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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
WWE RAW last night earned a 3.25 cable rating with 4.62 million viewers.
John Cena will wave the green flag at this monday's Daytona 500 Nascar race.
In a dark match from last night's WWE RAW in Oklahoma City, John Cena defeated Kane by DQ after Kane used a chair on Cena.
Chris Hero reported to the WWE developmental territory in Florida, so apparently all his medical stuff went through and he's officially a member of the roster.
Eve apparently broke her nose during her match on Raw on Monday night.
Season two of World of Hurt is now airing on THE CAVE network in Canada. Here is a list of what wrestler is scheduled for what day:
Feb 4 - Camikazee
Feb 11 - Kyle Sebastian
Feb 18 - Brady Malibu
Feb 25 - Lylah Lodge
Mar 3 – Taya Valkyrie
Mar 10 – Randy Myers
Mar 17 – Nick Price
Mar 24 – Vance Nevada
Mar 31 – Cole Bishop
Apr 7 – Samantha Hall
Apr 14 – KC Spinelli
Apr 21 – Dylan Knight
Apr 28 – Roddy Piper
TCW has a show on Sunday, February 19th at the Moose Lodge in Kitchener, Ontario, with Cherry Bomb vs Courtney Rush, the Hollywood Hunks vs the Flatliners. www.tcwkitchener.com
Tommy Dreamer makes an appearance in a newly-released music video from The World We Knew, entitled "The Endless". View it here.
It's not often that a reference to Lord Patrick Lansdowne, the inspiration to the Gorgeous George character, makes the news, but he did in a recent piece about the wrestling commission in Springfield, Ohio. Check it out here.
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Sunday, February 5, 2012
WWE Smackdown will be live on Tuesday, February 21, with a the replay airing at it's normal Friday timeslot.
Sting told Uitca, NY, radio show Big Poppa in the Morning that he talked to the WWE in early 2011 about a Wrestlemania match with the Undertaker, but admitted the two sides could not come to a deal.
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Saturday, February 4, 2012
WWE has released development contract wrestler Peter Orlov, Calvin Raines, Marcus Owens and Leroy Parks.
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Friday, February 3, 2012
TNA Impact Wrestling earned a 1.2 cable rating for Thursday's show.
WWE has signed Ohio Valley Wrestling's Marcus Anthony to a developmental contract.
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
In a dark match from last night's WWE Smackdown taping in Omaha, Neb., The Usos defeated Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
WWE RAW Monday earned a 3.55 cable rating with 5.22 million viewers.
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Monday, January 30, 2012
Kharma gave birth a baby boy, Jamie, on December 31. Kharma returned to the ring at this past Sunday's WWE Royal Rumble but is not expected to return to the ring full-time right away. She plans on training for a return this month.
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
WWE confirmed that Mike Tyson will be inducted into the celebrity wing of its Hall of Fame. The story was originally broken by TMZ.
Booker T's autobiography comes out at the beginning of September from Medallion Media Group, and will be titled Booker T: From Prison to Promise.
In a dark match from tonight's WWE Royal Rumble: Yoshi Yatsu defeated Heath Slater.
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
Ric Flair is now the spokesperson for Fuel in a Bottle Power Shots.
TNA Impact Wrestling earned a 1.17 cable rating Thursday with 1.59 million viewers.
The Rock's next WWE RAW appearance will be February 27.
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Dragon Gate USA's "Open The Golden Gate" from Los Angeles tonight is available on internet pay per view. If you can't be in Los Angeles, you can still see the show. Pre-order at http://www.wwnlive.com/.
Jacques Rougeau Jr. has been very pleased with the reception for his French-language autobiography. "The book is doing marvellous, it really is," he told SLAM! Wrestling, saying that 2,500 of the 3,000 printed have been sold. He is being booked through April at book fairs, all the way to New Brunswick, and throughout Quebec. One is in Montreal, on March 24th, on Rue Ste Catharine, where Hulk Hogan had his book signing a while back. Rougeau warned the bookstore not to expect the same crowds. "It'll never be as big as Hulk, because Hulk is Hulk." Rougeau hopes to have it in English within the next two months.
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
TNA house show results from Nottingham, England, on January 16: Doug Williams defeated Gunner. Crimson and Samoa Joe wrestled to a double countout. Austin Aries defeated Alex Shelley and Mark Haskins in a three-way match. Gail Kim won a four-way match over Tara, Mickie James and Madison Rayne. AJ Styles defeated Bully Ray. Hulk Hogan, Kurt Angle and James Storm defeated Bobby Roode, Sting and Bully Ray.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
WWE RAW Monday earned a 3.2 cable rating with 4.6 million viewers off hours of 3.19 and 3.16.
Daniel Bryan was honoured with PETA's Most Animal-Friendly Athlete award.
Here's what to expect on NXT this week: The Usos vs Curt Hawkins & Tyler Reks; Trent Baretta vs Heath Slater; Titus O'Neil vs Percy Watson.
Smackdown was taped Tuesday night in Tucson, Arizona, and we can expect the following on Friday's show: Cody Rhodes vs Justin Gabriel; Drew McIntyre vs Sheamus; Epico & Primo defend the tag titles against Yoshi Tatsu & Santino Marella; Randy Orton vs Wade Barrett; Ted DiBiase, with a bandaged wrist, vs Hunico; Brodus Clay vs Alex Riley; Aksana vs Natalya; The Big Show vs Mark Henry.
Savannah Jack, real name Jack Russell, who wrestled for Bill Watts' UWF in the mid-1980s, passed away on January 17. He was 63.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Miguel Alonso, the Spanish announcer for the Los Angeles wrestling promotion, as well as WWF and WCW was in a serious car accident in Oceanside, Calif., and is in the hospital with serious heart damage. In recent years Miguel had been living in Mexico and recently returned to the U.S. with his wife.
Mick Foley and family on Celebrity Wife Swap was scheduled for tonight at 9 p.m. on ABC, however President Obama's State of the Union Address, scheduled for the same time, has bumped the episode until next week.
WWE Superstars taped in Phoenix last night, with Beth Phoenix vs Brie Bella and Kofi Kingston vs Michael McGillicutty.
SLAM! Wrestling's Jason Clevett interviewed Kevin Sullivan Monday night to preview this weekend's WrestleReunion. Watch for that story in the coming days.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation honored John Cena and WWE for the many years of working with the charity by naming a conference room in the charity's global headquarters after WWE. In a press release, the charity raved about Cena:
John Cena is on pace to grant 300 wishes to kids with life-threatening medical conditions, making him the first celebrity wish granter ever to reach that lofty goal. In 2009, John Cena received the Foundation's Chris Greicius Award for his outstanding efforts on behalf of wish kids.
Recently, John Cena teamed up with Post Foods to prominently display the Make-A-Wish Foundation alongside his image on newly designed boxes of Post Fruity Pebbles Cereal, which are available nationwide through March.
WWE and WWE Superstars have been granting wishes with the Make-A-Wish Foundation for more than 30 years and have donated a significant amount of funds to help cover costs associated with many of those wishes. In addition to John Cena, WWE and its talent have received the "Chris Greicius Award" award four additional times.
"WWE wishes have been popular since early in the Foundation's history and we are proud to count the WWE and its Superstars as longtime supporters," said David Williams, President and Chief Executive Officer for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America. "John Cena's commitment to our mission and his connection with our wish kids make him one of our best wish ambassadors. We are grateful for everything John and WWE have done, and we look forward to them granting many more wishes in the future."
John Cena continues to be one of the most frequently requested celebrity wishes. Tonight, John Cena is scheduled to grant two wishes at WWE Monday Night Raw(R) at US Airways Center in Phoenix, AZ.
WWE had some issues with its WrestleMania AXXESS pre-sale through TicketMaster, but everything was cleared up.
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Monday, January 23, 2012
WWE launched a Russian language website -- www.ru.wwe.com -- today. From the press release: "The site, which was developed by Russian-based Tvigle Media, will replicate content from the global WWE website (wwe.com) and also include localized content created specifically for Russian fans.
Last night at a house show in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Randy Orton returned and attacked Wade Barrett.
Singer/actor Kris Kristofferson did an interview with the Sun newspaper chain, and the interviewer, Darryl Sterdan, asked him about his son, Jody, signing a WWE developmental deal.
Q: I see your son Jody just signed to wrestle with the WWE. Your thoughts?
A: I identify with him so much, because people thought I was just as crazy as he is when I decided I was going to Nashville. But he loves it and he’s committed to it just like I was with songwriting. And to be able to do what you love to do -- you can’t get better than that.
Check out the whole story in Jam! Showbiz: Kristofferson does Dylan tribute.
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Sunday, January 22, 2012
Mike "The Hippie" Boyette broke his hip in a fall, and had surgery yesterday at Mobile's Providence Hospital.
Jim Ross tweeted that he was in a car accident, and that his car was totaled, but that he is okay.
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Friday, January 20, 2012
ECW Press, the Toronto-based publisher which has put out so many wrestling books, has announced that it has started offering "Get the eBook Free!" where, if you buy an ECW Press title and an ebook is available, you can contact the publisher and get the electronic version of it. For more details see www.ecwpress.com/ebook
Tickets to the WWE AXXESS events go on sale on January 28.
There's a movement going to get Hillbilly Jim into the WWE Hall of Fame. More here: http://on.fb.me/A1ZSUb
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
The George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame induction weekend is all set for July 13-14 in Waterloo, Iowa. This year’s hall of fame class includes Kurt Angle, Don Curtis, Road Warrior Animal Joe Laurinaitis (Frank Gotch Award), John Layfield (Lou Thesz Award), Dan Severn (George Tragos Award), and Bill Apter (Jim Melby Award). There will also be a pro wrestling card at Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center on Friday, July 13, and several events at the museum on Saturday, with formal induction banquet that night. www.wrestlingmuseum.org
This week's Monday Night Raw did a 3.0 rating.
On the injury front, there is talk at The Big Show hurt his back at Tuesday's Smackdown taping during his bout with Daniel Bryan.
Howard Finkel wrote a column on WWE.com marking his his 35th anniversary as a ring announcer.
Expect to see The Rock in a lot of places in the coming weeks, as his latest movie, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, opens February 10th. The Hollywood Reporter cracked that it was "Jules Verne rejuvenated for the iPhone age" in a recent story.
On April 28th, CHIKARA and Ring of Honor will be running a doubleheader show in Chicago, IL, with afternoon and evening shows. Initially, they had been lined up in opposition.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
The Cauliflower Alley Club announced that its 2012 Lou Thesz Lifetime Achievement Honoree is women's wrestling star Wendi Richter.
Smackdown taped Tuesday night in Las Vegas, suitably with a "spin the wheel" match selection, and the following bouts are on tap for Friday: Daniel Bryan vs Mark Henry; Drew McIntyre vs Santino; Ted DiBiase vs Hunico; Wade Barrett vs Sheamus; Brodus Clay made an appearance; Primo & Epico vs Uso Brothers; Cody Rhodes vs Justin Gabriel.
Here's what to expect on NXT, which is actually the 100th episode of the show: Titus O'Neil vs Darren Young; Percy Watson vs Heath Slater; Yoshi Tatsu & Trent Barretta vs Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks, and the long-awaited wedding between Maxine and Johnny Curtis.
Smackdown on Friday got a 2.2 rating.
Rhett Titus of Ring of Honor is expected back from MCL surgery in February.
The Riverfront Times has a lengthy feature on Harley Race, including comments from Race, Terry Funk, announcer Larry Matysik, Trevor Murdoch and even SLAM! Wrestling's Greg Oliver. Check it out here.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Shane Douglas is leading an "extreme" reunion on April 28th at the National Guard Armory in northeast Philadelphia. "Time for the second revolution to begin..." Douglas wrote on his Facebook page. "If you are one of those whose been complaining about the state of our biz, at the hands of the BIMBOs and Irishman, then you don't want to miss this relaunch!!! The wrestling world's about to get taken back to the EXTREME!!!" For more, see Extremereunion.net
Machine Gun Kelly's song Invincible will be the official song of WrestleMania 28.
Here's what to expect on WWE Superstars this week: Santino Marella & Mason Ryan vs Curt Hawkins & Tyler Reks; Jinder Mahal vs Alex Riley.
Dave Burzynski, who was later manager "Supermouth" Dave Drason, has a new book soon to be released, This Saturday Night - Return to the Cobo Arena. Burzynski described the book, expected in the spring: "It will contain a photo history of my time as photographer for Big Time Wrestling, including many rare never before seen photos that were never meant for public viewing."
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Monday, January 16, 2012
Sunday night, "Big Country" Jody Kristofferson announced that he had signed a WWE developmental deal. Jody is the son of Kris Kristofferson, famed singer and actor. SLAM! Wrestling profiled Jody Kristofferson back in 2009: Kris Kristofferson's son tunes in to wrestling.
Steeltown Pro Wrestling has three Manitoba shows this weekend: Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, at the Notre-Dame Centennial Hall, 100 PR 244, on Friday, January 20th, with a 7 p.m. bell time. On the show are locals Marius and Jethro Hawg, as well as La Sombra, Rob Stardom, Sydney Manson, Ann Brookstone and Mystik Sexton; Saturday, January 21st at the Selkirk Memorial Hall, 376 Jemima Street, in Selkirk, with a 7:00 p.m. start, and Sunday, January 22nd at the Royal Canadian Legion, 1331 Main Street, in Winnipeg, again with a 7:00 p.m. start. www.SteeltownProWrestling.ca
The Alberta-based CNWA has a wealth of upcoming shows. Here's the list, and more can be learned at www.cnwawrestling.ca:
Feb 4: Edmonton; Alberta Avenue Hall
Feb 16: Lacombe, AB; Memorial Centre
Feb 17: Rocky Mountain House, AB; St. Dominic's School
Feb 18: Lethbridge; Legion Hall
Feb 25: Vernon, BC
Feb 26: Salmon Arm, BC
Mar 3: Edmonton; Alberta Avenue Hall
Mar 9: Cloverdale, BC; Alice Mackay Building
Mar 10: Kelowna, BC; Rutland Hall
Mar 23: Red Deer; Red Deer College
Mar 24: Lloydminster; Lakeland College
Mar 25: Moose Jaw; Timothy Eaton Gardens
Mar 31: Lethbridge; Legion Hall
Tonight's WWE RAW will feature Perez Hilton as the guest announcer for a divas match. Epico and Primo vs. Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne.
Dixie Carter announced the location of the April TNA PPV on her Facebook account: "I'm happy to announce the Lockdown Pay-Per-View will be held in NASHVILLE at Municipal Auditorium on Sunday, April 15th! There will be more details next week, but stay tuned because I'll announce a special pre-sale code to you all 1st!"
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Sunday, January 15, 2012
Dallas is pushing to get next year's WWE Wrestlemania at Cowboys Stadium.
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Saturday, January 14, 2012
TNA Impact Wrestling Thursday earned a 1.13 cable rating with 1.6 million viewers.
Gossoper Perez Hilton will guest referee a Diva's match on Monday's WWE RAW.
The WWE has canceled the January 22 house show set for College Station, Texas.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
WWE RAW Monday earned a 2.9 cable rating.
Mike Tyson is the latest name to be added to WrestleReunion in Los Angeles January 27 - 29th. He is a vendor guest and photos will be $99. There are more then 40 wrestlers scheduled to be in attendance that weekend. www.wrestlereunion.com
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Next week's WWE RAW will feature Zack Ryder vs. Jack Swagger.
WWE announced the induction of the Four Horsemen and Edge into the WWE Hall of Fame this year.
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Monday, January 9, 2012
Tonight's WWE RAW will feature Daniel Bryan vs. Kofi Kingston.
WWE Smackdown Friday earned a 1.8 cable rating with 2.57 million viewers.
TNA house shows scheduled for Germany have been cancelled due to low ticket sales.
WWE Hall of Fame tickets go on sale this coming Saturday. The event is set for March 31 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami.
Claudio Castognoli made his WWE debut at house shows this past weekend wrestling as Antonio Cesaro.
All Star Wrestling has a show on Friday January 13th at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds in Vancouver, BC, with an 8 pm bell time. The main event has Gangrel vs Vance Nevada, as well as Sammi "Bambi" Hall vs Mary Jane Payne, Raven Lake vs KC Spinelli, Gorgeous Michelle Starr & Disco Fury vs Randy Myers & Alexis Plexis, Mr. India vs Lak Siddartha, and Paynefully Large vs Mighty Iton & Matt XStatic. www.aswcanada.com
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Sunday, January 8, 2012
Kitty Burke, better known as Aunt Kitty from GLOW, passed away yesterday in Las Vegas.
TNA is taking a small crew to the January 28 Impact Wrestling taping in London.
WWE RAW brand house show results from Tyler, Texas, on January 7: Beth Phoenix defeated Eve Torres. Mason Ryan and Alex Riley defeated Michael McGillicutty and Alex Cesaro. Zack Ryder feated Jack Swagger. Air Boom defeated Epico and Primo. John Cena defeated Kane by DQ. CM Punk defeated The Miz.
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Friday, January 6, 2012
TNA will tape an episode of Impact Wrestling from Wembley Arena in London on January 28.
TNA Impact Wrestling Thursday earned a 1.1 cable rating with 1.6 million viewers.
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
WWE RAW Monday earned a 3.1 cable rating with 4.43 million viewers.
New Japan Pro Wrestling results from the Tokyo Dome in Japan on January 4: Captain New Japan and Tama Tonga defeated Kyosuke Mikami and Tomoaki Honma. Price Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Davey Richards and Rocky Romero to win the IWGP Jr. Tag Team titles. Tiger Mask, Jushin Lyger, KUSHIDA and Mascara Dorada defeated TAKA Michinoku, Taichi, Atlantis and Valiente. Kazuchika Okada defeated YOSHI-HASHI. Masayuki Kono and Masakatsu Funaki defeated Yuji Nagata and Wataru Inoue. Shelton Benjamin and MVP defeated Masato Tanaka and Yujiro Takahashi. Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima defeated Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson to win the IWGP Tag Team titles. Hirooki Goto defeated Takashi Sugiura. Togi Makabe defeated Yoshihiro Takayama. Go Shiozaki and Naomichi Marufuji defeated Toru Yano and Shinsuke Nakamura. Keiji Muto defeated Tetsuya. Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Minoru Suzuki to retain the IWGP Heavyweight title. Attendance was announced at 43,000.
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
In a dark match from last night's WWE RAW taping: CM Punk defeated The Miz in a steel cage match. Skip Sheffield defeated Michael McGilicutty.
Former TNA Knockout Desire, real name Kim Nielson, will be appearing on the upcoming season of NBC's The Biggest Loser, where people compete to lose weight.
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Sunday, January 1, 2012
Torrie Wilson has reportedly been spotted hanging out with baseball's Alex Rodriguez in Idaho this past week, where Wilson is originally from.
Japan's NOAH will be trading talent with Ring of Honor in 2012. No names have been announced.
Jim Duggan has an autobiography set for release in April of this year.
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Saturday, December 31, 2011
Thursday's TNA Impact Wrestling earned a 1.17 cable rating.
WWE RAW brand house show results from Hartford, Ct., on December 30: R-Truth defeated David Otunga. Beth Phoenix defeated Eve Torres. Jerry Lawler defeated Jack Swagger. Mason Ryan, Leo Krueger and Alex Riley defeated Tyler Reks, Curt Hawkins and JTG. Santino Marella defeated Michael McGiliicutty. Zack Ryder defeated Dolph Ziggler. John Cena defeated Kane by DQ. CM Punk defeated The Miz.
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Fans who attended last night's WWE Smackdown brand house show in Detroit were offered refunds due to Randy Orton not appearing. Orton suffered a back injury, and it is unknown how long he will be out of action.
WWE RAW Monday earned a 2.93 cable rating with 4.46 million viewers.
WWE RAW brand house show results from Pittsburgh on December 28: Dolph Ziggler won a 10-man battle royal. Beth Phoenix defeated Eve Torres. Alex Riley defeated Leo Kruger. Jerry Lawler defeated Jack Swagger. Santino Marella defeated David Otunga. Zack Ryder defeated Dolph Ziggler. John Cena defeated Kane by DQ. CM Punk defeated The Miz in a steel cage.
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