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CK and JG are back to bring you more of “The Best Wrestling You’ve Ever Heard.”  We brought in team members Milo and Ed to join us in our crazy analysis of what was possibly one of the worst Wrestlemanias in years.  We talk about all the matches, tell you what they SHOULD’VE done, and then we continue to just have fun as per usual.  Get mind fucked and listen to the new shit

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WWE

WrestleMania sets WWE event revenue record

- WWE issued this press release today:

WrestleMania(R) Record Sellout

HOUSTON, Apr 05, 2009 — World Wrestling Entertainment(R) set a new record tonight at Reliant Stadium in Houston for the 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania, grossing $6.9 million in revenue. This is the highest grossing live event in WWE history. With 72,744 in attendance, the 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania surpassed SuperBowl XLIII in Tampa (70,774 attendance). WWE(R) fans from all 50 states, 24 countries and 7 Canadian Provinces attended the pop culture extravaganza.

“The 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania proved that everything is indeed bigger in Texas,” said John Saboor, Senior Vice President, Special Events, World Wrestling Entertainment. “The great city of Houston welcomed WWE fans from around the world and helped make WWE history as the 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania was our biggest ever.”

WrestleMania XXVI will take place at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ on Sunday, March 28, 2010. Ticket information will be announced later this year.

Credit: 411mania.com

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Backstage thoughts on WrestleMania, JBL posts his farewell

- The feeling backstage to WrestleMania was that HBK vs. The Undertaker stole the show, Ricky Steamboat looked great at his age, and that HHH vs. Randy Orton came off “poorly”. Some feel that they will work to get the title to Orton tonight. Overall management was happy with attendance and gate figures, and the backstage mood was described as “good”. 

- JBL posted a WWE Universe blog after WrestleMania last night, with the title “JBL No More, Thank You.” The full blog can be read here, the following are some highlights:

“I don’t know what the future holds, never say never in life. But I have wrestled my last match. Months ago, I picked out this match. If Eddie Guerrero couldn’t be here for it then my dear friend Rey was the obvious choice, and I’m proud he was. I want to thank the WWE for a great career, for taking a chance on me and allowing me the keys to the car for a while. I will always represent the WWE wherever I go, I am proud of my 13 ½ years with the WWE. And, I am proud of the WWE for cleaning up a great sport to make it more healthy to everyone that is a part. However, I have no current plans on doing anything in the future on a professional level with WWE. I don’t plan on doing commentary, in fact; it hasn’t even been brought up to me. I don’t plan on being an on air character. I plan on starting the next chapter in my life, and closing the door on this one.”

Credit: 411mania.com

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WrestleMania buyrate could be affected by PPV glitch

- PWInsider.com is reporting that there was a problem with the HD feed (and possibly the SD feed) of the WrestleMania 25 pay-per view for all Comcast users. Comcast is the nation’s biggest pay-per view provider so this means anyone who ordered it and experienced that problem will get a refund and that could effect the final buyrate.

Credit: wrestlezone.com

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ROH

Ring of Honor bringing Flair to TV

- ROH issued the following press release:

Ring of Honor is happy to announce that Ric Flair has been added to the big ROH-HDNet National Television Taping this Thursday night in Philadelphia.  This will be a can’t miss event as the “Nature Boy” steps into the former ECW Arena in South Philadelphia for the first time.

Don’t miss the action this Thursday night at The Arena (former New Alhambra Arena), 7 Ritner Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148.  Bell time on Thursday is 7 PM.

Already announced is:

Main Event #1- Special Challenge Match
Austin Aries vs. Roderick Strong

Main Event #2- Return Match
Bryan Danielson vs. Tyler Black

Main Event #3- World Tag Team Title Match
Kevin Steen & El Generico defend vs. Kenny King & Rhett Titus

Also signed to appear:

-”Nature Boy” Ric Flair
-NEW ROH World Champion Jerry Lynn
-Nigel McGuinness
-The American Wolves of Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards with Larry Sweeney
-SHIMMER Champion MsChif
-The Necro Butcher
-Claudio Castagnoli
-Kenny Omega
-Jimmy Jacobs
-Dark City Fight Club
-Chris Hero
-Brodie Lee
-Prince Nana
Plus more!!!

Tickets for Thursday and Friday’s events can be purchased here: http://www.rohwrestling.com/shoponline.asp?1=1&catid=163&keyword=&alKeyword=&iCurrentPage=2

Credit: wrestlezone.com

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WWE

Final Wrestlemania Card

Here is the final WWE WrestleMania XXV card:

* Chris Jericho vs. Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat and Rowdy Roddy Piper w/Ric Flair For Chris Jericho to win, he has to defeat all three of the legends. For the legends to win, they have to defeat Chris Jericho just one time.

* The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels

* Extreme Rules Match: Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy

* 25-Diva “Miss WrestleMania” Battle Royal: Known Participants - Melina, Maryse, Mickie James, Gail Kim, Michelle McCool, Nikki Bella, Brie Bella, Alicia Fox, Kelly Kelly, Maria, Eve Torres, Katie Lea Burchill, Beth Phoenix, Layla El, Rosa Mendes, Candice Michelle, Natalya Neidhart, Jillian Hall, Tiffany, Sunny, Torrie Wilson, Molly Holly, Victoria and Jackie Gayda-Haas

* Money in the Bank Ladder Match: CM Punk vs. Kane vs. Mark Henry vs. MVP vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Christian vs. Finlay

* Winner Takes All – WWE Tag Team Titles vs. World Tag Team Titles – Unified Tag Team Title LUMBERJACK Match: The Miz and John Morrison © vs. Carlito and Primo Colon ©

* IC Title Match: JBL © vs. Rey Mysterio

* World Title Match: Edge © vs. The Big Show vs. John Cena

* WWE Title Match: HHH © vs. Randy Orton

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Raw Quarter By Quarter Ratings Breakdown

The following are the quarter hour breakdowns for Monday night’s episode of WWE Raw. The show scored a 3.55 cable rating overall.

* 9:00: 3.28 (Diva Tag, Orton vs. HHH Video, Lawler Entrance)
* 9:15: 3.29 (Lawler vs. Jericho, Aftermath, Hall of Fame Video)
* 9:30: 3.45 (Cena Interview, HBK Shows Up In Casket, Rey vs. JBL)
* 9:45: 3.41 (Rey vs. JBL, WrestleMania Video Package)
* 10:00: 3.86 (John Cena vs. Big Show, )
* 10:15: 3.73 (HBK’s Funeral For Taker’s Streak)
* 10:30: 3.49 (Various Video Packages, Legacy Prepares for Orton’s Address, MITB Battle Royal)
* 10:45: 3.64 (MITB Battle Royal, Orton’s Address)
* Overrun: 4.08 (Vince, Shane, HHH vs. Legacy Brawl)

credit: 411mania.com

TNA

Impact Ratings

TNA Impact did a 1.3 rating last night and drew its largest audience ever with just under 2 million viewers.

Credit: WrestlingObserver.com

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Lockdown PPV Card

#  Here is the updated TNA Lockdown PPV Card, all matches are held in the six-sides of steel:

- Danny Bonaduce vs. Eric Young
- TNA Knockouts Queen of the Cage Match: ODB vs. Madison Rayne vs. Daffney vs. Sojo Bolt
- Doomsday Chamber of Blood Match: Abyss vs. Matt Morgan
- Lethal Lockdown: Team (Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, Jeff Jarrett and () vs. Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Scott Steiner, Booker T and Kevin Nash)
- TNA Knockouts Title Match: Awesome Kong © vs. Angelina Love vs. taylor Wilde
- IWGP Jr. Tag Team Title Match: The Motor City Machine Guns © vs. No Limit vs. LAX
- X-Division Title Xcape Match: Suicide © vs. Kiyoshi vs. Jay Letha; vs. Sheik Abdul Bashir vs. Consequences Creed
- Winner Takes All – TNA World Tag Team Titles vs. IWGP Tag Team Titles Match: Beer Money © vs. Team 3D ©
- TNA World Title Match: Sting © vs. Mick Foley

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ROH

Card For HDNet Show

The following matches are scheduled for tonight’s edition of ROH on HDNet:

- Erick Stevens vs. Sterling James Keenan
- The Dark City Fight Club (Kory Chavis and Jon Davis) vs. Cheech and Cloudy
- The Necro Butcher vs. Chris Hero
- Bryan Danielson vs. Austin Aries

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JG and CK continue to bring you yet another mind-blowing episode of their wrestling podcast, Pinfall Recall.  We give great analysis of Monday Night RAW and help you understand who brings you “The Best Wrestling You’ve Ever Heard.”  Listen while we pull it apart and maybe piece it back together better than creative would.

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WWE

WrestleMania press conference, Shawn Michaels clears up heat over HOF rumors

- WWE will be holding a WrestleMania press conference at the Hard Rock Cafe tomorrow at 1 PM in New York City with Triple H, Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels, John Cena, Chris Jericho, Roddy Piper, Edge, Kelly Kelly, Eve and Mark Henry scheduled to appear.

- In his interview with the Orlando Sentinel that Dave Scherer linked to earlier today, Shawn Michaels clarified his comments on asking Bret Hart to induct him into the WWE Hall of Fame when it was time to go in. While some believed Michaels was taking a shot at Bret, that wasn’t the case. Read on:

“I was saying that from the perspective of I so much enjoy the Hall of Fame but it can be – and I want this to come out right – it’s a time of tribute and a time of honoring but often we get focuses all on the good and it tends to be, I don’t know, a little fluffy.  I would like mine to be, I don’t know, maybe be honest.  I’m one with who I was and I’m one with who I am.  I felt that Bret Hart could bring a real perspective to that.  He’s always been a guy even know that despite all of our differences, he’s still always been objective about my ability.  They didn’t put this in there I don’t think – the only thing that he wouldn’t have any knowledge of is the person I am now and I understand that.  It was from the idea of wanting someone that could give a real honest perspective of my career because it hasn’t all been fluff and it hasn’t all been fantastic and I think that’s OK.  I just felt that I can be a pretty strange guy.  (laughs)  I supposed that it was just something that I thought, gosh, my Hall of Fame induction to be more about truth more than anything else.  It’s sort of a fantasy, sort of, dream job and it’s a great line of work so we can create anything we want and it can be very fairytale-ish and I think that’s great on one hand.  I just figured maybe it would be, I don’t know, neat or nice to have somebody that can give a real perspective on the journey because it hasn’t been a fairytale.  It’s turned out awesome but it was a tough, rugged road.  I just thought that maybe he could give a fresh perspective to it.  It’s one of those things that you go I know this sounds crazy but…”

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Honky Tonk Man mad at Greg Valentine 

- PWInsider.com is reporting that former Intercontinental Champion The Honky Tonk Man is apparently upset with Greg “The Hammer” Valentine for choosing to go on a tour of Afghanistan. The two former IC champs were scheduled to wrestle on an overseas tour against Demolition, however when Valentine’s plane ticket failed to arrive on time, he decided to go on the Afghanistan tour instead. This apparently infuriated Honky Tonk Man, and he has reportedly said that Valentine better stay away from him during Wrestlemania this weekend, as he has now been added to Honky’s “Ass Whipping” list.

Credit: wrestlezone.com

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TNA

Updated Lockdown card, TNA may create new faction

- Here’s the updated card for Lockdown:

* Sting vs. Mick Foley for the TNA Heavyweight Championship.
* Team Angle vs. Team Samoa Joe in a Lethal Lockdown Match.
* Beer Money, Inc. vs. Team 3D in a TNA and IWGP Tag Team Title Unification Match.
* An X Division Xscape match.
* A Knockouts Queen of the Cage match.

* Also scheduled but not yet confirmed is Eric Young vs. Danny Bonaduce.

- PWTorch.com is reporting that TNA is toying with the idea of creating a Bristish faction which would be centered around Brutus Magnus. They have several British talents with whom they work whenever they tour the UK, and the idea would be to bring them in full time to create the stable. One name TNA is considering is Doug Williams, who although is with TNA, is only working with them on a per appearance deal. He predominantly works UK tour shows only, but creative may bring him on board full time if they go through with the faction idea.

Credit: wrestlezone.com

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TNA video game available on the iPhone and iPod Touch

- Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling and Longtail Studios sent out the following press release today:

Total Nonstop Wrestling Action Hits the iPhone & iPod Touch! 

TNA WRESTLING’S BIGGEST SUPERSTARS AVAILABLE NOW IN THE APP STORE! 

NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 30 /PRNewswire/ — Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling and Longtail Studios today announced TNA WRESTLING for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The game is the deepest and most feature rich professional wrestling title to hit the App Store yet, and will have all the signature characteristics that make TNA the most exciting organization in pro wrestling. Available for download immediately on iTunes via the App Store, TNA WRESTLING is the only iPhone and iPod Touch wrestling game that comes with an in depth story mode.

“The recent worldwide growth and popularity of TNA Wrestling has been incredible, and we now find ourselves in an exciting position of identifying new ways to maintain a connection to our global audience,” said Steve Allison, Chief Marketing Officer of TNA. “As a result, TNA has focused on developing high-quality entertainment experiences beyond the ring. We’re thrilled to be giving all wrestling fans a great game to play for the massively popular iPhone and iPod Touch platforms.”

Get ready to experience Total Nonstop Action anytime, anywhere! Once players create their own custom wrestler, they can jump into the ring against 15 TNA greats, including AJ Styles, Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe and Sting, and compete in eight different match types such as Tag Team, Iron Man, Gauntlet and Lumberjack. The goal is to make it from unsigned rookie to TNA World Champion, while unlocking new moves, forging ring alliances, creating rivalries and making decisions outside of the ring that will affect what goes on inside of it.

TNA WRESTLING is currently available for $4.99 on Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/. For more information enter “TNA” into the iTunes Store search or visit www.tnawrestling.com.

Cross the line to TNA Wrestling, the most innovative experience in professional wrestling today. Join Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle, “The Icon” Sting, Samoa Joe, A.J. Styles and the no-limits X-Division in the six-sided ring of “TNA iMPACT!” every Thursday at 9 p.m. on Spike. TNA Entertainment, LLC is a privately held company headquartered in Nashville, Tenn.

Cross The Line at www.tnawrestling.com 

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ROH

Time Warner to cease broadcasting HDNet, Weekend cards

- According to a source at HD Net, negotiations are still ongoing with Time-Warner.

If you are a subscriber to the network and want to see it remain on Time-Warner, the network is asking that you contact the General Manager of your local cable operator and let them know you’d want HDNet to remain.

HD Net carries Ring of Honor on HD Net as well as tons of live and taped MMA programming.

- Here is the ROH Supercard of Honor lineup, which takes place on April 3rd:

* Nigel McGuinness vs. Jerry Lynn

* KENTA vs. Davey Richards

* Roderick Strong vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima

* Bryan Danielson vs. Alex Koslov

* Tyler Black and The Necro Butcher vs. Jimmy Jacobs and Austin Aries

* El Generico, vs. Claudio Castagnoli vs. Brent Albright vs. Blue Demon, Jr

* Kevin Steen, Jay Briscoe and Magno vs. Chris Hero, Eddie Edwards, and Incognito 

* Colt Cabana vs. D-Lo Brown.

* Rhett Titus vs. Erick Stevens 

- Here is the ROH Take No Prisoners PPV lineup, which will be taped on April 4th:

* Nigel McGuinness and Claudio Castagnoli vs. Blue Demon Jr. and Brent Albright

* NO DQ MATCH: Jimmy Jacobs vs. The Necro Butcher

* Alex Koslov vs. Roderick Strong

* Kevin Steen, El Generico, Jay Briscoe and Magno vs. The American Wolves, Chris Hero and Incognito

* Bryan Danielson vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Erick Stevens vs. D-Lo Brown

* Colt Cabana vs. Ace Steel

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WWE

Updated Wrestlemania Card

Here is the updated WWE WrestleMania XXV card:

* Chris Jericho vs. Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat and Rowdy Roddy Piper w/Ric Flair

* The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels

* IC Title Match: JBL © vs. Rey Mysterio 

* Extreme Rules Match: Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy

* Winner Takes All – WWE Tag Team Titles vs. World Tag Team Titles – Unified Tag Team Title LUMBERJACK Match: The Miz and John Morrison © vs. Carlito and Primo Colon ©

* 25-Diva “Miss WrestleMania” Battle Royal: Known Participants - Melina, Maryse, Mickie James, Gail Kim, Michelle McCool, The Bella Twins, Alicia Fox, Kelly Kelly, Maria, Eve Torres, Katie Lea Burchill, Beth Phoenix, Layla El, Rosa Mendes, Candice Michelle, Natalya Neidhart, Jillian Hall, Tiffany

* Money in the Bank Ladder Match: CM Punk vs. Kane vs. Mark Henry vs. MVP vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Christian vs. Finlay

* World Title Match: Edge © vs. The Big Show vs. John Cena

* WWE Title Match: HHH © vs. Randy Orton

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TNA

Impact Ratings

TNA Impact did a 1.3 rating last night.

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ROH

Latest ROH Newswire

Three HDNet main events are announced! 

- March 27th: ROH officials are happy to announce the first three of the next 6 television main events to be filmed for Ring of Honor Wrestling on HDNet. The next National Television taping will take place on April 9th and 10th at The Arena in South Philadelphia. Tickets are on sale now and available at ROHWrestling.com. These three main event matches will take place on April 9th.

- Roderick Strong was on a very successful tour of Pro Wrestling NOAH when ROH filmed its first 6 weeks of television, and you’d be hard pressed to find anyone that could dispute either his importance or dedication to Ring of Honor. ROH officials are very happy that Strong will be at the next tapings, and not only that, he’ll be main-eventing one of the first 3 weeks to be filmed. ROH officials decided that his opponent should be one that will bring the best out of Strong. The ROH Booking Committee has decided that that man is none other than Austin Aries. The history between these two is well-documented, and we can’t think of a better match to show the world the style that made ROH famous. These two just tangled on March 20th in Pittsburgh, with Aries getting the duke with some help from his new found friends, Titus and King. Will that trend continue on National TV?

- The second of the first 3 main events to be filmed is a rematch from the 6th week to be filmed at the inaugural television tapings on March 1st. It is match-up of arguably the two most popular competitors in ROH at this time, and without question, two of the most talented athletes in all professional wrestling. One of these men has been World Champion the other aspires to accomplish the same thing. Once more, it will be Bryan Danielson and Tyler Black one-on-one for the world to admire. There is no hype necessary anytime these two step into the ring.

- The final of the three main events to be filmed on April 9th will feature the first time that the ROH World Tag Team Champions will appear together on Ring of Honor Wrestling on HDNet. During the first set of tapings, El Generico was conspicuously absent to the dismay of many. Now he will be at the side of “Mr. Wrestling” Kevin Steen, and they will oppose one of the best up-and-coming tag teams in wrestling in a rematch from Indianapolis on March 14th– Kenny King and Rhett Titus. King and Titus fell short in Indy, but now they’re apparently under the tutelage of Austin Aries. That alone could make a huge difference in this contest.

- The “Triple Savings Sale” returns this weekend at www.rohwrestling.com. The first part of the sale is 30% Off All Live Event Tickets. This is a great opportunity to save on tickets for Ring of Honor live action in your area. The second part of the sale features over 60 DVD’s priced at $5 Each (or less). Includes in the sale are many Straight Shootin’ titles, FIP DVD’s, and ROH Best of DVD’s. The third part of the sale allows you to save 15% Off Your Next Order. You can use this part of the sale to save even more money off the previous deals mentioned, or you can save on almost everything else we sell. Complete details on the sale can be found here:http://www.rohwrestling.com/news/article.aspx?id=2151.

- ROH is poised to return to the wonderful fans in Dayton and Chicago on April 24th and 25th. Already signed for both events: Bryan Danielson, Kevin Steen, El Generico, Jerry Lynn, Chris Hero, and making their Dayton and Chicago debut, The Dark City Fight Club. Tickets for both events are on sale now at ROHWrestling.com. We’ll have more talent announcements soon right here in the Newswire!

- You can catch Ring of Honor Wrestling on HDNet Saturday night at 8:00 PM. In action will be Kevin Steen vs. Eddie Edwards, Sara Del Rey vs. Daizee Haze, Claudio Castagnoli vs. Alex “Sugarfoot” Payne, and the main event features ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness vs. Jay Briscoe. For more information visithttp://www.hd.net/ringofhonor.html. HDNet is available in the U.S. and Canada on Bright House Networks, DIRECTV, DISH Network, Charter Communications, Comcast (Boston, Chicago, Denver, Houston, & Minneapolis), Insight Communications, Mediacom Communications, Time Warner Cable, NCTC Affiliated cable systems, Verizon Fios, Bell Express Vu, Star Choice, Shaw, and Cogeco.

- Don’t forget that Ring of Honor is happy to be working with Booker T and the Booker T Fights for Kids Foundation in support of the “Legends of Wrestling” Fanfest, taking place at the George R. Brown Convention Center on April 3rd in Houston from 1-8pm. General Admission Booker T Fanfest tickets are free to anyone who has already purchased a ticket to “Supercard of Honor IV”, taking place that night at the Convention Center! For more information on this great event, please visit www.bookertlow.com.

- This week’s version of the ROH Video Wire can been viewed here: http://www.rohvideos.com/watch?v=sM4itgq2IPA. You’ll hear comments from the returning Colt Cabana, Davey Richards, Bryan Danielson, Julius Smokes, plus see highlights from last weekend’s live event in Elizabeth, PA.

- We’ll be back next week with the first look at the cards for Montreal on April 17th and Toronto on April 18th, as well as news on the second three TV main events to be filmed on April 10th in Philly!

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12 Rounds Update

- Reviews for 12 Rounds are mixed so far. The film is projected to do about $10 million at the box office this weekend. If it does that, it’ll be the most successful WWE Films opening ever.

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Weekend Schedules

A pretty busy weekend! 

- Friday night March 27th at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, MN [TNA House Show]:
* Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett
* TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles © vs. Sheik Abdul Bashir
* ODB vs. Sojo Bolt
* Also scheduled: Team 3D, TNA X Division Champion Suicide, TNA Tag Team champions Beer Money, Inc., Chris Sabin, The Latin American Xchange, No Limit

- Saturday night March 28th at the Clay County Regional Events Center in Spencer, Iowa [TNA House Show]:
* Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett
* Tables Match: TNA Tag Team Champions Beer Money, Inc. © vs. Team 3D
* TNA X Division Champion Suicide © vs. Sheik Abdul Bashir
* Also scheduled: TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles, LAX, ODB, Chris Sabin, Sojo Bolt, No Limit

- Saturday night March 28th at the Laredo Entertainment Center in Laredo, Texas [RAW House Show]:
WWE Title Match: Edge vs. Shawn Michaels
Rey Mysterio vs. Kane
ECW Title Match: Jack Swagger vs. Christian
Cryme Tyme vs. Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes
CM Punk vs. Mike Knox
WWE Women’s Title Match: Beth Phoenix vs. Melina ©
Also Appearing: Evan Bourne, Kofi Kingston, Mark Henry, Tony Atlas and Tiffany

- Saturday night March 28th at the Civic Center in Amarillo, Texas [SD House Show]:
* Triple H and The Undertaker vs. Randy Orton and Big Show
* Jeff Hardy vs. Vladimir Kozlov.
* US Title Match MVP © vs. Shelton Benjamin

- Sunday Night March 29th at the Dodge Arena in Hidalgo, Texas [RAW House Show]:
WWE Title Match: Edge vs. Shawn Michaels
Rey Mysterio vs. Kane
ECW Title Match: Jack Swagger vs. Christian
Cryme Tyme vs. Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes
CM Punk vs. Mike Knox
WWE Women’s Title Match: Beth Phoenix vs. Melina ©
Also Appearing: Evan Bourne, Kofi Kingston, Mark Henry, Tony Atlas and Tiffany

- Sunday Night March 29th at the Kay Yeager Coliseum in Wichita Falls, Texas [SD House Show]:
* Triple H and The Undertaker vs. Randy Orton and Big Show
* Jeff Hardy vs. Vladimir Kozlov.
* US Title Match MVP © vs. Shelton Benjamin

- Monday night March 30th at the Impact Zone in Orlando Florida [TNA Impact Taping]
* Madison Rayne vs. Taylor Wilde
* The Latin American Xchange and Lethal Consequences vs. Sheik Abdul Bashir, Kiyoshi and No Limit

- Monday night March 30th at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. [WWE Raw, ECW, SD Taping]

- Tuesday night March 31st at the Impact Zone in Orlando Florida [TNA Impact Taping]

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 Episode 162: The RAWcast Undresses an Old Man and Kisses Your Wife [51:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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CK and JG are proud to come back this week and podcast about RAW from 03.23.09.  We’re going to give you “The Best Wrestling You’ve Ever Heard” as we usually do and at the same time we’re going to impregnate you with awesomeness.  Listen to our wrestling podcast now!

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Triple H Interview

MSN TV: You’re a hard man to track down.

Triple H: We’re hard people to locate. We’re all over the place, you know.

Tell our readers, fans or not, how grueling a schedule you guys have.

Sometimes people say, “It’s so rough, it’s so rough.” It’s not that bad. It used to be a lot worse. But I have two kids and I am home three days a week. But when you do go on the road, it’s hectic. You’re in a different city every day. You fly in to a new town, you do a show, you go to the next town, you sleep, you wake up and do it again. It’s basically just a series of transportation, to the gym, to the arena, to the plane.

It’s like being in a band, except you beat the hell out of each other.

It’s funny because I’ll watch those VH1 “Behind the Music” shows and I’ll hear these bands say, “After four months on the road, we’re ready to crack. We’re at each other’s throats.” I’m thinking, “Four months?” We don’t have time when we don’t tour. That’s the thing that’s a bit daunting about what we do. You know, we have WrestleMania 25 coming up and it’s our Super Bowl. Once that Super Bowl is over, there is a party, but if you are a top guy you really don’t want to go to the party too long because you have to get up the next morning. You have a live TV show the next night, a live “RAW,” and it starts all over again. It’s a never-ending cycle.

You’ve been wrestling for 15 years. You’ve headlined several WrestleManias, but you are about to headline WrestleMania 25. Did you ever imagine it, as a kid watching wrestling in Connecticut, that you’d be doing this?

I didn’t think I’d be in one WrestleMania. It’s a huge thrill. I was just the same as the kids that’ll read this. I was a young kid that loved wrestling and had a pipe dream. It’s worked out for me, and there a lot of guys who it didn’t work out for.

So, “RAW” recently celebrated its 15-year anniversary. “SmackDown” is celebrating its 500th episode. The shows own their time slots. What has kept this business thriving so long? What is it about wrestling that keeps people coming back?

Entertainment. Sometimes I watch TV and I think, “Who watches this crap?” It’s OK, but it’s not exciting, it’s not entertaining — and I’m not saying we’re everyone’s cup of tea. I think there’s a large section of our population — more than people want to believe — that know what we are, want to be entertained. It’s like live comic books. You’ve got good guys and bad guys, good looking women and good looking men, music and pyro and you live out your fantasies with it. There’s this big anti-aggression sentiment, but when you’re a kid, that’s what you think about. You don’t think about picking daisies when you’re a 12-year-old boy; you think about being Batman or Spider-man, or John Cena or Triple H. From there, the story lines meld that all together and keep people involved and interested. Sometimes people look at the stories we do and say they are wacky, but it’s no more wacky than “Desperate Housewives.” I remember when that show first came on and hearing all about it. My wife was watching it and I sat down to watch a few minutes. I was like, “Are you kidding? This is the big rage? And they give us at hard time?”

I’m asked why I like wrestling. Now you do have a female demo, but for us guys, it’s a male soap opera.

Sure.

Speaking of story lines, you recently revealed wrestling’s worst kept secret and wove it perfectly into a story line leading to your match with Randy Orton at WrestleMania: You are, in real life, married to Stephanie McMahon. Were you apprehensive about the decision to reveal this?

For story lines and business, we try to keep that stuff separate. But people knew and we joked about it when I was in DX [comic wrestling tag team formed with fellow superstar Shawn Michaels]. The only reason I was apprehensive is where do we go on the flip side of it. Look at it like this: There is the real world and the WWE Universe. So the cat is now out of the bag in the WWE Universe and it now exists there. So anything that has to do with me story-line-wise, you have to be conscious of the fact that I am married into the McMahon family. That throws a different curve into it. So my only concern was it tainting future story lines.

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Michael Cole WWE Magazine Quote

The following is an excerpt from an article on WWE.com, which looks at Michael Cole’s favorite SmackDown! memories in honor of the show approaching its’ 500th episode this Friday night.

“They had a number of extremely memorable matches on SmackDown,” Cole says of Undertaker locking horns with Batista, a rivalry he considers SmackDown’s defining moment in terms of what it did for the Superstars and the show as a whole. “It put the show on the map because it involved one of the biggest legends of this business, Undertaker. It helped make Batista the Superstar he is today. And the attention it put on SmackDown showed how much the show had grown and come full circle. I think it made us the best show in WWE at the time.”

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Updated Wrestlemania 25 Card

WWE has officially confirmed the JBL vs. Rey Mysterio match for the Intercontinental championship at WrestleMania 25. This will be Mysterio’s first match at WrestleMania since 2006.

With that now known, here is a look at the updated card for this year’s big event:

WWE Title:
-Triple H (c) vs. Randy Orton

World Title:
-Edge (c) vs. John Cena vs. The Big Show

Brother vs. Brother:
-Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Hardy

Undefeated Streak On The Line:
-Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker

World & WWE Tag-Titles:
-The Miz & John Morrison vs. The Colons

Intercontinental Title:
-JBL (c) vs. Rey Mysterio

3-On-1 Handicap Match:
-Chris Jericho vs. Roddy Piper, Ricky Steamboat & Jimmy Snuka (w/ Ric Flair)

-Money in the Bank Ladder Match

-25-Diva Battle Royal Match

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TNA

Impact Ratings In!

Last night’s edition of TNA Impact scored a 1.34 cable rating, the highest rating in the show’s history, and up from last week’s 1.2 rating.

Credit: Wrestlingobserver.com

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Other

Various News Items

- Big Vision Entertainment will be releasing a DVD, which will focus on former WWE
Divas Joy Giovanni and Amy Weber wrestling each other. [Credit: Pwinsider.com]

- The planned Necro Butcher DVD, also by Big Vision, has had its national retail release pushed back, but will be released soon via online retailers. [Credit: Pwinsider.com]

- Kid Kash and Joel Gertner will be at the March 28th Hardcore Reunion event in Allentown, PA. [Credit: Pwinsider.com]

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WWE

New match added for WrestleMania 25

- The Miz and John Morrison vs. The Colons with both the World and WWE tag-team titles at stake has been added to the official line-up for WrestleMania 25. With that now known, here is an updated look at the card - as things stand now - for the year’s biggest event:

* WWE Title:
Triple H (c) vs. Randy Orton

* World Title:
Edge (c) vs. John Cena vs. The Big Show

* Brother vs. Brother:
Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Hardy

* Undefeated Streak On The Line:
Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker

* World & WWE Tag-Titles:
The Miz & John Morrison vs. The Colons

* 3-On-1 Handicap Match:
Chris Jericho vs. Roddy Piper, Ricky Steamboat & Jimmy Snuka (w/ Ric Flair)

* Money in the Bank Ladder Match

* 25-Diva Battle Royal Match

Credit: wrestlezone.com

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Raw and Smackdown ratings, WWE lowers ticket prices

 - The February 27th episode of Smackdown scored a 2.3 rating, so along with Raw, Smackdown is also slipping in the ratings right now.

- The 3/16 edition of Monday Night Raw saw World Wrestling Entertainment’s recent ratings drop continue as the show did just a 3.6 cable rating. That is down from last week’s 3.7 and also from the 4s that they were doing as the build for WrestleMania began. 

- WWE is lowering their lowest ticket prices down to $20-$25 for live events in order to counteract the recession.

Credit: 411mania.com/PWinsider.com

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TNA

TNA DVD and house show news

- “Second to None - TNA’s Toughest Tag Teams” is set for a May 5th release date. Team 3D will host the DVD and be featured on the cover. 

- The company has opened up a website to hype the April 14th release of the Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain DVD set. You can check out the website here. 

- This Friday, tickets will go on sale for the following TNA house shows:

* Knoxville, TN on April 30th 

* Corbin, KY on May 1st 

* Huntington, WV on May 2nd 

* Pikeville, Kentucky on May 3rd 

Credit: 411mania.com

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ROH

Kevin Steen injured, Matches for Houston shows, Lineup for April TV tapings 

- Ring of Honor tag-team champion Kevin Steen will miss this weekend’s ROH shows due to an injury in his knee. He’s definitely off the Pittsburgh show and may try and work through his scheduled date in New York City, where he’s scheduled for a tag-title defense against The American Wolves.

- Added to the April 3rd show in Houston, Texas (the “Supercard of Honor”) is AAA’s Alex Koslov vs. Bryan Danielson and a six-man featuring Eddie Edwards, Chris Hero & Incognito vs. Kevin Steen, Jay Briscoe & Magno.

- KENTA and Tyler Black vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima and Austin Aries has been signed for the ROH Take No Prisoners 2009 PPV, which will be taped on April 4th in Houston, Texas.

- And finally, added to April’s ROH on HDNet tapings are Bryan Danielson, Nigel McGuinness, Tyler Black, Prince Nana, Rhett Titus, Kenny King, Chris Hero and Eddie Kingston.

Credit: 411mania.com/wrestlezone.com

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