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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.

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

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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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WWE

ECW on Sci-Fi rating

- The 11/18 edition of ECW on Sci Fi did a 1.2 cable rating (rounded up from a 1.15).

Credit: PWinsider.com

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WWE changes referee protocol

- Starting soon WWE will stop the branding of referees and all refs will wear the same shirts (likely the traditional black & white stripes), and only two refs will be going out on the road for Raw & Smackdown House Shows rather than three. 

Whether this will lead to any refs being released is unknown. 

Some refs also work on ring crews. Mike Posey & Charles Robinson are examples. It is possible they could be booked on some shows only as ring crew now rather than as ring crew and as refs too, as ref pay falls under the talent budget and ring crew pay falls under a different budget.

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WWE social networking site is now up and running

- World Wrestling Entertainment is now officially in the social-networking industry. 

The company has officially launched WWE Universe, an online destination for the millions of WWE fans to gather and discuss all things WWE. 

WWE quietly tested the website since April and has already obtained more than 200,000 users without spending a dime on advertising or promotion. 

WWE Universe is seen as a way to keep WWE fans in one place and capitalize on it, rather have them switch between, say, Facebook or MySpace. 

The company will be able to gain more revenue from online ads and merchandise sales. It also creates a community and user base to which it can promote upcoming projects, including its slate of films that start rolling out early next year, beginning with the Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2 Director) actioner “12 Rounds,” starring John Cena. 

WWE Universe includes profile pages, message boards, discussion groups, live chats and blogs but also includes active participation by more than 80 WWE entertainers. 

The site traffic is mostly men 18-35. But it’s also proved popular among women, who currently account for 40% of its user base. 

“People are looking less for a passive experience and more for an interactive experience,” said Brian Kalinowski, WWE general manager of digital media. 

WWE also found that its audience on the website wanted more video and less text. 

“They want more interaction with talent and richer media,” Kalinowski said. “We’ll be making the transition to a site that’s more image- and video-heavy.” 

As part of that, WWE.com launched an enhanced video player last month that already has boosted viewership of original programming by 77% and increased ad impressions by 95% through pre-roll ads that play in front of video content.

Credit: wrestlezone.com

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WWE stock drops dramatically

- WWE’s stock closed today at $10.33, which is significantly down from yesterday’s $11.73. This can’t be a good sign for World Wrestling Entertainment.

Credit: wrestlezone.com

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Random tidbits from Stamford

- WWE has released a new John Cena shirt, which is a play off of the old AWA logo. You can see the new shirt if you CLICK HERE. 

- The documentary from the Mr. Perfect DVD will air on PPV next month. 

- There has been a lot of online media attention today for the WWE Universe launch. There are articles on TVSquad and CrunchGear and other online outlets. 

- Paul Heyman discusses Brock Lesnar’s UFC Title win in his UK SUN column, which can be read if you CLICK HERE. 

Credit: wrestlezone.com

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TNA

TNA could be releasing more talent soon, Frank Trigg on his way back?

- Mike Johnson from PWInsider.com is reporting that TNA is heavily discussing releasing some of their under-utilized talent as of late. Lately, the talks have been more abundant and releases of the lesser used stars should come as no surprise. 

- Speaking of TNA, everyone’s favorite MMA crossover, Frank Trigg, is reportedly telling those who will listen that he will be back in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling shortly, possibly working with Kurt Angle. This has not been confirmed, but it seems likely. 

Credit: wrestlezone.com

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Sonny Siaki update

- Former TNA wrestler, Sonny Siaki, issued the following statement today:…On behalf of The Siaki Family, a BIG THANK YOU goes out to Dixie Carter and The TNA family. Thank you for the contribution from you and the TNA fans, posting a blog about my brother on the TNA website, autograph 8×10’s, DVD’s, Action Figures, TNA shirts signed by all the TNA superstars, TNA women’s gear and many more TNA memorabilia’s. That meant A LOT to my brother. We wish TNA the best of luck. WWE… We wish you the best. 

(Editor’s note: Siaki recently retired from wrestling in order to donate organs to his sick brother)

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Other

NWA news and notes from tapings

- For the NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood TV Tapings, due to scheduling issues with talent, many of the segments were filmed out of order. 

NWA champion Blue Demon Jr. was only available on the first taping on Friday, so everything with him was filmed then. 

Adam Pearce was unable to attend until Saturday’s taping, so his segments were all filmed Saturday and Sunday. 

Dave Lagana, former WWE Creative team member, was brought in to work on the TV tapings. Lagana, who is living in Los Angeles, was added to the NWA’s creative team to work on the writing, formatting and timing of the tapings due to his experience with WWE. 

There was an audio issue with the friday night tapings where everything was recorded on one audio channel, as opposed to the crowd, announcers, and the ring each being recorded on separate individual channels. This will make it very hard to work on in Post-Production. 

Porn stars Ron Jeremy and Trina Michaels were in the audience at the Saturday taping. 

Several matches and segments were taped for alternate versions of the show and for future DVD releases by Big Vision Entertainment.

Credit: wrestlezone.com

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WWE

Raw rating isn’t good

- Last night’s broadcast of Monday Night Raw drew a final 2.9 cable rating, which is down from last week’s 3.1 number. The first hour drew a 2.91 and the second hour drew a 2.82. That’s the second week in a row that hour two of Raw has seen a drop from hour on

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WWE releases an ECW superstar, Why Ted DiBiase disappeared from TV

- The following has been posted on WWE.com: 

World Wrestling Entertainment has come to terms on the release of ECW Superstar Armando Estrada as of Nov. 18, 2008. WWE wishes him the best in all future endeavors.

- The reason why WWE wrote Ted DiBiase off television is due to him starring in “The Marine 2″, WWE’s second straight-to-DVD movie. 

John Cena will not be apart of the movie outside of a possible cameo appearance. 

It’s unlikely DiBiase will be returning to television anytime soon.

Credit: wrestlezone.com

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TNA

A.J. Styles to WWE?

- A contributer for the UK Sun called into the Voice of Wrestling radio show last night claiming that a couple of WWE wrestlers he had interviewed last week, including William Regal, stated that WWE may be interested in A.J. Styles once his contract expires. 

WrestleZone.com can now report with relative certainty that although WWE did approach A.J. Styles about coming over, it is most likely Styles will be staying with TNA.

Credit: wrestlezone.com

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UK stars invade TNA

- Dixie Carter has been interested in signing other UK wrestlers and has expressed interest in other “Gladiators” in the past, so the recent announcement of signing Nick Aldis is sorta a buy one get one free. 

In the past she showed interest in Gladiator, Wolf, and in UK high spot wrestler, Pac, but neither ended up being signed. 

Currently TNA has UK wrestler, Doug Williams, under contract for a limited of dates. 

Credit: wrestlezone.com

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Other

Reid Flair’s professional wrestling debut cancelled

- Pro Championship Wrestling has posted the following message on their official website: 

Due to circumstances beyond our control Reid Flair will not be making his professional wrestling debut at PCW’s”4ever Flair” November 22 due to health issues. PCW and its fans wish Reid a speedy recovery and look forward to Reid Flair wrestling in PCW in the near future. 

For more information visit www.pcwwrestling.net 

- (Update from PWinsider.com) - According to sources close to the situation, Reid Flair’s debut match was canceled for this weekend at the behest of his father, as Ric Flair felt Reid needed more seasoning before making his debut.  The feeling is that the “health issues” story is not the total truth (although I have not confirmed either way if he is hurt or not), and that Ric, who has made working with his son a major priority, doesn’t want Reid to look bad in his first match.  Ric realizes that due to his last name, Reid’s first match will draw a lot of attention, and doesn’t want his son performing in front of a live audience before he is ready.

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NWA News and Notes on next taping

- The next NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood tapings will be December 19th and 20th from the same location as the first tapings. 

- The episodes that were taped last weekend are scheduled to start airing in December on the Colours Network, which is carried by the Dish Network. Big Vision is still working to get the series better distribution in the US and internationally.

- The show featured talent from many NWA territories including Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Diego, and The Bay Area in California, as well as Utah and Arizona. The plan for now is for at least one talent from each area to be brought back for future tapings and used regularly.

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WWE

McMahon on Today Show, Bourne’s MRI, Miz on Ghosthunters, more

- Here’s a link to Vince McMahon’s appearance on the Today show, where he promoted this coming Monday’s 800th episode of Raw.  I’d expect WWE to push this episode really hard in as many outlets as they can in an attempt to turn around the recent ratings downtrend.

You can check out the video of his appearance by clicking here. (PWinsider.com)

- Evan Bourne will undergo an MRI today to determine how bad his ankle injury is. The fear within WWE is that he could end up missing four months.

- The pre-sale password for the 12/6 Florence, SC Smackdown/ECW show is HARDY.

- Umaga is expected to return at any point now.

- The Miz will appear on tomorrow’s Ghosthunters Halloween Special at 7PM on the Sci Fi Channel.

Credit: 411mania.com

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Chris Jericho talks whether he sold out RVD, his broken tooth, and his World Title run length

- On RVD’s claim that Jericho held him back because he was insecure: I’ve never been insecure about anything with my spot. I tried to help Rob, because he was supposed to be a heel and he still was interested in being a babyface. Rob wants to be Rob. He doesn’t want to play along, because he’s RVD and he’s going to do what he wants to do. I’m about business. If I’m a heel, I want to be hated; if I’m a babyface, I want to be cheered. When he was a heel, he wanted to be cheered, so I tried to help him with that. He thought I was insecure about my spot, and I’m sorry that that’s the case. I’ve always been a fan of Rob’s even when most people in the office weren’t, and I always stood up for him. So, if he feels that way it’s too bad, because I was actually one of his biggest supporters.

On his broken tooth from his recent ladder match: “[My wife] wasn’t happy about it, but it was more that she was sad that I got hurt. My son wasn’t happy about it either, but that’s the business. I’m a warrior and sometimes things like that happen. I’ve never lost a tooth before; I hope I don’t ever lose one again. You live with it. You look like Lloyd Christmas from Dumb and Dumber until you get to the dentist. And then the next thing you know, you get the crown on there and you never notice anything different. It’s a war wound and that’s the way I treat it. I think it made that match even more dramatic. I think a lot of people said that was the best ladder match they had ever seen, and that’s probably one of the reasons for it, because they knew it was real. Once again, something happened that was outside the box of what a “normal” wrestling match is. I’m actually lucky that I didn’t lose more teeth. The dentist told me that I should have lost all four of the teeth. So I’ll take the half-tooth and just consider myself lucky.”

On whether his World Title run was too short: “I was very happy with the work I did while I had it on this run, and how long you keep a title has nothing to do with me. That’s up to the boss, and whatever he wants to do, I’ll be happy to do it. And I’ll get my chance again, and when I do, I’ll do exactly the same thing I did when I had it the last time, which is do the best work that I possibly can and make people hate me even more. Usually in Vince’s grand scheme of things, even though things sometimes don’t seem like they’re the right way to do things at the start, in the big picture they usually always are. And I’ve been around long enough to know that you have to trust the boss when he has a feeling, and that’s what I’m going to do.”

Check out the full interview here.

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Randy Orton’s in-ring return, ECW entertainer blasts creative

- The rumor making the rounds is that Randy Orton will return to the ring at Survivor Series, however it should be noted that he has been medically cleared to return to the ring for a couple of weeks now. We reported yesterday that Orton will be appearing at the FCW tapings tonight, and The Wrestling Observer is reporting that his return to the ring is “imminent,” which indicates that he will either return on or before the Survivor Series PPV.

- ECW’s Kevin Thorn, who hasn’t appeared on WWE television in over a year, has posted a rather controversial blog on his WWE Universe account where he essentially accuses the creative team for their lack of direction. Thorn writes, “So who do you want to be for halloween???? Me I just want to be me again, the resident bloodsucking dark prince of ECW. I want to be undead again because it seems like I have been dead for a year now. but wait, I cant be dead though because they stuck that stake in my back, when they really should have stuck it in my heart!!! If they really wanted to get rid of me. Thats gonna come back to haunt them. A Year ago, I was told there is a new direction and we want you to be normal!??? THAT really doesn’t work ,when you already were being what you thought was normal.I mean ,who wouldn’t want to be a vampire? He also added: “I WILL RETURN IF NOT HERE, SOMEWHERE VERY SOON AND WHEN I DO ! I WLL FIGHT FOR THE BROKEN ,BRUISED,PICKED ON AND ABUSED I WILL BE YOUR VESSEL OF RETRIBUTION FOR THE DARK IS ABOUT TO FALL UPON THEM!!!”

Credit: wrestlezone.com

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TNA

Card for tonight’s iMPACT

- Impact tonight on Spike at 9 p.m. has:

Christy Hemme & ODB vs. Angelina Love & Velvet Sky

Eric Young vs. James Storm

Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Volador Jr.

A.J. Styles & Samoa Joe vs. Kevin Nash & Booker T

Abyss vs. Kurt Angle

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TNA holds a “Wrestler’s Court”

- To clarify, our sources wanted to put over how their version of “wrestler’s court” was not like WWE’s version where wrestlers seriously try to beat down the person being “charged”. They were simply having fun while they waited for the writers to come out of a meeting. It was a lot of fun for everyone that ended up in a huge party after the Impact Tapings.

The rib took place on a plane that boarded Bashir, Kip James, and Rhino. Bashir told the flight attendant to announce that it was Kip James’ 66th birthday. Bashir was then taken to “wrestler’s court” because they decided he hadn’t been in the company long enough to pull a rib over on a veteran.

Brother Ray served as the judge, Brother Devon was going to represent Bashir until he showed up late to court and was fired by Bashir. Bashir then decided to represent himself. B.G. James represented Kip and agent Pat Kenney (Simon Diamond) served as the bailiff.

Rhino was supposed to be Kip’s witness. However, he turned heel in the court and ended up being Bashir’s surprise witness. Rhino helped Bashir prove that Kip had actually been lying about his age and that he was at least 66 years old or older.

Note: Bashir and Rhino literally doctored up 1970’s images and placed Kip’s picture in the background. The photos of Kip were of him in his 30’s, which by mathematics, would make him in his 60’s today.

They kicked Vince Russo and WrestleZone.com’s own Glenn Gilbertti out of the courtroom claiming it was “Wrestler’s Only”.

The result ended up with Bashir taking a plea bargain which made him buy beer for the entire locker room. He did and numerous TNA wrestlers and wrestling personalities had a huge party after the tapings.

Apparently, there are plans to possibly bring charges against Kip James at the next tapings due to Kip not staying and participating in the party.

Credit: wrestlezone.com

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NWA teams up with “Big Vision” to create new show

- The National Wrestling Alliance and Big Vision Entertainment will begin taping episodes of a new series “NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood” the weekend of 11/14-11/16 in Hollywood, California.

The series concept is something of a throwback to the type of studio wrestling shows that made Mid-Atlantic Wrestling and Memphis so much fun in the 1980s.  I haven’t heard much in the way of talent for the series beyond new NWA champion Blue Demon Jr. at this time, but I expect to have more details on the series, talent, and ticket information shortly.

The NWA tapings will be free and held at Columbia Square Studios on Sunset Boulevard, which is actually the first studio CBS used on the West Coast.  There is already a link up for reservations at www.bigvisionentertainment.com.

The plan is for Big Vision to distribute the series internationally via cable and syndication deals, so these tapings are designed to get the concept rolling and have footage in the can for pitches and syndication meetings.

Big Vision and the NWA have been working on the NWA relaunch for some time and Big Vision will also be handling forthcoming DVD releases for the company.

Credit: PWinsider.com

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WWE

Survivor Series surprise (SPOILER ALERT)

SPOILER WARNING!

The local ads for the WWE Survivor Series are being built around John Cena’s return to the ring. The show will be in Boston, Cena’s hometown.

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Credit: 411mania.com

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New Cyber Sunday Match, JR talks Vince and Patterson’s sexuality

-Ross on Vince McMahon screaming in his ear during broadcasts: “What….I can’t hear you. Everyone is produced differently and everyone reacts differently to how they are produced. No one enjoys being yelled at no matter the circumstance but I worked for the big Cowboy (Bill Watts) back in the day and I can handle anything after that.

-Ross on the best referees: “Usually the best ‘officials’ are the ones no one notices and they do not take away from the ’stars.’ Tommy Young was really good in the Mid Atlantic days. Earl Hebner always did well as did his brother Dave. Jerry Usher back in the McGuirk days was really a good one too. Actually, there were really a ton of good refs back when the territories were alive and well. Tommy Gilbert did a good job too as the striped shirt guy and, yes, he was former wrestler Tommy Gilbert from Jackson, Tenn.

-Ross on Pat Patterson: “Pat Patterson is one of the most respect minds ever in the business. He was also an amazing wrestler who started from nothing…perhaps less than nothing to go on and become a huge star. Pat and Ray Stevens were arguably the best tag team ever according to many historians. Pat will always have his detractors because he rose to a position of administration in the business for which some wrestlers have taken issue with, plus the fact that Pat is gay which should mean anything to any one who is sane and not an idiot.

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WWE Card for Madison Square Garden show

The MSG website has put up this card for WWE’s 12/28 RAW house show.

* Chris Jericho vs. John Cena for the World Title in a Cage match
* Shawn Michaels vs. Randy Orton
* Batista & Rey Mysterio vs. JBL & Kane
* Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes vs. CM Punk & Kofi Kingston for the World Tag Team Titles
* Santino Marella vs. D’Lo Brown for the WWE Intercontinental Title
* Beth Phoenix vs. Candice Michelle for the WWE Women’s Title w/ Special Ref Jillian Hall

Credit: 411mania.com

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Abyss injured, Foley’s future (SPOILER ALERT)

- Abyss suffered some burns to his arms after taking the flaming table spot at last night’s TNA Bound for Glory PPV. As of right now there is no word on how severe the burns are, or if he will have to miss some ring time.

SPOILER WARNING!

- TNA is advertising that Mick Foley will “say goodbye” to TNA on Impact this week, claiming he was only signed for one PPV. This is obviously a storyline. It’s expected that Foley’s “goodbye” segment on Impact this week will lead to him facing Kurt Angle in the ring.

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Credit: 411mania.com

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Johnny Devine and Karen Angle are out

- Johnny Devine asked for and has gotten his release from TNA.

- Karen Angle has apparently left TNA and is now taking independent bookings. The reason for her departure is apparently because creative had nothing for her, but her filing for divorce from Kurt Angle probably was a factor as well.

Credit: 411mania.com

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Other

Ric Flair inducted into NWA Hall Of Fame, The Wrestler Debuts, Hogan’s Wrestling Show

- The National Wrestling Alliance has posted the following video of Ric Flair accepting his induction into the NWA Hall of Fame. View it Here

- The Wrestler made its U.S. debut last night in New York City. Several ROH personalities including owner Cary Silkin and ring announcer Bobby Cruise were at the screening. The film’s stars, as well as director Darren Aronofky, were also at the screening.

- Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling debuts this Saturday at 8PM ET on CMT. The show is a reality show about celebrities being trained by Brutus Beefcake and Brian Knobbs. The celebs will then wrestle and be judged by Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff, and Jimmy Hart.

Credit: 411mania.com

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Bret Hart Interview, says he’ll never appear in a WWE ring again