Pinfall Recall News feed for December 17 and 18, 2008
Editor’s note: I apologize for an absence of news the last couple of days. I have been busy with the holidays and vacation and bad weather but that is why you are getting a double dose of news today with TWO DAYS worth of headlines! Once again, please accept my apologies.
Signed,
RDB
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WWE
Tyson Tomko could be out the door already
- Word going around is that Tyson Tomko, who recently re-signed with WWE, is dealing with a torn pectoral muscle. He was seen wearing a sling the day after his dark match in Pittsburgh Monday night, and some even think he went into the match with the injury and tried to keep it quiet.
Live reports stated that Tomko got a good reaction Monday in Pittsburgh, but Vince McMahon was not a fan of his performance. With Vince not pleased, that led to others in the company saying that his performance was poor and that he looked “heavy.” If Tomko did go into the match with a torn pectoral muscle, that would explain a lot since his workouts would have been limited.
There is already talk that his return may be a short one, including rumors that he is already be gone from the company.
Credit: 411mania.com
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WWE offers controversial contracts to superstars
- WWE has been offering long-term contracts to several big starts with clauses that strongly favor the company. WWE has offered Rey Mysterio a 5-year contract and Randy Orton a 10-year deal, where they don’t provide many ways out of the contracts for the wrestler, but are filled with clauses that would let the company out of the deal.
For example, if there is a three-year contract, WWE could break it at any time with just 90 days notice. Some top starts have enough leverage to broker better deals, but the company still is strict about protecting themselves with out clauses.
In Mysterio’s case, the company would be protected if Rey suffered another injury or Randy Orton had a behavioral incident and the company wanted out of the deals. In the case of an injury, WWE merely pays the downside guarantee, so there is incentive for the wrestlers to continue working. The policy was put in place in response to various wrestlers who abused WCW’s guaranteed contract system. This leaves the performers with very little leverage.
If the talent is locked in for a long-term deal, but the company can opt out at any time they please, it’s basically a no lose situation for WWE.
Credit: wrestlezone.com
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Explanation for why the WWE switched the World Tag Titles at a house show
- The Wrestling Observer is reporting that the decision to take the tag titles off CM Punk and Kofi Kingston had more to do with pushing The Miz and John Morrison rather than focus on Punk and Kofi as singles wrestlers. Coming off their Slammy win, creative wanted to give The Miz and Morrison the tag titles as well so they could “brag” that they now have two types of gold.
Credit: wrestlezone.com
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Torrie Wilson working for JBL, Smackdown saving MyNetworkTV.
- Torrie Wilson has posted in her latest blog that she has recently shot a commercial for JBL’s Mamajuana energy drink. She is headed to Miami to do print publicity.
- The Los Angeles Times featured an article about MyNetworkTV today, noting that while its ratings are up, Fridays in particular (150%) thanks to WWE Smackdown, they have a lot of work to do in building the other nights of the network.
Credit: PWinsider.com
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Lance Cade speaks candidly on release
- Here’s a link to a revealing shoot interview with Lance Cade where he discusses why he was released from WWE and how he doesn’t blame WWE for why they did it. http://www.wrestlezone.com//article.php?articleid=231543172
Credit: wrestlezone.com
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TNA
Nathan Jones to TNA
- It has been rumored for quite some time now that former WWE star Nathan Jones has signed a contract with TNA and will be debuting with the company. It’s now being reported that Jones has indeed signed with TNA, and he is expected to be introduced either at the Genesis PPV in January or a short time after that. Although Jones has been signed for awhile now, his debut with TNA has been halted due to a motorcycle accident which took place while he was training for his US return. Jones was struck by a cement truck and suffered nerve damage in his arm, however is expected to recover fully and should be cleared to wrestle shortly.
Credit: wrestlezone.com
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LAX signed to contract extension
- TNA’s mobile text messaging service announced today that the company has re-signed LAX members Homicide and Hernandez to 3 year deals. Hernandez’s contract was set to expire sometime next month, but now both members will be working with TNA until 2011.
Credit: wrestlezone.com
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TNA tidbits including a rumor regarding Elijah Burke joining the company
- There are rumors going around regarding Elijah Burke heading to TNA. Burke and TNA’s Terry Taylor appeared together a few weeks back at a convention in New Jersey and had a long discussion about the possibility of him joining the company. Burke wouldn’t be able to sign a TNA deal until his 90 day no compete clause with WWE has ended.
- If the injury to Kaz is serious enough, TNA is considering putting someone else under the [Suicide] mask in order to keep the character on TV.
Credit: 411mania.com
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ROH
ROH newswire and more!
- December 17th: Ring of Honor will present their annual Wrestlemania weekend shows in Houston, TX on Friday, April 3rd with an 8pm bell time and Saturday, April 4th with a special 3pm bell time. Both events will take place at the George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida de las Americas, Houston, TX 77010. Tickets for both events will go on sale Thursday, December 18th at 11am EST at www.rohwrestling.com.
- It didn’t take long for the Necro Butcher to answer the challenge laid out by Rhett Titus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBxj6zOB50k. Necro emphatically told ROH officials on late Tuesday night that he would love the chance to enter the Four Corner Survival on December 27 in New York City. “Titus is gonna learn his lesson”, said the Butcher. “And he’s gonna learn well. I never back down from a challenge. Not in the ROH/CZW Wars, not when I was with the Age of the Fall, and sure as hell not now. I’m coming for you Titus.” This completes the completely stacked Four Corner Survival as Necro joins Rhett Titus, Chris Hero, and Jerry Lynn at the Hammerstein!
- Speaking of Rhett Titus, he and Kenny King have signed to be on hand for ROH’s return to Manassas, VA on 1/16 and Edison, NJ on 1/17. Previously announced for the doubleshot weekend are Mid-Atlantic standouts Damien Wayne, Sean Denny, and Chris Escobar, as well as the “American Wolves” of Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards with Larry Sweeney. More stars of ROH will announced soon here in the Newswire.
- ROH World Tag Team Champions, Kevin Steen and El Generico, have both made phone calls to the ROH Booking Committee in the last 48 hours to discuss the claims made by Jimmy Jacobs that he and Delirious had the deck stacked against them in Dayton last month. Steen, in particular, was outraged that Jacobs brought what he called “complete bull” to the Committee in hopes of landing another title shot. This topic apparently wasn’t the only one that the champs discussed with ROH officials. We will have more on this before the week is over.
- It’s official. After listening to claims made by both competitors and weighing the situation very carefully, ROH officials have sanctioned a huge match for 12/27 at Final Battle! The heat between Tyler Black and Austin Aries has been building, especially after Black scored a clean pinfall over Aries in suburban St. Louis earlier this month. Now these two will battle it out again. This time, ROH officials have upped the ante. Austin Aries and Tyler Black meet in New York, and the winner of this contest will be declared the Number One contender to the ROH World Championship!
- The new ROH Video Wire posted at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W2Y0JLYoGc features highlights from our recent event in Nasville, TN. This includes comments from Nigel McGuinness towards Jerry Lynn from after their World Title Match, followed by a disturbing locker room confrontation.
- The movie “The Wrestler” opens today in limited release. In New York City you can see the movie at Landmark Sunshine Cinema, 143 E. Houston Street, New York, NY 10002 and Lincoln Plaza Cinemas at 30 Lincoln Plaza, Broadway between 62nd and 63rd, New York, NY 10023. In Los Angeles it will be playing at The Landmark, 10850 West Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064. The New York Daily News gave the film a tremendous review today which you can read here: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2008/12/16/2008-12-16_mickey_rourke_earns_oscar_buzz_with_role.html.
ROH officials received a surprising phone call this morning. It seems someone wants to return to their old stomping grounds.
- Tickets for the Ring of Honor shows in Houston, Texas, that will take place over WrestleMania weekend, are currently on sale.
Credit: 411mania.com
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Other
New NWA show on the way
- NWA RETURNS TO COLORS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCS3cAwh_SM
The NWA™ Wrestling Showcase from the National Wrestling Alliance® and Big Vision Entertainment premieres on Colours TV/Dish Network Channel 9407 on Friday January 28th and every Friday at 6:00 PM Eastern (3 PM Pacific).
NWA Wrestling Showcase originates from the historic Columbia Square Studios on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, CA and features NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Blue Demon, Jr., “Scrap Iron” Adam Pearce, “Shooter” Brent Albright, The Young Bucks, Joey Ryan, NWA North American Champion “The Legacy” Mike DiBiase, Lance Cade, Trevor Murdoch plus NWA regional talents from across the globe.
If your area does not carry Colours TV you can still enjoy NWA action LIVE online on colourstv.org and on a delay basis on nwawrestling.com.
Tickets for this taping are available by calling 818-232-0770 or emailing tickets@nwawrestling.com.
Credit: wrestlezone.com
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Pinfall Recall News Feed for December 16, 2008
WWE
Tonight’s ECW on Sci-Fi main event
- The WWE Tag Team champions John Morrison & The Miz and Jack Swagger will face the team of (former champions) CM Punk & Kofi Kingston and their partner Ricky Ortiz in the ECW Main Event on Sci Fi tonight, Tuesday 12-16.
Credit: wrestlezone.com
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Raw and Smackdown ratings, Jeff Hardy’s post match celebration
- The December 12, 2008 edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown did a 2.0 broadcast rating. (wrestlezone.com)
- Last night’s edition of WWE Monday Night Raw scored a 3.33 cable rating. During the 9-11PM slot last week, the show scored a 3.17. Overall, last week’s three-hour edition of Raw scored a 3.0 cable rating.
- WWE.com has posted match footage of Jeff Hardy’s title win at Armageddon, which you can see here.
Credit: 411mania.com
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TNA
TNA iMPACT tapings set up Foley’s in-ring debut (Spoilers)
- Mick Foley in ring announced two matches Booker T & Scott Steiner vs AJ Styles & Brother Devon, and Kurt Angle vs Rhino with Jeff Jarrett seconding Rhino
Chris Sabin def Kioshi with Shane Sewell as ref to advance to the finals of the X Division Tournament. Bashir attacked Sewell postmatch, Suicide saved
Styles & Devon def Steiner & Booker T. Postmatch Main Event Mafia attacked Styles and Mick Foley saved. Sets up Foley, Styles & Devon vs Nash, Steiner & Booker T for Genesis on Jan 11, Foley’s in ring wrestling debut for TNA.
Christy Hemme, Roxxi, Taylor Wilde & ODB def Sonjoiner Bolt, Awesome Kong, Raisha Saieed, & Rhaka Khan
Kurt Angle def Rhino DQ with Jeff Jarrett involved. Sting was out postmatch and all 4 brawled.
For Xplosion Consequenses Creed def Sonjay Dutt
Credit: wrestlezone.com
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Kaz injured
- Jason Powell of www.prowrestling.net is reporting that Kaz (Suicide) (Frankie Kazarian) suffered a bicep injury of some kind likely at the TV Taping on Monday.
Credit: wrestlezone.com
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ROH
ROH to go head to head with WWE Hall of Fame ceremony
- Ring of Honor released the following announcement today:
Two Shows In Houston Announced!
Ring of Honor will present their annual Wrestlemania weekend shows in Houston, TX on Friday, April 3rd and Saturday, April 4th at the George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida de las Americas, Houston, TX 77010.
Tickets for both events will go on sale Thursday, December 18th at 11am EST at www.rohwrestling.com.
Credit: 411mania.com
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Other
Where is Perry Saturn?
- From Bill Behrens at wrestlezone.com
I received an e-mail from a fan who found a website promoting “exclusive” info on Perry Saturn who has been MIA for quite a while, and some believed might have died.
There is at least one source that suggests he now lives in Albert Lea, MN which is a small town about 90 miles south of the Twin Cities.
I last saw him at TNA in Nashville when he decided to walk out toward the ring in his underwear during a post show fan interaction.
I have no idea whether the info below is valid.
http://www.wrestling-news.com/artman/publish/article_3837.shtml
Credit: wrestlezone.com
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Foley speaks on The Wrestler and how he thinks Vince will view the film
- Mick Foley recently spoke with New York Magazine and discussed the movie The Wrestler. Foley recently saw the film, and was very complimentary as he stated:
“I walked in something of a cynic, figuring there was no way an actor could ever really get a feel for what we do without having done it. But within the first five minutes, I was completely sold. From an emotional standpoint, I found Mickey Rourke to be so believable. He made it so easy to suspend disbelief that within five minutes in the movie, I never once thought of him as being Mickey Rourke, let alone an actor. He was Randy the Ram. It was the little cues that really registered — like how he lived to get a reaction from people, even if they were just customers at the deli counter.”
When asked what he thought Vince McMahon would think of the film, Foley commented…
“I personally don’t think Vince will like it, because Vince really believes in the philosophy of keeping wrestling as entertainment for the fans. And part of that is keeping up the mystique of what goes on behind the scenes. I’m not sure he would enjoy a film that shines a light on the hardships that some wrestlers go through.”
You can read the full interview here.
Credit: 411mania.com
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