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WWE

Wrestlemania Ticket Prices

- WWE has raised the price of WrestleMania by $5 this year. The base price is now $54.95. WWE gets $2 out of every $5 that they charge for a PPV, and with buyrates dropping due to the economy, they are assuming that their loyal fanbase will pay the extra $5 and help make up for the lower number of buyers.

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WWE.com Results For Greatest ‘Mania Match

- WWE.com Legacy has posted their latest “Greatest WrestleMania Matches” as voted on by the fans:
* WrestleMania XI: Shawn Michaels vs. Diesel 
* WrestleMania XII: Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart 
* WrestleMania 13: Bret Hart vs. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin 
* WrestleMania XIV: “Stone Cold” Steve Austin vs. Shawn Michaels 

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ROH

Nigel McGuinness Injury Update

Will he work tonight’s show? 

According to Pwinsider.com, ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness will work tonight’s ROH Seventh Anniversary show and defend the ROH World Title against KENTA.

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3.20.09 ROH Results

*Delirious pin Sterling James Keenan in a good back & forth ten minute opener. He scored the pin with a splash to the back off the top rope.

*Erick Stevens & Matt Cross vs. Rhett Titus & Kenny King.. Pre-match, Austin Aries confronted. Cross and Stevens leading to the other team attacking them to state the match. King got the pin on cross in about 15 minutes hitting a clothesline from the top on cross while Titus held him up. Solid action throughout.

*Bryan Danielson defeated Mike Quackenbush with a small package in about 20 minutes… Lots of chain wrestling throughout. Both guys worked hard. The story of the match was quack selling the left arm as Danielson worked on it throughout.

Claudio Castagnoli defeated Jerry Lynn and Brent Albright in a fast paced high impact match. Castagnoli got the submission on lynn with an arm breaker after Albright worked over Lynn’s arm and did the damage to the arm.

The Age of the Fall vs. Necro Butcher and Tyler Black. They brawled all over the place and beat the hell out of each other. Jacobs got the win on black with a guillotine choke. Great brawl.

Austin Aries vs. Roderick Strong was a solid back and forth match. Aries got the pin on strong with a brain buster after outside interference from King and Titus. Great action packed match.

*El Generico and KENTA vs. Davey Richards and ROH champ Nigel McGuinness. Nonstop action throughout. The match went about 25 minutes. An awesome tag match and an awesome main event. KENTA got the pin on McGuinness with the GTS. 

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New JR Blog

I’m not sure what happened earlier with our website but nonetheless it is back. If you haven’t read our last blog with more about Andrew Martin and drug use in our society, I hope that you will check it out. Our Q&A section has also been updated and you can check it out too while you are here. Anyone else have March Madness? So let’s tip this one off. 

The “historic” 500th episode of Friday Night Smackdown is history and aired as a solid, two hour wrestling show. I’m sure it could take a spanking in the ratings this week, with male viewers especially, because of the NCAA Basketball Tournament that’s underway. I will admit I was checking out scores during Smackdown commercial breaks. 

With the challenging American economy, it is always encouraging to see ticket sales for WWE events doing well in many venues. It looks as if even though the NCAA’s are in Kansas City this weekend that Monday’s Raw could well be a sellout in KC. One has to believe that this Monday’s Raw will be hot as there are only two Raws remaining until Wrestlemania. The Raw on March 30 in the American Airlines Center in Dallas is also selling briskly and could well be sold out by that event’s show time. The Hildago, Texas event the night before Dallas on March 29 has already gone clean.

What’s the over/under on The King wearing another black T shirt this week on TV including the fact it could be another freebie from the frugal WWE HOF’er. If you have black and something with “King” on it you are likely in the money. I guess I’m subconsciously trying to figure a way to get some exposure for J.R.’s Family BBQ on TV. No, the BBQ logo on my hat is not a consideration. It’s o.k. for my poker hero Doyle Brunson to plug his “Doyle’s Room”  poker site on his hat but I don’t think that would fly w/  WWE management. 

As mentioned previously, in Dallas on Monday March 30 Monday Night Raw will be produced plus a few bouts for Smackdown and for ECW. I love a nice “car trip” such as this one as the Mrs. and I can drive down and back to Big D as we don’t leave for Wrestlemania until Thursday April 2. Hopefully I will be over the hump battling this bout of pneumonia by then.

Wrestlemania still has seats available and WWE is shooting for over 70,000 fans in Reliant Stadium on Sunday April 5. The WM25 gate is already in excess of $6.2M. I remember when Mid South Wrestling promoted the first Super Dome event in New Orleans and it was a huge hit back in the 70’s and I think the gate was around $76,000. How times have changed.

European ticket sales are doing well for the April tour after Wrestlemania and the Annual WWE Draft. In a recent blog,  we mentioned several venues that had already sold out and now you can add Geneva, Switzerland to the list. Tickets in London for Raw and Smackdown TV’s are not sold out as of yet but are “this close” so I suggest WWE fans in the UK to hustle and get your tickets to these London events which will obviously have different looks as they are after the Draft. 

Man, reading some websites reviews of various wrestling TV shows can be morbid, kind of like talking to an ex-wife. Some reviewers seem to never like anything and to be auditioning for a job in either stand-up comedy or creative writing with their ramblings. I wonder how many of those dudes are unemployed. Some websites do offer fairer degrees of objectivity which balances things out.

Something tells me that this year’s WWE Draft will really shake things up even more than last year. No one has tole me this but it just seems like the deck will be completely reshuffled in Atlanta and that could include some new announce teams put together. Again, this is only speculation so for those considering this the Gospel please, “Lighten Up Francis.”

Did you see the take down of OU’s Blake Griffin Thursday night in the NCAA’s? Oklahoma’s National Player of the Year kept his cool after being “modified arm dragged” over the shoulder of an opponent who got ejected from the game for his unsportsmanlike efforts. There were the obligatory, “Sports Center-like” wrestling references to the move including one of the talking heads mentioning Ric Flair and his partner doing a “WHOOO.”

I love it when the “legit” sports world’s broadcasters use a wrestling reference and they usually do it reluctantly as if someone wrote their script for them or with tongue firmly in cheek because no one from the “real sports world” would be caught deal watching ‘rasslin. They watch,  don’t let them kid you.  

Friday night late I watched the Legends Roundtable that is currently airing on WWE 24/7 On Demand regarding Texas Wrestling and it is really a fun, quick hour of TV to watch. Lots of stories of famous, Texas born or based wrestlers didn’t make air due to the one  hour format of the program but several greats were discussed and some classic footage aired. Gene Okerlund was the host and Gene does a great job in that role while the panel consisted of Michael Hayes, Dusty Rhodes, Cowboy Bill Watts, and me. Personally, I like being a panelist better than hosting but being a part of the Roundtable in any form is super and one of the most fun broadcasts to be a part of in WWE. I am told that after WM25 we will be heading back to Connecticut at some point to produce two more Roundtable shows but I don’t know the subjects or the panelists yet. 

From what I hear, WWE will be back in Oklahoma in September with Raw going live from Tulsa’s BOK Center on Monday September 28. Smackdown and ECW will emanate from the Ford Center in OKC on Tuesday September 29. Those dates are subject to change but that’s the latest that I have heard. I don’t expect tickets to go on sale for these events until probably August so, please, no phone calls or emails wanting tickets from my “friends” who I don’t hear from as a rule unless I bump into them at a watering hole or until WWE is in the area.  

On a side note regarding the last blog that I wrote about drug abuse and additional thoughts on the late Andrew Martin, I feel that all wrestling organizations should begin instilling in their prospects early in the training process the dangers of drug abuse and that it has no place any where especially in the wrestling business. On-going education regarding drug abuse should be covered as in depth as learning to withstand a body slam. I know that I am old school and damn proud of it for the record but I also think that wrestling students should be challenged with written tests as well as the established physical tests that they endure and that drug education should be an important part of their curriculum. To be fair, some training entities may already be doing some of these things but education at an early age is key to this problem that I feel ( I hope) has peaked and will become less of an issue as time goes by but this issue will never be completely eradicated because humans are, well, human. 

I have WWE Axxess appearances this year on Thursday and Friday night in Houston. I’m looking forward to them and the chance to meet many of you. Thursday night I will be at the Announce a Match booth and Friday night I will be signing autographs with the King. J.R.’s Family BBQ won’t be a part of this year’s Axxess as we could not strike a fair deal with the concessionaire but some of our products, J.R.’s Beef Jerky and our Bar Nuts, will be available in limited supply at WWE’s souvenir stand at Axxess. If you buy ‘em, I’ll sure as heck sign ‘em!

Thanks for the many get well wishes as they are appreciated. Also, we want to thank all of you that shop with us in our on line store. Your business helps keep us a float plus we are proud of everything we sell and won’t put our name on inferior products. Thanks, again, and be well.

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WWE

Scotty Goldman Released

WWE announcd the realease of Scotty Goldman (Colt Cabana) today.  I’d expect he show up after 90 days of TV restriction with either ROH or the NWA TV shows, or both.   The NWA shows are being produced by Big Vision who also produced the WSX show for MTV where Scotty was Matt Classic, one of the characters created for that show that worked.  

http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/goldmanreleased

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Gail Kim WWE Status Update

Prowrestling.net is reporting that a training video will air during tonight’s Smackdown broadcast featuring Gail Kim, who is supposed to be debuting with the brand after Wrestlemania 25. The show has already aired overseas, and a reader sent in word that the vignette was shown.

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TNA

Impact Ratings!

- Last night’s edition of TNA Impact scored a 1.33 rating, up from last week’s 1.2 rating. [Credit: Pwinsider.com]

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ODB Angle Update

- On Thursday night’s edition of Impact, they showed some of the video entries for the “Win A Night With ODB” Contest. One of the videos was of Cody Deaner, who has been contracted to TNA since 2007, but never used. So the entire “contest” may be an angle to introduce Deaner into the company. [Wrestlingobserver.com]

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Other

Colt Cabana Comments On WWE Release

- Colt Cabana, the former Scotty Goldman, spoke on his WWE release on his MySpace today:
SEEYA!!!!! 

Yes. I was released by WWE. There’s only two things that are on my mind right now. 

1) Move back to Chicago.
2) Go to England and Professionally Wrestle Johnny Saint.
There’ll be a lot more to come, but for now, sit tight.

Goodbye Scotty Goldman. Hello (again) Colt Cabana! 

GOOD TIMES, GREAT MEMORIES!

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WWE

Updated No Way Out Card

- For the Freedom of Shawn Michaels: Shawn Michaels vs. JBL
- No Holds Barred Match: Shane McMahon vs. Randy Orton
- ECW Title Match: Finlay vs. Jack Swagger ©
- World Title Elimination Chamber Match: John Cena © vs. Chris Jericho vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Mike Knox vs. Kane
- WWE Title Elimination Chamber Match: Edge © vs. HHH vs. The Big Show vs. The Undertaker vs. Vladimir Kozlov vs. Jeff Hardy

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TNA

House Show Results!

TNA House Show
February 6, 2009
Charlottesville , VA
John Paul Jones Arena

1) Motor City Machine Guns defeated Sonjay Dutt & Sheik Abdul Bashir. Good match, MCMGs played total faces. This match featured the longest and most revealing “full moon” spot I’ve ever seen in a wrestling match with Sonjay Dutt flying around the ring with his backside exposed. The Guns won with some sort of a double team maneuver (missed the finish due to folks blocking my view).

2) Shane Sewell defeated Scott Steiner. Steiner jawed with the fans for a good while before the match, telling all the fat women to leave. He even managed to intimidate Sewell for a bit with Sewell almost walking out but coming back at the last minute. Steiner dominated most of the match but got rolled up while he was posing on the middle rope. Steiner laid out Sewell after the match.

3) Roxxi & Taylor Wilde defeated The Beautiful People (w/ Cute Kip). A lot of stalling early as Kip wouldn’t leave the ring. Good action that saw Wilde get the win after a superkick. After the match Kip got laid out by a slap from Roxxi.

4) Brutus Magnus defeated Eric Young. Magnus took the mic early and let us all know that the U.K. is where real athletes are from. Relatively boring match but the crowd continued to be hot. The crowd spent most of the match chanting ” USA ” at Magnus, I guess we’ve forgotten EY’s Team Canada days. Finish came when Magnus blocked the ref and hit Eric with a lowblow for the win.

~Intermission~

After intermission they filmed the crowd for a spot on Impact and on TNAwrestling.com. I think it was also to let the crowd know that cameras were in the building so a title change in the next match was a possibility.

5) Beer Money Inc. defeated LAX to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles. Biggest heat of the night for this match. Lots of stalling early with Beer Money heeling on the crowd and threatening to walk out only for Earl Hebner to give them until the ten count to return or forfeit the titles. Funny spot as James Storm kept pushing Hebner so Earl took off his ref shirt and put Storm in a headlock while Homicide acted as the referee. The match really got started after that. Most of the match saw Homicide play face in peril with SuperMex making the save. Hernandez was eventually taken out outside and Storm hit Homicide with the superkick for the win.

6) Samoa Joe defeated Booker T. Booker T heeled on the “ugly kids” and “bunch of fat asses” in the building first, as well as making sure Joe knew it was non-title because he hadn’t earned a shot. Joe didn’t have his new face paint by the way. This was probably closest thing to a technical match on the evening with some brawling on the floor thrown in. Split crowd for most of the match with dueling chants. The ref got bumped and Booker went to use a chair but Mick Foley ran from the back to take it off of him. Foley gave Booker the Mandible Claw with Mr. Socko and then Booker turned around into the Kokina Clutch for the submission. Foley challenged Booker to a fight after the match but Booker declined.

Foley had some of the wrestlers return from the back to sign autographs at ringside and he took pictures with fans inside the ring after the show.

FINAL THOUGHTS: All in all it was a really fun show. The crowd heat was absolutely incredible and definitely the most sustained heat for any crowd I’ve been in. I have been to shows where there were individually hotter moments but never a show where the crowd was so amped up for every match the entire match through. Really great environment and the TNA crew was very accommodating. Here’s hoping for a PPV in Charlottesville one day.

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ROH

Weekend ROH Card

Weekend ROH Cards

Get all the details!

- Here are the cards for ROH’s return to Florida:

02.06.09 in Coral Springs at The Gymnasium
* Non-Title Match: Nigel McGuinness © vs. Brent Albright
* Tyler Black vs. Davey Richards
* Austin Aries vs. The Necro Butcher
* Bryan Danielson and Jerry Lynn vs. Delirious and Jimmy Jacobs
* ROH Tag Team Title Match: Kevin Steen and El Generico © vs. The Dark City Fight Club
* Kenny King, Chasyn Rance and Rhett Titus vs. Roderick Strong, Erick Stevens and TBA
* Brad Attitude vs. Sean Osbourne

02.07.09 in Orlando, FL
* ROH Title Match: Nigel McGuinness © vs. D-Lo Brown
* El Generico vs. Bryan Danielson
* Tyler Black and The Necro Butcher vs. Jimmy Jacobs and Delirious
* Kevin Steen vs. Davey Richards w/Larry Sweeney
* Jerry Lynn vs. Shawn Osborne
* Austin Aries vs. Brad Attittude
* Rhett Titus and Kenny King vs. The British Lions
* Also appearing: Roderick Strong, Brent Albright, Bison Smith, Erick Stevens, Dark City Fight Club and more!

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New JR Blog

I thought I would do some general house cleaning with this blog to address a gambit of topics that did not make the “cut” or to underscore some topics that either have been addressed or that I am not going to provide feedback. This one covers a fair amount of ground.

I know that the UFC doesn’t appoint referees for their fights but their group certainly influences the direction that the MMA world is taking. My point was simply that the officiating in the MMA world needs to be uniform in its training methods and in how the Ref’s are sanctioned and assigned to better avoid any officiating issues that detract from the growth of the product. I know that many MMA purists would rather I not comment on “their sport” but I am a fan, I spend my $$$ on PPV’s, and this is my blog so I feel I can comment if I choose but those that it offends don’t have to read it.

Vaseline or not GSP wasn’t losing to the talented B.J. Penn at the last UFC PPV. However, the Vaseline issue may be the catalyst for a rematch. GSP’s size advantage will always be there nonetheless.

Made a mistake about the upcoming Fresno taping on Tuesday as we only do ONE show there which is almost like a day off. Portland is a doubleheader the Tuesday after the No Way Out PPV and doubleheaders seem to be the norm every other Tuesday until after Wrestlemania when the ECW/SD dual tapings resume in, I think, Austin, Texas.

Lots of speculation out there in the internet world about Trish Stratus wrestling Beth Phoenix at WM25 including an interview that the lovely, Canadian lass made a few days ago. Personally, I have zero knowledge of such a match but would love to see Trish at WM25 or any other time for that matter even though it would seem the Raw announcers would get to call that match. I can only suggest to stay tuned to Monday Night Raw as I do for any new developments. As a fan, it feels like a good pairing (no pun intended) if it ends up going that way.

We touted the Starrcade DVD in an honest and straight forward way when I received the rough cut of the DVD and now Starrcade is the #1 seller on DVD charts. One can really tell the amount of quality, main event depth back in Starrcade’s hey day and the lack of said depth is something we bemoan here perhaps too much.

Things we aren’t going to discuss on our Q&A section so please refrain from writing them include: Politics (What’s your thoughts on George W.?), Religion (no questions about religion will ever be answered on this site), people asking me to gut and quarter the WWE creative team (I have to work with these people and whether I agree with their ideas or not is irrelevant because they have a thankless job I would never want), what’s my favorite any thing as it relates to wrestling, who the “next big star will be” type questions (How can anyone answer that one accurately?), and questions about the personal lives of talents especially those that are married from people who simply crave “the dirt.”

Why don’t we carry PPV’s at JR’s Family BBQ locations any longer? Simple…free loading fans monopolized multiple tables while ordering nothing but free refills on beverages and MAYBE an appetizer while our other guests who did not care about seeing a WWE PPV had to wait longer to get a table to have their dinner. Many of them ended up leaving because of the long waits. We tried it but a small group of fans ruined it for the rest.

Someone asked if I was angry that I am not inducting Stone Cold into the WWE HOF and is that why I changed hats? WOW!! Uh, no the HOF is about Steve not me, Al Frankin, and I had my current hat custom made in OKC. I still have both of the hats Stone Cold presented me and for the record they are not for sale but may find their way into a JR’s BBQ some day.

All of the sudden there is all this talk about whether or not the WWE will have a Diva in Playboy prior to Wrestlemania. First of all, I do not know. I do seriously doubt it,  however. I am more interested in the WM25 card than I am about who may be “tastefully nude” in Playboy Magazine.

Enough of the emails on how much some “HATE” the fact that the WWE is now rated PG. First of all, hate is a strong word to use and unfortunately it is used to much in our society today. Think about this for a second. The WWE has pulled back on some elements of their content to make it more family friendly but many aspects of the shows will still remain edgy. Nonetheless we are still talking about a TV show here and if a viewer “hates” a TV show SO much because of what they perceive to be philosophical changes then why doesn’t one simply eliminate the anguish and watch something else on the tube? No, I don’t want any wrestling show to lose viewers but there is no reason to watch any thing on television and then bitch and moan about it every week. Or am I missing something?

Will JR’s BBQ ever have a location in my town? Please don’t ask these questions again. Our plan is to build and own stores in Oklahoma where we can closely monitor and manage them because our management group is based here. We want to FRANCHISE stores elsewhere which means that other individuals put up there money and own and operate a JR’s BBQ Restaurant themselves just as if one were to buy a McDonald’s or a KFC franchise. So, I DON’T KNOW if any JR’s BBQ’S will ever be in a particular city outside of Oklahoma as we haven’t started franchising then yet. I hope they are eventually every where. Whew.

How did I like working with Jesse Ventura? The answer is,  fine. I am sure I wasn’t his favorite guy to work with nor was he mine but Jesse was extremely bright and witty and certainly understood the wrestling business. The Body never lacked for an opinion and had a gift for being controversial. He was never a big preparation freak but neither is Jerry Lawler who is still at his post on the WWE’s #1 TV show. I wish I had Ventura’s representation when I was at WCW and when Jesse got his “big money” with a very limited schedule but that was my fault and,  hand it to Ventura, he always seemed to do well in the money department.

Will the WWE ever promote a Scaffold Match? Hard to say as only a few athletes should even be considered for such a dangerous match. I won’t say “no” but I will say “doubtful” until proven otherwise. The types of talents that flourish in ladder matches would be the #1 candidates to compete in a Scaffold Match. I’ve seen some exciting Scaffold Matches but I’ve also seen some stinkers in my day.

Oh, yeah….please keep your emails succinct ala the shorter the better. I unfortunately do not have the time to read the long emails no matter how well worded they may be. It’s just the webmaster and me on this project and my schedule is much more hectic than most folks think.

Strike Force’s TV deal with CBS/Showtime is big for them and gets that new group seriously in the hunt as far as MMA is concerned. They still have to produce  compelling fights and create new stars to make it work but clearing a network slot is big. Many new viewers who have heard of MMA in various forms still haven’t established their brand loyalty but without question the UFC is still the big dog in the hunt with the best group of fighters. Why a TV network doesn’t scoop in and work a deal out with UFC to supplement their Spike TV cable deal surprises me especially with the network’s needing programming that doesn’t cost them an arm and a leg to produce.

I got some emails from fans who were disappointed in the fact that there will likely be no more man on woman “violence” in the WWE. That particular consternation amazes me. Perpetuating this sort of thing has never been admirable in my view and what does it teach impressionable, young viewers?  Domestic abuse is horrific in this society and portraying it on TV for “entertainment purposes” is hypocritical. I think the WWE has definitely made the right call on this matter if indeed the male on female aggression is history.

And no, I was not a fan of Chyna winning the IC Title back in the day either. I know I am a dinosaur and way old school but that development never tripped my trigger.

The F-Bomb laden emails we receive get erased without being read. So for those who feel compelled to travel that road please know you are traveling it alone.

For the record, some fans, according to their emails,  think I have become senile but I chose to stand on the belief that I have “selective memory.” IE, sorry honey but I forgot to mow the lawn, etc.

Others want to know if I am competitive with the other announcers, who are all my friends by the way, and the answer is hell, yes. I love it when all 3 announce teams work a PPV as I want Tazz and my work to stand out as being better than the rest. I plan on 2009 being my best broadcast year in the business because none of us can take the future for granted and I sure as hell don’t know when this amazing ride that I have been on will end for any number of reasons.

Finally, I have received some emails from fans who are miffed that their email hasn’t been answered. Sorry to PO any one but I get to as many emails as possible however if I come across one that’s too long, out of bounds, or specifically DATED and we are past the expiration date as in one on a milk carton , they won’t be answered.

Thanks for checking out the site and I hope this continues to help expedite your emails and that you continue to send us your succinctly written questions remembering that usually one or two, max, questions will be addressed due to time restrictions.

Now… I would greatly appreciate if you would do some shopping in our store. JR’s needs a little economic stimulus too!

Boomer Sooner!

J.R.

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WWE

Update On Orton/Fan Altercation

Update on Orton/fan altercation: Orton got up into the guy’s face prior to the match and afterward when Orton was up on the turnbuckle, the guy threw his beer at him. Many cops took the guy away and I think they may have used a tazer. Fans started to sing, NaNaNaNa(hey hey hey goodbye) to him. When Orton was on the turnbuckle he then pointed to the exit and was yelling.

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TNA

TNA Stars In Japan To Participate In Show

TNA stars are in Japan now for the Jan 4 New Japan Tokyo Dome, Wrestle Kingdom III. TNA will be taping extra material while there for the second annual Global Impact special on Spike TV.

NJPW “WRESTLE KINGDOM III IN TOKYO DOME”, 1/4/09 (WPW/PPV)
Tokyo Dome

0. Mitsuhide Hirasawa, Kazuchika Okada & Nobuo Yoshihashi vs. Milano Collection AT, Minoru & Taichi Ishikari
1. Wrestle Kingdom Grand Opening VIENTO DORADO: Mistico, Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt vs. Averno, Jado & Gedo
2. Jushin Thunder Liger 20th Anniversary Match: Jushin Thunder Liger & Takuma Sano vs. Wataru Inoue & Koji Kanemoto
3. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title ~Tread on!!~: Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin
4. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title ~Ballistic interception~: Low Ki (c) vs. Tiger Mask
5. Fighting Holdings Competition: Riki Choshu, Masahiro Chono, Kurt Angle & Kevin Nash vs. Giant Bernard, Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii & Karl Anderson
6. World Heavyweight Title ~Crusade for Justice~: Yuji Nagata (c) vs. Masato Tanaka
7. New Japan vs. NOAH Battle Tendencies ~the invasion~: Manabu Nakanishi vs. Jun Akiyama
8. IWGP Tag Team Title - 3WAY Hardcore Match ~Three correct answers~: Togi Makabe & Toru Yano (c) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. “Team 3D” Brother Ray & Brother Devon
9. New Japan vs. NOAH Battle Tendencies ~the encounter~: Shinsuke Nakamura & Hirooki Goto vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Takashi Sugiura
10. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Keiji Muto (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi

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ROH

ROH Owner Discusses On Several Topics

Ring Of Honor owner, Cary Silkin, was a special guest on the “2008: The Year In Review” edition (12/29/08) of Monday Night Mayhem, hosted by The Big Mosh & Blade. “Your Home Of Wrestling Radio” is officially presented by ReelWrestling.com: the latest & hottest innovation from the coverage of professional wrestling online, and features exclusive video found nowhere else from your favorite superstars of the squared circle (featuring an amazing set of three new videos: “The Animal” Batista & Kelly Kelly checking out a Broadway show together in New York City, as well as the NEW WWE Champion, Jeff Hardy & the current ECW Champion, Matt Hardy, exclusively interviewed mere hours Jeff’s Armageddon title victory!) & Custom Muscle: the official nutritional & supplement company of “Your Home Of Wrestling Radio” (purchase over $50.00, as part of the new 2009 “New Year, New You” MNM/Custom Muscle campaign, type in the word “GRAND,” & get 10% off your purchase…thanks to the proud owners, Charlie/Jackie Haas & Umaga), and is also sponsored by: Old Time Wrestling, The History Of WWE.com, & TicketRelief.com). In addition, The Mayhem strongly encourages all of its fans around the globe to check out the brand-new & official WWE Universe Fan Nation blogs of Charlie Haas (www.fans.wwe.com/CharlieHaas) & D-Lo Brown (www.fans.wwe.com/D-LoBrown).

You can feel The Mayhem live & in streaming audio every Monday night (at 8PM ET/7PM CT), exclusively on The Monday Night Mayhem Radio Network (www.MondayNightMayhem.com, www.ITunes.com, &www.MySpace.com/MondayNightMayhem).

Cary’s return MNM appearance is now available for free in Windows Streaming Media, or via the official Monday Night Mayhem podcast on ITunes:

Monday Night Mayhem’s “2008: Year In Review” Streaming Audio:www.mondaynightmayhemarchives.com/waxfiles/122908.wax

Monday Night Mayhem’s “2008: Year In Review Podcast On ITunes:www.mondaynightmayhemarchives.com/dec08/122908.mp3

Here are some highlights of Cary’s interview on the show, provided by The Mayhem’s show correspondent: Dan Kriegbaum:

The Mayhem Crew welcomed Cary to the show to run down the year that was 2008 in Ring Of Honor from the mother of all holiday vacation destinations: Puerto Rico. With the previous weekend’s All-Star Extravaganza IV & Final Battle 2008 shows rounding out ROH in 2008, The Big Mosh asked Cary what his thoughts were on how good of a job those two shows did to close out the year. Cary said that he loved “The American Dragon” Bryan Danielson vs Jerry Lynn from the “solid” Philly IV show, with a great card at The New Alhambra Arena. As far as “Final Battle ‘08,” Cary said not only was it one of the best shows in Ring Of Honor history, and the first weekend with their new production setup & camera crew, but it also had the largest crowd in ROH history. He added that his favorites from that show were Nigel McGuinness vs Naomichi Marufuji (for the Ring Of Honor World Heavyweight Championship), as well as Danielson vs Takeshi Morishima (Fight Without Honor).

The expansion of ROH into new states & countries was then talked about, with Ring Of Honor debuting in markets such as Toronto, Ontario, Montreal, Quebec, & Orlando, FL. Cary said that the Toronto shows, as well as the recent Montreal show were all great, with a lot of awesome fans in attendance, which is why they will be returning in April. He said the Orlando shows the weekend of WrestleMania XXIV with guys from Dragon’s Gate & the rest of the ROH crew were very successful, and they will be returning to Florida in February. Cary then mentioned that while nothing has been announced officially yet for this upcoming year’s WrestleMania XXV weekend shows, he expects some legends & foreign talent to be there along with the rest of the Ring Of Honor roster. Cary also added that ROH will not be running head to head against the WWE Hall Of Fame this year with a 3PM start time on Saturday, because he “wants to go to the Hall Of Fame too.”

Mosh shifted gears, mentioning Gabe Sapolsky’s recent departure from the company, to which Cary touched on briefly. Cary said that Gabe could have a record for how long he was a booker (with over six & a half years in Ring Of Honor alone). “He did a great job, but business is business, and there were some changes that had to be made, but it was a rough year for all business in general due to the economy.” Mosh also asked what, if anything, they would’ve done differently looking back, but Cary said that everybody in general is struggling, and it is just going with the times, but they are “very happy where we’re at now…We’re moving on. He wishes Gabe the best of luck in his next projects. Blade then mentioned how people used to go to ROH shows just to enjoy them, without knowing all of the “in’s & out’s,” but now everyone seems to want to know who is writing what. Cary went on to say that after last weekend’s shows & the past couple of months, the stories are becoming “compelling,” while the action is “off the charts,” — saying guys like Kenny Omega, Erick Stevens, Tyler Black, among others are “climbing the ladder quick.”

More is contained this 30+ minute “Ring Of Honor: Year In Review,” with Silkin’s thoughts on the worldwide release of the critically-acclaimed Darren Aronofsky/Mickey Rourke movie, “The Wrestler,” future on Ring Of Honor’s television future (and the rumors of HDNet), the likelihood of Paul London returning to ROH in 2009, in addition to a present from Cary to The Mayhem: special live MNM appearances from “Bushwhacker” Luke Williams & Sweet ‘N’ Sour Inc’s Larry Sweeney.

Check out www.ROHWrestling.com for the latest Video Wire, plus all of the details on the upcoming ROH events this month in Manassas, VA, Edison, NJ, Detroit, MI, & the next Pay-Per-View taping in Chicago, IL.

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Lashley Update

Former WWE superstar Bobby Lashley has signed a two-fight deal with Palace Fighting Championships and will make his PFC debut on the February 6 card at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, California. An opponent has yet to be determined.

Lashley made his MMA debut last month and defeated Joshua Franklin via TKO in just 41 seconds.

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Steven Richards Suffers Collapsed Lung

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/wrestling/blog/2008/12/stevie_richards_health_update.html

Stevie Richards health update

Stevie Richards did not appear at last night’s 12-27-08 Maryland Championship Wrestling show because he suffered a collapsed lung early last week, Richards said in an interview with MCW’s Shawn Credle.

Richards, who was scheduled to wrestle The Bruiser at The New Green Room in Dundalk, said he had been suffering from a severe lung infection for months, but doctors were unable to diagnose the specific strain of the infection. Richards underwent a lung biopsy Monday, and his lung collapsed during the procedure.

Richards, who was hooked up to a chest tube “for a day or two,” said he is feeling better, but his doctors recommended that he not wrestle last night.

Balls Mahoney was brought in to replace Richards against The Bruiser.

I’ll have some notes on last night’s MCW show after I get back from watching the Ravens defeat the Jacksonville Jaguars to clinch a playoff berth.

Posted by Kevin Eck on December 28, 2008 1:31 PM

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State of New York To Vote On MMA Legality

It’s being reported by The New York Post that government officials will be voting on a bill soon which will determine whether or not Mixed Martial Arts is legalized in the Empire State. If it’s approved, the sport could potentially have a decent sized economic impact on WWE considering Madison Square Garden could become a key venue for companies like UFC.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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WWE

Honky Tonk Man Cleared To Go If Voted To Wrestle

Honky Tonk Man wrestled last night for Big Time Wrestling on their 12th Anniversary Show in Newark, CA defeating Le Emperur in 10 minutes. TNA star Jay Lethal was also on the card.

There had been some concern that Honky would not be able to wrestle if selected tonight at WWE’s Cyber Sunday because of an injured finger, but he was OK in last night’s match wrestling with the finger taped up, and will be OK to wrestle if selected tonight.

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WWE Won’t Let Fans Stack Cyber Sunday Votes

- Interesting to note, another change to WWE’s Cyber Sunday voting, besides it being text messages instead of web votes this year, is that a limit has been put on the number of votes that can be cast. It’s almost unnoticeable on WWE.com, due to the darker font used, but on the Cyber Sunday voting page, below where it says “Each vote costs $.99 plus standard message rates apply.” it states: “Only available to United States Cell Phone Subscribers. Maximum of 10 times per vote.”
So, anyone looking to vote multiple times in a poll can only cast ten votes from their phone in a given match. Unless of course, you have more than one cell phone (and really want to spend the money voting).

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Ring of Honor House Show Results

-The show opened with Austin Aries coming to the ring and challenging Jimmy Jacobs to come out right now for the first match of their three match series, this one being an Anything Goes match. Jimmy came down and they started brawling. This was actually a pretty short match, and predictably, Delirious ran out and attacked Aries, as well as a new member of Age Of The Fall named Brody Lee, who I was not familiar with, but is a very big guy. AOTF puts the beatdown on Aries, and Jacobs wins with the End Time front guillotine choke.

-After the match, Jimmy Jacobs officially introduces Lee as the newest member of AOTF, and this goes right into Brody Lee and Delirious taking on the returning Cheech and Cloudy. This was the first chance I’ve gotten to see Cheech and Cloudy wrestle since they left ROH after the end of Special K over three years ago, and I was blown away by how much they’ve improved. They’ve developed into a great tag team, and I was really impressed with how smooth their work was. Of course AOTF ended up getting the win following a big boot from Lee.

-Rhett Titus came out and introduced his new valet, Jackie McKay, who I believe I saw getting squashed by Sara Del Rey a few weeks ago, but is now decked out in a schoolgirl outfit, playing up kind of a jailbait look. Daizee came out and attacked Rhett, leading to Daizee against Jackie. Jackie showed some stuff in the ring, but Daizee won with the Mindtrip after only a couple of minutes, after which she chased Titus to the back.

-ROH World Tag Team Champions Kevin Steen & El Generico defeated the Osirian Portal. This was my first time seeing the Portal, and while they are very small guys, they do a very interesting Egyptian gimmick where their outfits are patterned after classic ancient Egyptian styles. The Portal was a lot of fun to watch, as they have a somwhat unique style that you really have to see to understand. This was partly played up for comedy, with Steen getting frustrated at Generico for being snake charmed by the Portal, as well as some of the Portal’s other goofy shenanigans. Steen & Generico pick up the win with the top rope legdorp/swanton combination.

-FIP Champion Go Shiozaki and the Necro Butcher battled to a double countout. They brawled in the ring for a few minutes before the brawl spilled out to the floor. From there they fought all over the venue and back into the ring, then the brawl spilled back out to the floor and over near the merch table, and the referee counted both men out of the ring. Go and Necro fought to the back, but Necro ended up getting jumped by Age Of The Fall and brought to the ring, where Jimmy Jacobs made mention of Necro’s children and told him he thinks he’s a bad father, and will make sure he never has any more children, then had Delirious and Brody Lee pull Necro groin first into the ringpost. AOTF left and Necro did a hardcore job selling the injury as he was helped to the back.

-Brent Albright defeated Chris Hero by submission with the crowbar. Great match, and I continue to be impressed by how good Hero’s striking ability has gotten. Albright took a ton of punishment from Hero, but came back with the half nelson suplex for two, then the crowbar for the tapout. After the match, Albright challenged Sweeney to bring Sweet & Sour Inc to face a team led by himself in a Steel Cage Warfare match at Final Battle 2008 in New York City.

-After intermission, Davey Richards won a Six Man Mayhem match which also included Claudio Castagnoli, Hallowicked, Ruckus, Jason Blade, and Rhett Titus. The crowd was very into Rhett Titus and Hallowicked, and kept getting Claudio ticked off by yelling “HEY!” after every move Claudio did. Claudio looked like a monster here, throwing everybody else in the match around for most of the bout, while no selling a lot of the stuff the others gave him. Davey picked up the win by making Hallowicked tap out to the key lock, but Claudio got angry and trashed ringside again, and beat up a couple people on his way to the back.

-Tyler Black defeated Jerry Lynn in another great showing by both men. The crowd was split 50/50 for this one, with each men having their share of supporters. Jerry seemed to tweak his knee for real early on, but it didn’t seem to play much into the match. Jerry kicked out of the small package driver, but Tyler hit the Phoenix Splash for the win. After the match was over, Tyler got on the house mic and said that we’re in a world where change is happening, and soon the wrestling world will change when he wins the ROH World Title. The crowd started chanting “next world champ” as Tyler and Lynn shook hands.

-In the main event, Jay & Mark Briscoe defeated LAX. This was a very good match, and you could tell that Homicide was having the time of his life being back in front of the ROH crowd, which was about 80/20 for LAX. Both Briscoes were bloodied in this match, with Mark getting a cut below his right eye, while Jay’s nose started bleeding after a big toss from Hernandez. Very close match with each team taking turns being in control. Jay kicked out after a Homicide lariat, and Mark kicked out of a Cop Killa, but then Homicide kicked out of the Jay Driller. At the end, Hernandez came in and started tossing the Briscoes around, but they came back and gave him a superplex, then the top rope legdrop/shooting star press combo for the win. After the match, Homicide again put over ROH and the fans.

-After the show was over, I walked outside and found Chris Hero and Sweet & Sour Inc beating up Brent Albright in the parking lot. It was a pretty long, ugly beating, with Larry Sweeney and his crew forcing Bobby Dempsey to lay in an occasional shot on Albright. Hero knocked Albright out, and Albright ended up getting carried inside. After that the cops showed up in the parking lot, as somebody apparently must have thought it was a real brawl breaking out in the parking lot and called the cops. I didn’t stick around to see what happened next, but I assume they figured out pretty quickly that it was part of the show.

Pretty full house, I’d guess in the 700-800 range, but again, I’m not very good at estimating crowd sizes.

They return to New Jersey in January.

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Mick Foley Interview

Link right here: http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/oct/26/foley_happy_move_tna/

Hardcore legend Mick Foley survived some of the toughest and most grueling matches in WWE history. But it was a pair of “magic headsets” that did him in.

Foley left WWE in September after a 12-year relationship with the company. His last few months as an announcer on Smackdown, however, convinced him that it was time to move on. More precisely, says Foley, it was WWE owner Vince McMahon yelling in his headsets that led to his departure.

“It would be tough to overstate how much I disliked my last 3 1/2 months with WWE,” says Foley, who became one of the biggest acquisitions in the five-year existence of TNA when he signed with that company in September.

Colleagues had warned Foley of McMahon’s proclivity to over-produce his announcers when he accepted the job as color commentator for the Smackdown show earlier this year.

Foley decided to take pre-emptive action.

“Well, I’ve heard about you and those headsets,” Foley said to McMahon before accepting the job.

“He told me he was getting better,” recalls Foley. “I didn’t imagine it would affect me quite so viscerally. I guess I also was naive enough to think I would be immune to what the other guys accepted as part of the job.”

Foley, who grew tired of McMahon screaming in his ear, found himself disliking the job more and more. The final straw came when McMahon hammered away at him — more so than usual — from his backstage perch.

“It was a month before I got the first dose of Vince’s unique medicine,” says Foley. “I spoke to him the next day about it and told him I couldn’t remember the last time I had been belittled and treated so disrespectfully. I accepted his apology and accepted that it was just part of a bad night he was having. But within a few weeks I realized that it would be part of the job and that I had to make a decision as to whether I found that acceptable.”

Foley, one of the most beloved figures in WWE over the past decade, says it didn’t come as a surprise to McMahon when he told him he wanted to part ways with the company.

“In the end I told Vince that’s not why I slept in my car and slept on a cot in the Red Roof Inn even while I was WWE champion. There’s got to be a moral to every story, and I don’t think you save money and sacrifice to do something you really don’t want to do when you’re 43,” says the best-selling author.

“I told Vince had he treated me like that in ‘96 or at any time over the last 12 years, it wouldn’t have come as such a shock. But those were magic headsets … all the respect I had earned over the past 12 years just kind of disappeared.”

The experience, says Foley, may have been a blessing in disguise.

“At the same time I’m really thankful that I tried it. I hate to sit back and wonder ‘what if’ about anything. That whole experience gave me the permission to make this move to TNA without any guilt forever.”

Leaving WWE, he says, was much easier than the four major decisions he’s had to make during his 25-year mat career.

The first was when he left WCW for the first time in 1990. “I was just starting to make some decent money,” he says. The second was leaving WCW in 1994 when he was making “a comfortable low six figures and had two children to support.” The third was leaving WWE in 2001, and the fourth was staying with WWE two years ago after being courted by TNA.

“One thing I had going for me is something I wrote in my last book that WWE published. I did admit to having a certain amount of guilt, but I did feel that my decision to stay in WWE at that time was the right one. But I think I’ll look back on this decision as if it was absolutely the right one to make. I was able to do some important things with that last WWE contract. I had some good, memorable matches and some really good interviews.”

But, says Foley, he gradually discovered that his future with WWE was getting bleaker and bleaker.

“I really believe that I would not be given a chance to do anything really memorable in WWE again. I accepted that I might be an occasional comical distraction or enhancement. But when TNA called and convinced me that I would have a chance to really make a difference, and that if I was happy there I could be a big part of the future of the company, I became every enthusiastic about the possibilities.”

The three-time WWE champion says the move to TNA and Spike TV has re-energized him and given him a new cause to fight for. He sees TNA as a company that is close to turning a big corner, and he wants to be part of the construction effort.

“I always felt like wrestling in general would be better off with two strong national promotions. I know TNA is hoping that I can change the idea that they are a secret shared by one and a half million fans.”

Foley made his first televised appearance for TNA on the Sept. 18 edition of Impact when Jeff Jarrett introduced him to the audience on the arena’s video wall. He made his official debut two weeks after being introduced to TNA. He targeted Vince McMahon and Kurt Angle in his promo.

“I was happy with the way I was brought in because I know that if things work out that the long-term plan will be very complex and entertaining. I’ve been absolutely thrilled by how I’ve been received by the guys.”

Foley, who signed a flexible deal that would allow him “to avoid making a longtime commitment” if he wasn’t comfortable, is now looking forward to taking on a much larger role in the company.

“When I had my first meeting with Spike, I felt like a guy who was just getting out of a serious 12-year relationship and wasn’t quite ready to commit, but that I was really looking forward to the opportunity to get out there and date again. Now that I’ve been there a little while, I am ready to jump in and get serious.”

His “major” storyline announcement Thursday night during a live Impact show in Las Vegas — that’s he’s now a major investor in TNA — is a sign that’s he’s in for the long haul.

“This is the most fun I’ve had in wrestling since 2000 when I was the (WWE) commissioner,” says Foley. “It’s a relief to go out there and realize that I’m going to be able to say things I want to say and that my opinion will be valued and a lot of the ideas I have will actually see the light of day.”

While Foley is excited about his prospects in TNA, he’s also cautiously reserved about taking on any kind of major creative role.

“I don’t want a full-time, clearly defined role. That would be a lot more pressure than I really want at this stage. But I just love the idea that I can come up with an idea and have it heard and taken seriously, which was the case in WWE until a couple of years ago.”

Foley realizes there’s room for improvement, but says there’s a big upside to the company. TNA has been targeted by some critics for confusing storylines and characters whose roles haven’t been clearly defined. Foley says the blurring of the lines can be an advantage.

“It can actually be seen as a strength. In Sting’s character, for example, that’s part of what makes a compelling character — the different shades of grey involved. But I think there were a couple of compelling storylines going into Bound For Glory. And I appreciate how difficult it is to come up with storylines on a weekly basis.”

“One of the challenges,” says Foley, “is to come up with the right balance of humor and drama. Sometimes there’s too much emphasis on comedy, but I see things changing. Hopefully I’ll have a say in some of that. There was a time when I was watching Spike that I just didn’t see how it could work. My opinion began to change about a year ago.”

Foley, whose bizarre alter egos have included Cactus Jack, Mankind and Dude Love, is protective of his legendary status in the business. He’s confident that his involvement in TNA will only enhance that standing.

“I’m well aware of how important a legacy is in wrestling,” says Foley, who is no longer on the WWE Alumni section of the company Web site and was taken out of the upcoming Legends of Wrestlemania video game. “Anytime you take a chance, there’s that possibility of affecting that legacy. But I feel very strongly that TNA’s heading in the right direction and that among the guys there is a sense that something is really happening.”

When asked if he thinks he might have a “few” special matches left in him, wrestling’s version of Evil Knievel just chuckles.

“I think a few would be a good way of putting it,” says Foley, who has broken nearly every bone in his body during his career and even had a chunk of his ear torn off during a match. “I know I was absolutely terrified when Kurt Angle started talking about the possibility of getting in the ring with me. I do understand that we could do a great job building it up, but Kurt is so intense. He’s so bothered that someone might consider my acquisition to be the biggest one in TNA. I think I might pay dearly for it in the ring.”

Foley does seem genuinely concerned that the former Olympic gold medalist may be a little too serious for his own good, and that the publicity about Foley being the company’s greatest acquisition may have rubbed Angle the wrong way.

“Don’t say that to Kurt Angle. He takes this stuff very seriously. But I guess that’s part of what makes him great.”

As for “Mr. Socko,” a sock puppet Foley made famous in WWE, it’s not likely that the original will be making an appearance in TNA anytime soon. Foley, however, used a facsimile of the sock on the Bound for Glory pay-per-view.

“That’s kind of a grey legal area,” he says. “I could envision the world’s most ridiculous trial as attorneys from both sides presenting their cases as to why the sock is theirs. But just to play it safe, when I brought forth a white sock (on a recent show), it was not colored, decorated or referred to as ‘Mr. Socco.’ This is the world’s most ridiculous legal argument just waiting to happen.”

While the multi-faceted Foley continues to pursue writing opportunities, a role in a proposed sitcom titled “Hey, Dude!” seems to be uncertain at this point.

“The sitcom in development was built around Foley’s true-life personality. He was to have played himself — a former pro wrestler and author who was pursuing an acting career. Producers had hoped to roll by next spring.

“You have to sell these concepts to the networks,” says Foley. “Best I can tell that hasn’t happened. I might be so tied up with TNA that I might not have time to make a decent attempt at network television.”

The Spike network, home of TNA, could be an option.

“There’s always a possibility,” says Foley. “I had a good relationship with Spike in the past. They would be open to working on outside projects. So it’s a possibility.”

The father of four also has continued to work on his philanthropic efforts. He has sponsored children throughout the world for the past 17 years through the Christian Children’s Fund, and is leaving next week for Sierra Leone where he sponsors a young boy.

He says he’s currently reading a book titled “The End of Poverty” because he wants to know as much as he possibly can about the subject.

“I believe in making informed choices, whether it’s a decision to leave a wrestling company, politics or trips to other countries. There’s a little guy (in Sierra Leone) that I’ve been sponsoring for two years, and I had a chance to contribute some money to some community schools there. This will give me the opportunity to get out there and see a different side of the world and probably come back better able to appreciate what I have.”

credit: 411mania.com

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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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WWE

JR explains why Lance Cade was released

- CM Punk will be attending the Chicago Thanksgiving Parade.

- A Undertaker vs. Big Show Casket Match is being advertised as the dark main event for the 12/9 Smackdown/ECW taping in Bridgeport, CT.

- Chris Jericho vs. Batista vs. John Cena is being advertised as the dark main event for WWE’s 12/29 RAW taping in Manchester, New Hampshire.

- Former WWWF/WWF announcer Jack Reynolds has passed away.

Credit: 411mania.com

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- Former WWE Global Licensing Coordinator Fara D’Angelo has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against WWE. D’Angelo worked for WWE from April 2004 to May 2006. She alleges that she was sexually harassed by Senior Director of International Consumer Products Alex Romer. D’Angelo claims that Romer pursued an intimate relationship with her almost immediately after she started working at WWE even though she was married, adding that he would do so in person, via text messages, late night phone calls, etc.

D’Angelo says that another employee who witnessed the harassment told her to “switch jobs” and that when she took her complaint to WWE’s Senior Director of Quality Assurance, Mike Archer, he also encouraged her to look for a new job.

She said she felt as if her job would be put in jeopardy if she continued to shed light on the harassment, so she is bringing it up now after resigning from her job with the company.

WWE hasn’t commented on this lawsuit yet.

Credit: 411mania.com

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TNA PPV order changed, iMPACT match preview for tonight

- TNA has changed the order of three of their PPVs. Last year, Genesis was in November, Turning Point was in December, and Final Resolution was in January. This year, Turning Point will be in November, Final Resolution in December, and Genesis in January.

Credit: 411mania.com

- While the “official” debut of Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling on CMT this Saturday is at 8PM ET, the show will actually air for the first time at 2PM ET that day. CMT will also replay the show throughout the week.

- Here’s ROH’s official preview for the 11/15 ROH Driven PPV.

“Larry Sweeney has taken the wrestling world by storm. A cunning character known for controlling minds, corrupting talent and stepping on the weak, Sweeney’s Sweet & Sour Inc. has set a new standard for greed and gluttony. The man will stop at nothing in his quest to dominate the wrestling world for his own personal gain. Can one man’s greed bring the wrestling world to its knees? Don’t miss the explosive action at the worldwide premiere of Ring of Honor: Driven; Premiering November 14, 2008 on Events iN DEMAND Pay-Per-View.”

- ROH’s 10/24 Danbury, CT show features the following matches.

* Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. LAX vs. Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black vs. Chris Hero & Davey Richards
* Go Shiozaki vs. Austin Aries
* The Necro Butcher vs. Delirious vs. Mark Briscoe in a No DQ Match
* Jay Briscoe vs. Brent Albright
* Claudio Castagnoli vs. Jerry Lynn
* Sara Del Rey vs. Portuguese Princess Ariel

- ROH’s 10/25 Edison, NJ show features the following matches.

* The Briscos vs. LAX
* Austin Aries vs. Jimmy Jacobs in an Anything Goes Match
* Go Shiozaki vs. The Necro Butcher
* Jerry Lynn vs. Tyler Black
* Brent Albright vs. Davey Richards
* Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. The Osirian Portal
* The Age Of The Fall vs. Cheech & Cloudy

Credit: 411mania.com

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First I’d like to apologize for the late post.  I was without internet in my new house, so I couldn’t post this last night.

WWE

A fight broke out between Scott Hall and a comedian at a roast for the Iron Sheik last night in Monroe, NJ. The comedian made what was described as a tasteless joke about Owen Hart, which prompted Hall to attack the comedian. Punches were thrown but nobody was arrested.

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TNA

Police called…

A brawl broke out at the bar inside the hotel where TNA wrestlers are staying for this Sunday’s Bound for Glory PPV. A drunken man got into it with former ECW wrestler and current TNA employee Hack Myers. The two went at it a bit with the man’s wife also getting involved.

Eventually Brother Devon, Homicide, and Atlas Security came over and tried to stop the situation, at which point the man started yelling, cursing, and using racial slurs.

During the brawl, a chair was tossed that caused a glass table to break. Eventually the police came and arrested the man and his wife. The woman had to be subdued by the throat and would still not stop screaming as she was taken away in handcuffs.

Credit: PWInsider.com

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