There is going to be a SmackDown Women’s Championship match at Night of Champions. Jim Ross and Mick Foley said on the SmackDown! commentary that Natalya will be wrestling for the new Women’s Championship at Night of Champions this Sunday. Apparently Vickie Guerrero will be choosing her opponent.
I can report that Mick Foley confirmed on [...]
Archive for June, 2008
TORONTO - WWE RAW Superstar Santino Marella sat down with SLAM! Wrestling yesterday for an in-depth interview that touched on a number of topics, including a rare glimpse into the man behind the character, and his personal observations regarding its direction.
With the dust from the recent draft now settled, is La Vita still E Bella [...]
Insert Coin #2: How to improve a Diva match
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Welcome to my fifth column. After reading the feedback on my last column I’ve noticed that people actually liked it. Color me surprised. So I’ve returned with another delicious column filled with boobs. So sit back, relax, place your hand around your doodle and enjoy the [...]
– There are some rumors going around saying that TNA is interested in former WWE United States Champion Orlando Jordan. However, there is said to be no talk or interest in him.
– For the 5/29 TNA Impact, the show opened with a 1.06 rating for Team 3D & Booker T’s interview, which led to Joe, [...]
- RAW’s current top faces are set to be Batista, John Cena and Shawn Michaels with help from Kane, CM Punk and Rey Mysterio. The top heels will be Chris Jericho and JBL, which means a heel turn for Batista could come sooner than later. Randy Orton also will take the place of a top [...]
- Rey Mysterio was not happy about being moved from the SmackDown brand over to the RAW side. He took pride in the fact that the SmackDown side was more concerned with attracting the Latino demographic. Like most wrestlers, he was also upset that he would be leaving some friends behind and felt snubbed because [...]
- Mark Henry’s move from SmackDown to ECW was done to make people think he might win the ECW Title at the Night of Champions show, which means he probably won’t. WWE is under pressure to use Henry will to avoid having it look like he’s being burried for coming forward with the complaint on [...]
- Last week, the creative team had discussions on moving Chavo Guerrero’s bodyguard Bam Neely over to RAW, but the trigger obviously wasn’t pulled as he is still a member of the ECW roster following both drafts this week.
- They also talked about moving Kofi Kingston to RAW and Trevor Murdoch to SmackDown as early [...]
A bout between “The Ultimate Fighter 3″ winner Michael Bisping (16-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) and veteran UFC middleweight Chris Leben (18-4 MMA, 8-3 UFC) will headline a recently announced UFC 89 event.
Marshall Zelaznik, the head of the UFC’s UK division, made the announcement this week on Setanta News Ultimate Talk Show, a weekly UFC news [...]
With the exception of Umaga to SmackDown, the closest thing to a surefire move was Rey Mysterio to Raw. Officials actually made the decision a few weeks ago while SmackDown writer Michael Hayes was away on suspension. Hayes wanted to keep Mysterio on SmackDown, but he had to give him up to Raw in order [...]
Both Matt and Jeff Hardy weren’t told about their respective brand moves beforehand. After their one match together on Raw, Matt was sent to ECW and the reaction you saw from them was their real reaction because both brothers had no idea it was going to happen. In Jeff’s case, he was told about the [...]
Although nothing has been announced, Chris Jericho is scheduled to defend the Intercontinental championship this Sunday at Night of Champions PPV.
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WWE.com is reporting that a special “WWE Supplemental Draft” will be taking place today (Wednesday) at Noon Eastern (11:00 a.m. Central) featuring talent from Raw, Smackdown and ECW. Last year’s supplemental draft featured 15 WWE stars moving to all three brands.
The 6/23 three-hour WWE Draft edition of WWE Monday Night Raw drew a final [...]
While it seemed to play right into the storyline regarding the announcers switch, Melina suffered a legitimate ankle injury on Raw during the Divas tag match. On the Raw homepage they wrote: “On Raw, Melina severely injured her ankle during a tag encounter with her fellow Divas.” The WWE site posted a video of medics [...]
Former WWF star The Warlord was backstage at the iMPACT! taping last night visiting friends as he lives in the Orlando area.
Former TNA star Chris Harris was backstage at the TNA house show in Cincinnati, OH over the weekend visiting friends.
TNAwrestling.com is reporting that Scott Steiner underwent surgery in Birmingham, Alabama on Tuesday afternoon to [...]
Jim Ross has made his latest blog entry at his website JRsBarBQ.com and he addressed a story that we had earlier today on the site, his feelings about being moved to Smackdown last night during the draft.
“As many of you know, I was “drafted” to Smackdown Monday night in the “random lottery”. Obviously that means [...]
The other announcers were having fun slagging on Mike Adamle last night, liberally busting his chops about his frequent mistakes and miscues. While you would think that at this point he has to be working the mistakes he constantly makes as part of his character, everyone I have asked about it tells me that is [...]
In case you are wondering, yes the show-ending angle with Vince McMahon from last night’s Raw was done to put an end to the Million Dollar giveaway.
The overall feeling backstage among management was upbeat, with the feeling among those in charge that they delivered a strong show. They should feel that way because they did. [...]
USA pushed Raw tonight real strong, doing a “Live” cut to the arena with no one in it and hour and ten minutes before the start time. Also every couple of commercial breaks all day long they have been running ads about the Draft and the Money Giveaway. They currently have a count down clock [...]
Shootin’ With Steve Volume #6: June’s MMA Madness Part 1
I know it’s shitty title but it’s the best I got. It’s been a while since I wrote a column. Work and personal issues have prevented me from getting back to writing. But, a lot has happened in the last few weeks in the MMA world [...]
Here are the final results following tonight’s WWE Draft on Monday Night RAW.
Talent Joining Raw
Rey Mysterio
CM Punk
Michael Cole
Batista
Kane
Talent Joining SmackDown
Jeff Hardy
Jim Ross
Umaga
Mr. Kennedy
Triple H
Talent Joining ECW
Matt Hardy
Talent Leaving Raw
Jeff Hardy
Jim Ross
Umaga
Mr. Kennedy
Triple H
Talent Leaving SmackDown
Rey Mysterio
Matt Hardy
Michael Cole
Batista
Talent Leaving ECW
CM Punk
Kane
TNA’s Slammiversary pay-per-view event at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, Mississippi two weeks ago drew approximately 2,000 paying fans. Total attendance was said to be around 6,000 to 7,000 fans, so over half of audience got in for free. In comparison, the indy show featuring Hulk Hogan drew 2,200 paid in nearby Memphis last [...]
Ring of Honor has been pretty quiet regarding Bryan Danielson working the WWE Monday Night Raw taping on June 9 in Oakland, CA. The only thing ROH confirmed was that they gave him permission to work the taping and that was it. There was obviously more talk considering that Danielson got a pinfall victory over [...]
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Rey Mysterio was called over the weekend and told he needed to be at RAW. Mysterio was in Mexico doing promotional work.
For those who missed RAW, Randy Orton, Shawn Michaels, and Ric Flair all returned.
Chris Jericho’s entrance has been changed from ‘Save Us’ to ‘Save Me’.
Prior to RAW, Cryme Tyme beat Deuce & Domino via [...]
Here are the results from the WWE Draft that took place on the 6/23/08 edition of Raw.
Pick #
Brand From
Brand To
Name
Notes
1
Smackdown
Raw
Rey Mysterio
Triple H (Raw) def. Mark Henry (SD!)
2
Raw
Smackdown
Jeff Hardy
Finlay and Hornswoggle (SD!) def. Santino Marella and Carlito (Raw)
3
ECW
Raw
CM Punk
Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes (Raw) def. Chavo Guerrero and Bam Neely (ECW)
4
Smackdown
ECW
Matt Hardy
John Morrison and The Miz [...]
WWE.com announced immediately after Monday’s RAW that the Million Dollar Mania giveaway has been suspended.
In a story playing up the “injuries” Vince McMahon suffered during the final segment, in which the set blew out and then came crashing down on top of the WWE Chairman, the WWE website confirmed that the contest is “suspended for [...]
The “tragic accident” as described on WWE.com that closed tonight’s Raw is an angle. It would appear to me that it is a re-visiting of the Vince McMahon death angle from last year, with McMahon now being disabled instead of killed. That’s just my guess as I haven’t heard anything yet about where the angle [...]
Diego Sanchez scored an event-high base salary of $70,000 for his dominating victory over Luigi Fioravanti at Saturday’s live finale for “The Ultimate Fighter 7: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest.”
Other top earners from the event, which took place at The Palms Las Vegas and aired live on Spike TV, included Spencer Fisher ($36,000) and main-event [...]
Although his performance against Robert Berry in March suggests otherwise, UFC hall-of-famer Ken Shamrock is convinced he has some fight left in him.
The 44-year-old Shamrock said he was walking away from MMA following his third loss in as many tries to Tito Ortiz in October 2006, but he came out of retirement in January by [...]
In the midst of the build-up to Night of Champions, there’s one thing on every Superstar’s mind: the 2008 WWE Draft. For the second year in a row, the Draft will take place on a special three-hour Raw, where all Superstars, all Divas and all announcers from all three brands are eligible. How will the [...]
The WWE Draft takes place tomorrow night on a special 3-hour edition of WWE RAW. WWE has promised to shake things up - here’s the latest Draft news. Keep in mind that NONE of this stuff is confirmed:
– The John Cena to SD! rumors continue to circulate among many backstage. This would be the ‘big’ [...]
Some more details have been released after it was reported last week that Carlito is once again unhappy with his current role in WWE again courtesy of report by Dave Meltzer in The Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Carlito is said to be unhappy lately about his lack of a push that was promised to him and more [...]
SLAM! Wrestling has a really good article on Batista. He notes that he doesn’t want to change brands during the WWE Draft. “Personally, I would love to stay on Smackdown,” Batista said. “I feel like I’ve worked really hard with other guys to really build Smackdown. I’m very proud of what we’ve achieved the past [...]
Candice Michelle is scheduled to undergo an MRI this week on her collarbone. If the results are good then Michelle will be cleared to begin weight training for her return to the ring. The hope internally is that Michelle will be able to return by SummerSlam. For those who remember, Michelle suffered her second broken [...]
I just got back from the TNA Live Event in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Cincinnati Gardens arena was only half-used. The other half was blocked off and a curtain was hung to divide it, which was also used as the entrance to the ring. The arena was mostly full.
The card released on TNA’s website wasn’t correct at [...]
Milano Collection AT and Taichi Ishikara from New Japan Pro-Wrestling will be working TNA’s house show tonight in Cincinnati, OH. Collection will face Samoa Joe while Ishikara will face Curry Man.
TNA tapes iMPACT! tomorrow in Orlando, FL. Kevin Nash vs. Booker T has already been announced for the taping, and all the World X Cup [...]
Prior to Saturday’s live finale of “The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest,” Kendall Grove (9-5 MMA, 4-2 UFC) expected the loser of his headline bout with Evan Tanner (32-8 MMA, 11-6 UFC) to “leave town.”
Grove won’t be buying a bus ticket anytime soon.
In front of a soldout crowd at The Pearl at The [...]
WWE has parted ways with former WWE World Tag Team Championship and Spirit Squad member Johnny Jeter. His departure from the company completely fell under the radar, so much so that this news is actually quite a few months old, but wasn’t revealed until now.
Jeter held the World Tag Team Championship in 2006 due to [...]
