, but those plans changed when Smith pushed to be put on RAW with Legacy

Credit: 411mania.com

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WWE officials upset with star’s wrestling talents

- The Wrestling Observer is reporting that WWE officials are apparently unhappy with Shad Gaspard’s ring work. Although Cryme Tyme was initially released from the company on account of bad behavior, it’s being said that while their backstage attitudes have seen a tremendous improvement, it’s the slow learning which Gaspard has displayed that have many backstage in WWE questioning his future with the company.

Shad recently had a meeting with Johnny Ace, and it was explained to him that the company feels they cannot rely on him as a solid in-ring performer because his wrestling skills are not not up to par with his partner’s. As most can see, Shad’s ring time is generally very limited when he is wrestling in tag matches, with most of the wrestling being done by JTG. Shad’s limited ability is also the reason why you never see him in singles matches, and company officials are unsure whether or not they will ever be able to push him as a singles wrestler if the time ever came to break-up Cryme Tyme. It should be noted that Gaspard trains down at FCW while in between road trips, however it appears as if his work is not improving with the amount of quickness that WWE would like.

Credit: wrestlezone.com

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TNA

TNA roster cuts include familiar names

- TNA will not renew the contracts or both Lance Rock and Petey Williams. The reason for this is said to be an effort to freshen up the undercard roster by replacing talent that has been with the company for an extended period of time. The plan is to bring in some new performers to replace them. There is no heat with either Williams or Rock, and the feeling is that both could be back with the company down the line. 

- TNA has also opted not to renew the contract of Jimmy Rave.

Credit: 411mania.com

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Stevie Richards might become involved in TNA angle

- Jason Powell of Prowrestling.net is reporting that Stevie Richards may play a role in Abyss’ current TNA storyline. Richards was backstage during this past Monday night’s Impact taping and it’s now being rumored that he may end up debuting with the company as the therapist Abyss continues to refer to on the program. The report is also noting that although there has been talk of using Richards, there is also concern amongst some officials that if they do bring him the company may end up furthering their image as a place where WWE rejects go to work.

Credit: wrestlezone.com

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New Knockout signed

- SHIMMER star Ashley Lane (real name Ashley Simmons), who appeared as Madison Rayne, has signed a deal with TNA, so she’ll be a regular member of the TNA Knockouts roster going forward

Credit: PWinsider.com

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ROH

ROH talent announced for TV tapings, more

- The TV Tapings done for HDNet will be exclusive property of HDNet for an undisclosed amount of time, possibly a year, which means that the footage will not be immediately released on DVD. The hope is that the weekly TV show will generate interest in ROH PPV and DVDs.

- The following is the list of confirmed talent for the first set of TV tapings, which take place on February 28th and March 1st Philadelphia, PA:

* Tyler Black

* ROH Tag Team Champion Kevin Steen

* Chris Hero

* Larry Sweeney

* Austin Aries

* Jerry Lynn

* Jimmy Jacobs

* Sterling James Keenan

* The Dark City Fight Club

Credit: 411mania.com

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WWE

11.8.08 News

- WWE WrestleMania XXV tickets “officially” went on sale this morning after two days of the online pre-sale.

- WWE is set to release a 2-disc Best of Saturday Night’s Main Event DVD on 02/10/09.

- The Miami Herald has an interview up with Mr. Kennedy where he talks about WrestleMania XXV tickets going on sale, his projected return date, and more. Check out the interview here:http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/other/story/762490.html

- SLAM! Wrestling has an interview up with JBL where he talks about his friendship with Ron Simmons, working WrestleMania 25, the JBL character, and more. Check out the interview here:http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2008/11/07/7342366.html

- WWE Hall of Famer Lou Albano recently suffered a broken tibia in several places.

Credit: PWInsider.com 

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WWE To Crack Down On Marijuana Use 

As we noted here earlier on WZ.com, prowrestling.net is reporting increased scrutiny by WWE on those using marijuana, plus $1000 fines. 

It is true that quite a few wrestlers have tested positive for marijuana and have been fine $1000, several have repeatedly been fine. 

In fact several big name wrestlers left WWE entirely in part because of the fines related to their marijuana use. At least one wrestler’s recent release by WWE was tied to repeat positive marijuana tests. 

For some WWE stars the back-up plan for marijuana has been to drink more alcohol, which is legal and not a restricted drug unless a wrestler is found impared at a show. Add prescription pills to the mix (doctor prescribed), and you have much more severe potential problems than are created by marijuana (and that have led to talent release too), but since marijuana remain illegal in most States, WWE is in a tough spot given how complete their testing now is. How do they ignore pot, when there are even legal products sold at GNC that can cause test failures and that have led to talent releases.

credit: wrestlezone.com

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Kung Fu Naki News and More

– At Tuesday’s SmackDown taping in Orlando, Kung Fu Naki defeated Curt Hawkins in a singles match. The match didn’t air during last night’s broadcast due to time constraints. The match took place before The Great Khali’s squash of MVP.

– On last night’s edition of SmackDown, Brie Bella picked up a win over Victoria, and then ran under the ring to escape Natalya and Victoria. Victoria and Natalya both reached for Brie under the ring, resulting in both Brie as well her twin sister being pulled out. The twins then attacked Victoria and Natalya, and celebrated afterwards. Brie’s twin is going under the name Nikki Bella, instead of her name in Florida Championship Wrestling, Nicole Bella. This wasn’t revealed on last night’s broadcast, but rather, WWE.com. They wrote in the results section: “WWE.com has learned that Brie’s twin is named Nikki and has secured exclusive post match photos. Check back tomorrow for an exclusive photo shoot with the Bella sisters.” The WWE site has added a profile — as well as new photos - of Nikki, which can seen at the following link:http://www.wwe.com/superstars/smackdown/nikkibella/

– D-Lo Brown has posted a new blog on the WWE Universe site, mostly talking about the next President of the United States of America, Barack Obama. Brown wrote: “I’ve got two words for you - Mr. President. I was on an airplane heading towards Germany when the pilot announced that the next President of the United States of America was going to be Barack Obama. I told my wife he would win by a landslide and that’s exactly what happened. It’s still a bit surreal. I would have given just about anything to have been in Grant Park that night. This is a time in American history that I thought I might not have ever seen, like so many others before me. To my grandparents, my heroes in the history books and the thousands that never made the history books, who aren’t alive to witness this glorious time- thank you for fighting, dreaming and believing.” He also talks about the Raw 800th episode celebration and the European tour thus far. Brown said Boogeyman gave his daughter a present after Raw.

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ROH

ROH House Show Results

-Erick Stevens defeated Eddie Edwards.

-Jay & Mark Briscoe defeated Kenny King & Kenny Omega when king walked out on Omega and joined up with Rhett Titus at the entranceway, leaving Omega to eat a Doomsday Device by the Briscoes for the win.

-Necro Butcher defeated Brodie Lee when Age Of The Fall interfered, after the match Nigel McGuinness came out, trash talked Necro, and declared himself the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be.

-Jerry Lynn defeated Delirious with the Cradle Piledriver.

-Davey Richards defeated Roderick Strong when Eddie Edwards interfered, After the match Sweet & Sour Inc beat down Roderick and Erick Stevens made the save. Strong and Stevens had a staredown and left separately.

-Bryan Danielson and Austin Aries defeated Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black of Age Of The Fall when Aries tapped Jacobs to the Last Chancery. After the match Jacobs blamed Tyler for the loss.

-ROH World Title Elimination Match-Nigel McGuinness (c) vs El Generico vs Kevin Steen vs Go Shiozaki
1-Nigel hit a low blow on Generico and Shiozaki gave him the Go Flasher to eliminate Generico
2-Steen tapped Shiozaki with the Sharpshooter
3-McGuinness pinned Steen with the Jawbreaker Lariat

After the match, both Steen & Generico got on the mic and thanked the crowd in French.

credit: 411mania.com

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Other

Various 11.8.08 News

- Brie Bella’s twin sister will be known as Nikki Bella. She has alread been added to the Smackdown Superstars page on WWE.com.

- Larry Sweeney missed last night’s ROH show due to an issue with his flight.

- ROH announced yesterday that they will now allow 20 seconds outside of the ring like Japanese promotions do.

- Apparently everyone associated with ROH had their bags and cars searched when entering Canada yesterday. 

- There weren’t any major differences last night with Gabe Sapolsky gone. Adam Pearce gave the entrance cues but it was mostly business as usual.

- The show itself did have more interferences and less big spots. 

Credit: PWInsider.com 

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WWE

Paul London Backstage At WWE Show

- Paul London was backstage at the WWE TV tapings this week. He hasn’t been around in awhile.

credit: 411mania.com

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Cryme Tyme’s Shad Rips Morrison and Miz

Cryme Tyme’s Shad posted an explicit rant on his MySpace account regarding John Morrison and The Miz. Here is what he wrote: “Ok, I don’t want to sound mad and I don’t want to sound angry. So im going to say this as nice as possible. **** John Morrison! **** THE MIZ! These 2 jackasses are the most egotistical, arrogant dumb fuck I have ever met. This has gone from fun and games to some gangster shit. I’m not some gimmick wwe put o paper. I’m a real thug and will **** those 2 **** up in a heartbeat. Morrison is just mad that I took his girl back in the day when we were in OVW. And Miz you’re just a bitch. B…I…T..C..H. WHORAAA! BITCH!”

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TNA

Impact Ratings

TNA Impact last night did a 1.13 rating.

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TNA Impact Game Not Selling Well

TNA’s “iMPACT!” video game release has not been nearly as successful as initially hoped. Midway Games lost double what they expected during the third quarter. The company projected losses of $34 million, but now expect to lose $64 million in the quarter. Midway hoped the TNA video game would help save the quarter. Midway canceled two licenses, but spared TNA for the time being. It’s being said that sales for the TNA “iMPACT!” video game have not been good at all and the feeling is that if sales continue to disappoint during the holiday season, there will be no future TNA video game releases from Midway. Even if the game sells well during the holiday season, it won’t matter if the company goes out of business.

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*Non-Spoiler* Next Week’s Impact Match Listing

* The Beautiful People vs. Christy Hemme & ODB
* The Motor City Machineguns vs. Sheik Abdul Bashir & Hiroshi Tanahashi
* Mick Foley’s first day in charge of TNA
* Samoa Joe & AJ Styles look for help in their war with the Main Event Mafia

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Other

Bret Hart Claims To Be Done With Wrestling

In an interview with Alex Marvez, Bret Hart said he’s done with professional wrestling following his U.S. book tour. Hart believes his wrestling career will be complete after saying good-bye to his American fans on various book signing tours to promote its release in the States. Hart is content saying good-bye to wrestling through his book and not working for a promotion after spending seven years on the project. “I’d be happy being remembered for really brilliant storytelling in my matches, not for some last chance to snap up some money,” Hart said. “I respectfully understand my light in wrestling is fading. I can live with that.” Hart said he nearly gave up on the project while trying to fight with the illnesses he faced after suffering a stroke in 2002. However, Hart wanted to bring closure on his wrestling career. “A lot of times, I thought about giving up because it was hard reliving some of these events. But I couldn’t say goodbye to my wrestling character until I finished.” Hart also wanted his family, especially his kids, to find out about his story and experience what he lived through. “I just wanted people - even my kids - to walk in my shoes and know that it was never easy being gone all the time. I was pretty much on the road for 300 days a year and that didn’t include travel back and forth. It’s hard to keep a marriage going.”

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WWE

Cade and Murdoch, Cyber Sunday Voting, Cryme Time interview

- Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch are now taking independent bookings as a team. (411mania.com)

- Here is how Cyber Sunday voting will work. The following matches can be voted on via text message.

* Chris Jericho vs. Batista for the World Title with Special Ref: Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels or Randy Orton.
- Triple H vs. Jeff Hardy OR Vladimir Kozlov OR a Triple Threat match with Both
- Matt Hardy vs. Evan Bourne OR Finlay OR Mark Henry
- Santino Marella vs. Roddy Piper OR Honky Tonk Man OR Goldust for the WWE Intercontinental Title
- Miz & John Morrison vs. Cryme Tyme OR William Regal & Layla vs. Jamie Noble & Mickie James OR Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase vs. CM Punk & Kofi Kingston for the World Tag Team Titles.
- Rey Mysterio vs. Kane in a Falls Count Anywhere match OR a No Holds Barred match OR a 2 Out Of 3 Falls match

And the following matches can be voted on via WWE.com.

- The Undertaker vs. Big Show in a Knockout Match OR an I Quit match OR a Last Man Standing match
- A WWE Diva Halloween Costume contest
- Shelton Benjamin vs. MVP OR R-Truth OR Festus for the WWE United States Title

- Hiphopdx.com recently did an interview with Cryme Tyme. In the interview, Shad talks about qualifying for the first season of Tough Enough but having to drop out due to his blood work. Shad and JTG also talk about whether their gimmicks enforces negative stereotypes, Vince’s reaction to their characters and more. Here are some excerpts:

On their start in pro wrestling:
JTG: I always wanted to be a wrestler but I didn’t know how to go about it. Growing up in Brooklyn, everyone was like, “I wanna be a basketball player” or “I wanna be a football player,” so I just used to tell people I wanted to be an actor. I do love acting, but I knew what I really wanted to do.

Shad: My father started training me for boxing around five, I started martial arts when I was eight and amateur wrestling when I was about 10. As time went on, it seemed like a natural thing for me to do. I was working as a bodyguard, [MTV/WWE reality show] Tough Enough came along. I made the show but was eliminated after the qualifying round because there was a mix-up with my blood work and they thought I had Hepatitis C when it was actually a different contestant on the show. Later on, I was contacted by [WWE official] Dr. Tom Pritchard and recruited.

On who developed their characters:
JTG: The characters came from my Shad; I didn’t want to do it at first. He wanted to mix a bunch of mainstream Hip Hop artists. I was like “I don’t know if I want to do it, it’s very stereotypical” but he sold me on it and the characters got over with the creative team.

Shad: When we went into [WWE Chairman] Vince McMahon’s office to tell him about it, he immediately liked the idea but he already knew there were gonna be people out there that are too sensitive to this. There are some people who think that if something doesn’t hold African Americans up to the best light it’s automatically bad but it’s not true; people need to learn to relax and laugh at themselves sometimes.

JTG: We brought the characters to the table so I ddin’t feel any sorta way. It wasn’t them coming to us and saying, “We want you to be gangsters and thugs,” they just liked what we did.

On if Cena is a dope emcee:
Shad: You know what? People think I’m lying but John Cena can rap his ass off. He’s good with words, he thinks off the top of his head, he’s got a quick wit… I’ve seen him drop rhymes on people to shut them up.

JTG: Yeah, he’s pretty damned good. I’ve heard him freestyle.

You can check out the full interview from HipHopDX.com by clicking here.

Credit: wrestlezone.com

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TNA

iMPACT gauntlet match voting begins

- TNA Wrestling has issued information regarding this week’s “live” Impact from Las Vegas on Spike TV featuring a “Hard Rock Hardcore Text Off Guantlet” featuring TNA World Tag Team Champions Beer Money Inc., Team 3D, LAX and Matt Morgan & Abyss.

Here are the instructions for the text vote issued by TNA:

* Fans decide the order that the eight TNA wrestlers will enter the ring for the “Hard Rock Hardcore Text Off Guantlet.”

* From now until Thursday October 23rd at 9pmET, fans can pick the order of the wrestlers that will enter the Guantlet.

* The order will be determined with the wrestler with the fewest votes entering first, with the wrestler with the most text votes being the last to enter the ring.

* Fans can cast their vote by texting the keyword (listed below for each wrestler) to the number 81676.

* Vote now and vote often.

* Standard Text Messaging rates apply.

Text the following names to 81676

Credit: wrestlezone.com

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Other

Scott Hall, Hogan out of jail, Flair GM’s, Stacy Keibler

- Scott Hall has signed on to work ICP’s Hallowicked show on Halloween.

- Nick Hogan was released from jail today. He was picked up by his sister.

- Ric Flair will be the general manager for the 2/28/09 World Stars Of Wrestling show in Gondomar, Portugal.

- Stacy Keibler attended Dancing with the Stars last night. She was acknowledged by the show’s host.

Credit: 411mania.com

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Brock Lesnar on E:60

BROCK LESNAR TO BE FEATURED ON ESPN’s E:60

UFC 91 CONTENDER BROCK LESNAR
TO BE FEATURED ON ESPN’s E:60

ESPN FEATURE PREMIERES TUESDAY, OCT 21 at 7PM ET/PT

Las Vegas, NV (USA) �” UFC 91 Heavyweight Contender Brock Lesnar will be in the national spotlight next Tuesday night when ESPN’s only primetime newsmagazine show, E:60, airs an in depth story on this former WWE wrestling star turned Ultimate Fighter. The ESPN E:60 will premiere Tuesday, Oct. 21st at 7:00pm ET / 4:00pm PT on ESPN.

E:60 reporter Tom Farrey talks in-depth to Lesnar about his childhood in South Dakota, his path to success as a professional fighter, his disappointment in not making it in the NFL and subsequent reluctance to be in the public eye and his return to the Octagon™ as he prepares for his November 15th UFC 91 championship fight vs. reigning title-holder Randy Couture.

E:60 will cover Lesnar’s athletic career from high school all the way to his current preparation for the battle with Randy Couture:

Brock Lesnar was a standout high-school wrestler who went on to win the junior college heavyweight title and the NCAA heavyweight title. He then went on to become one of the biggest stars, called “The Next Big Thing,” for Vince McMahon’s World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Lesnar made millions of dollars and his likeness appears in several popular video games. But in 2004, at the height of his fame and success as a professional wrestler, Lesnar abruptly walked away from the WWE to pursue his childhood dream to play in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings. Lesnar didn’t make it out of training camp, and since then has kept a low profile. That is, until now.

Lesnar sat down with E:60 correspondent Tom Farrey for an in-depth interview in which he discussed gTimrowing up on a dairy farm on the outskirts of Webster, N.D., his days with the WWE, rumors of steroid use, his tryout in the NFL, his Playboy centerfold wife, and now, his life as a mixed martial arts fighter. With only three professional fights under his belt, Lesnar will face five-time champion Randy Couture in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s heavyweight bout at UFC 91 on November 15.

“I don’t know, what’s addiction? Did I take too damn many pills? Yeah. Did I drink too much? Yes. Did I become aware that I was drinking and taking too many pills? Yes, I did.” �” Lesnar, on whether he was addicted.

Credit: wrestlezone.com

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