Travis Tomko is officially done with TNA Wrestling and finished up at the company’s TV tapings this week in Orlando. According to reports, the decision was made to part ways as Tomko has a history of turning down ideas from creative and not wanting to work with the company on numerous occassions.
Dustin Runnels, who worked [...]
Archive for July, 2008
For those that missed last night’s ECW on Sci Fi, as expected Tod Grisham joined Tazz as Mike Adamle’s replacement as ECW color commentator. Although Joey Styles was at the event due to his WWE.com duties, he wasn’t even considered for the role.
Former WWE Superstar Bobby Lashley has re-launched his official website at www.LashleyNutrition.com. He [...]
According to the Wrestling Observer, plans for this year’s WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view are appearing to be changing on a near day to day basis. Shawn Michaels was removed off all house shows last week so WWE could sell his injury and so they could hold off his match with Chris Jericho until after SummerSlam. Chris [...]
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The July 28th edition of Monday Night Raw pulled a 3.6 rating (hours of 3.37 and 3.74), up from last week’s 3.3.
ECW on Sci Fi Results 07/29/08
Giant Center, Hershey, Pa.
Results by Jason Powell of ProWrestling.net
[Q1] Highlights aired from last week of Matt Hardy winning the four-way match to earn a shot at Mark Henry’s ECW Title at Summer Slam… The opening video aired… Tazz introduced the show from ringside and introduced Todd Grisham as his new [...]
In follow up to a story we had posted here previously regarding Elijah Burke being hit by a car, his official site was apparently hacked and the statement regarding the accident was false. This is apparently the reason the site was down earlier (and still is) as they perform maintenance to try and prevent it [...]
Jim Ross made reference to the possibility of Todd Grisham being Mike Adamle’s replacement at the ECW announce table:
Jim Ross: “With Adamle focusing on Raw, rumor has it that Todd Grisham will join Tazz on ECW TV show going forward.”
ProWrestling.net is reporting that Evan Bourne was the one who came up with the name “Evan [...]
RAW OPENER:
Tonight’s show kicks off with highlights of last week’s RAW where Batista made the match with him and CM Punk and where Kane interfered before the match began. We see clips of the match with Punk and Batista then the showdown between John Cena and Batista.
- The music hits and pyro explodes in the [...]
On this week’s edition of WWE Monday Night Raw, Shane McMahon announced ECW commentator Mike Adamle as the new WWE Raw General Manager.
Mike Adamle then announced that John Cena will face Batista at SummerSlam.
Following this week’s edition of WWE Monday Night Raw, here is the latest card for this year’s WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view event:
Hell in a Cell Match
Edge vs. Undertaker
WWE Championship Match
Triple H (c) vs. The Great Khali
John Cena vs. Batista
ECW Championship Match
Mark Henry (c) vs. Matt Hardy
On this week’s edition of WWE Monday Night Raw from the Verizon Center in Washington, DC, it was announced that Shawn Michaels will be returning to WWE television next week on Raw. He will be doing his first interview since his WWE Great American Bash loss to Chris Jericho.
Mike “The Miz” Mizanin recently did an interview with the Poughkeepsie Journal. He said that he had to work hard to gain the respect of the WWE audience after coming from a background in reality television. “At first, I didn’t get a lot of respect from the hardcore WWE fans, but as I progressed, I [...]
Friday on SmackDown, six Superstars will compete in the Biggest Blockbuster of the Summer Battle Royal, with the winner facing Triple H at SummerSlam for the WWE Championship. The Over-the-Top Rope Challenge pits Big Show vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Mr. Kennedy vs. The Great Khali vs. Montel Vontavious Porter vs. Umaga. After the melee, which [...]
TNA Impact on Spike TV
Taped in Orlando, FL
Source: ProWrestling.net
[Q1] Footage aired of what happened between Samoa Joe and Booker T last week. After the opening video aired, Samoa Joe and Kevin Nash entered the ring from the crowd. The ring was surrounded by the six sides of steel…
Samoa Joe said he wanted his match vs. [...]
The July 22nd edition of ECW on Sci Fi featuring Matt Hardy vs. Finlay vs. John Morrision vs. The Miz in a Fatal Four-Way Match scored a 1.5 final cable rating.
This week’s rating is up from last week’s 1.4 rating.
Kurt Angle recently did an interview with SCNow.com that you can view HERE. The following are a few of his comments regarding TNA compared to the WWE, the politics in each company, his interest in working MMA, and more:
What’s TNA like compared to the WWE?
“There’s no comparison, talent-wise, to WWE. We’ve got much more [...]
Triple H is expected to miss all of this weekend’s WWE house shows as his wife Stephanie is expected to give birth any day now. Wrestlezone will keep you updated on her condition as we receive word.
Quebecer Pierre, a former WWE Tag Team Champion, wrestled in a dark match this past Monday night against Charlie [...]
PWinsider.com is reporting that Kenny Dykstra was in fact backstage at this past Smackdown/ECW taping however was not used. Dykstra was sidelined with a knee injury back in January but has been cleared to return to action since the weeks leading up to Wrestlemania. WWE has not brought him back on the road and no [...]
WWE Diva Mickie James will be making an appearance on the USA original series “Psych” which is scheduled to air on September 6. The show’s website is giving the following episode synopsis. “Juliet going undercover as a skater to solve a number of robberies that are linked to a roller derby team.”
To coincide with Summerslam, [...]
The “career ending” angle that Shawn Michales is doing will apparently be over very shortly as he has been advertised for house shows starting in August. The planned Jericho vs Michaels match at the Raw brand house show at Madison Square Garden on 8/23 has now been changed to a steel cage match. HBK is [...]
It is reported that plans for ECW to move its tapings to Monday night before Raw have now been dropped. The general feeling is that it was going to be a bad move from the start when discussions started about going through with it as Monday’s tend to be much more stressful than Tuesday’s. In [...]
Fedor Emelianenko will defend his newly won World Association of Mixed Martial Arts heavyweight championship belt on Oct. 11 against Andrei Arlovski in the UFC’s backyard.
Affliction’s second MMA promotion will be at the Thomas & Mack Center on the UNLV campus, in the shadow of the UFC’s corporate offices, according to a venue official.
Affliction made [...]
We can now confirm that Ron Killings will indeed be using “R-Truth” as his ring name in World Wrestling Entertainment. As you may have heard, it was announced at this week’s WWE Smackdown taping that Ron Killings will be making his WWE SmackDown debut soon.
No date was confirmed on when he will be debuting, however [...]
World Wrestling Entertainment has released a new Jeff Hardy t-shirt. It features a Jeff Hardy self portrait and is a WWEShop.com exclusive item.
Raw Superstar Paul London is scheduled to be appearing at this Friday’s OVW show from the Six Flags in Louisville, Kentucky.
William Regal is expected to return to WWE television very soon as his [...]
ECW:
The crowd was hot all night. That new title is horrendous looking. They booed Atlas, but wasn’t into his promo at all. The crowd got hot during Evan Bourne’s match and went absolutely nuts for Matt Hardy. Hardy was way over and the fans were really into the main event.
Biggest Pops:
1. Matt Hardy
2. Finlay [...]
Variety are reporting that WWE are moving to become more family friendly as they plan to produce their three weekly TV shows in a way that lands WWE a PG rating. Monday Night Raw on USA Network and ECW on Sci Fi are currently rated TV-14, while CW’s Friday Night SmackDown, who are preparing for [...]
As most would have probably guessed, the Kaz “release” angle is a work. It seems they will be playing off of his recent losing streak and as we reported here, he will also be appearing on the first edition of “Karen’s Angle” this week on Impact to talk about “leaving the company”. In reality, he [...]
The New York Daily News has an article online about CW’s decision to drop WWE to favour a younger female demographic with more shows aimed at them. Dawn Ostroff, entertainment president of CW said that the network loves the low-rated “Gossip Girl” as it gets a great buzz, much of it from the Internet rather [...]
In addition to amendments to its Substance Abuse and Drug Testing Policy, WWE has undertaken several enhancements to its overall Talent Wellness Program since its inception in February 2006. Updates include:
* Retaining ImPACT Inc. to manage operations and administration of the Talent Wellness Program. Through ImPact, WWE obtained the services of Dr. Joseph Maroon as [...]
WWE are advertising Triple H vs. The Big Show for the WWE title as the main event for the WWE Smackdown and ECW taping in Pittsburgh on August 26th.
I saw that it says “R-Truth” on wweshop.com for Ron Killings name for the sweepstakes. It also says R-Truth for his on his myspace, so I’m [...]
The July 21st edition of Monday Night Raw did a 3.3 rating, which is up from last week’s 3.2.
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ECW on Sci-Fi Results - 07/22/08
Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA
Report by James Caldwell of PWTorch.com
The show started with Mike Adamle and Tazz plugging the fatal four-way match to determine the new #1 Contender to the ECW Title. … In-ring: Teddy Long was standing next to a brand-new ECW Title belt. Ooh, and they’re doing it [...]
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- Tonight’s show opens up with a video package of highlights from last night’s Great American Bash pay-per-view with Kane interrupting the World Heavyweight Title match.
- As the video comes to an end, we see Batista backstage in a WWE production truck watching the screen. Batista walks out of the trailer as the RAW opening [...]
A promo aired on Raw tonight advertising a huge match on tomorrow night’s ECW on Sci-Fi with Matt Hardy, Finlay, John Morrison and The Miz facing off in a Fatal Four Way match to determine the #1 contender to face Mark Henry at WWE’s SummerSlam for the ECW Championship.
Newsday.com has an article up stating that two men, Keith Powell and Timothy Vandewater, were arrested following last night’s Great American Bash pay per view after trying to steal chairs backstage. A WWE employee tried to stop them in the parking lot, but he was hit over the head with a bottle by Vandewater, who [...]
William Regal was backstage at the Great American Bash last night and is expected to return in some fashion tonight on Raw.
TNA announced today that they released Kaz, yet he will be finishing up prior obligations, plus he’ll be appearing on Karen’s Angle to discuss his departure. This is obviously a very surprising move if it’s legit, but I wouldn’t be shocked if it’s a “worked shoot” given his recent push. My sources in the company [...]
