TNA has book Stampede Park in Calgary for a house show on March 27, 2010. www.stampedevenues.com
Former WWE and ECW star "The Japanese Buzzsaw" Tajiri has re-launched an official website at www.japanesebuzzsaw.com ... but naturally, it's in Japanese!
Tonight WWE Smackdown will feature: Kane and Undertaker vs. Big Show and Chris Jericho. John Morrison vs. Dolph Ziggler in a 2-out-of-3 falls match.
ECW on SyFy Tuesday earned a 1.1 cable rating.
Five years ago, The Great Khali was given a five year leave of absence from the Punjabi Police force so he could wrestle and act. The five years are up next month, and the force has suspended The Great Khali for "unauthorized leave." Might mean that when his career in wrestling and acting is finished, he may have trouble returning to his old job in India.
Ring of Honor's Final Battle set for December 19 in Manhattan, N.Y., will feature Ring of Honor Champion Austin Aries vs. Tyler Black. Also, Ring of Honor Tag Team Champions American Wolves vs. The Briscoes.
Chris Sabin will be taking time off due to a slight neck injury. He shouldn't be missing any TNA television events, but will be missing house show and independent dates.
Foxsports.com has posted the three skits that Daniels shot for CUBED You can either go here and scroll down to the featured videos (with Daniels), or, they are also on AOL video here.
Tonight's WWE Superstars will feature: Mark Henry vs. Cody Rhodes, Eric Escobar vs. Jimmy Yang Wang, and Zack Ryder vs. Shelton Benjamin.
Tonight's TNA iMPACT! will feature: Taylor Wilde vs. Hamada, The Motor City Machineguns vs. Beer Money, Inc., and AJ Styles and Kurt Angle vs. Desmond Wolfe and Daniels.
Mick Foley will be a guest on tonight's Daily Show on Comedy Central at 11 p.m. EST.
Monday's WWE RAW earned a 3.5 cable rating off hours of 3.37 and 3.56.
A lot of Australian outlets and TMZ have picked up the Hogan-Flair fight a few days ago in Australia as real and not an angle.
WWE has announced upcoming guest hosts of WWE RAW. Verne "Mini Me" Troyer will guest host on November 30, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban on December 7 and comedian Dennis Miller on December 14.
Next week's TNA iMPACT! will feature a one-night tournament with the winner getting a shot at the TNA Heavyweight title.
In a dark match from last night's WWE Smackdown taping in Philadelphia, Ezekiel Jackson defeated Tommy Dreamer.
There are small rumors that Sid Vicious might be heading to TNA. Rumors of Vicious joining WWE and TNA in recent years have never came true, so many are thinking these are similar rumors.
A fight broke out between Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan during a press conference promoting their tour of Australia this weekend. Here is a clip of the fight that drew blood:
Sandy Scott, a Mid-Atlantic legend and native of Hamilton, Ont., underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer on Monday.
Tonight's ECW on SyFy will feature The Hurricane vs. Paul Burchill in a Mask vs. Burchill's ECW career match.
In a dark match from last night's WWE RAW taping in New York City, Ted Dibiase defeated Primo. Also, Lillian Garcia, who lives in NYC, sang the national anthem.
Jethtro Holiday's (Trevor Murdoch) profile has been removed from TNA's website. He was not working under a contract.
TNA's web site is having a poll for fans to vote for TNA to come to your hometown. There is a link on the front page at: www.tnawrestling.com.
The USA Network and the WWE have signed a new deal that will keep WWE RAW on the network through September 2014.
Rey Mysterio is working through a knee injury. He is expected to take time off after Survivor Series.
WWE announced via Twitter that Jesse Ventura will be the guest host for a three-hour edition of Raw on November 23rd. The episode is being titled "Raw Thanksgiving."
Dixie Carter noted on her Twitter that Kurt Angle threw his back out during last night's match at Turning Point. He won't miss any time in the ring, however.
Tonight's WWE RAW is sold out from Madison Square Garden in New York City. Roddy Piper is the guest host. The show will feature DX vs. The Undertaker and John Cena vs. The Big Show and Chris Jericho, plus WWE Divas champion Melina vs. Alicia Fox.
D'Angelo Dinero (formerly Elijah Burke) has signed a long-term deal with TNA.
Sean Mooney is rumored to be re-hired by the WWE. He has been working for Fox Sports covering the Pac-10 conference.
WWE Smackdown brand house show results from Belfast, Ireland, on November 15: Matt Hardy defeated Eric Escobar. R-Truth defeated Dolph Ziggler. Mickie James and Katie Lee defeated Michelle McCool and Beth Phoenix. Drew McIntyre defeated Finlay. John Morrison defeated Rey Mysterio. Christian defeated William Regal. Goldust and Shelton Benjamin defeated Zack Ryder and Ezekiel Jackson. The Undertaker defeated CM Punk in a casket match.
A dark match before last night's TNA Turning Point pay-per-view saw Hamada defeat Alissa Flash.
Greg Valentine is suing Windy City Pro Wrestling out of Chicago after the stairs leading to the ring collapsed causing him unknown injuries during a recent show.
Brock Lesnar is reportedly not in good shape health-wise, according to UFC president Dana White. At a news conference in the United Kingdom yesterday, White said that the former WWE champion is "probably going to have to be hospitalized and intravenously given antibiotics. He's got mono and he's got something else wrong with him. I know what's wrong with him, he just doesn't want me talking about it. He doesn't have cancer or AIDS or anything like this, (but) he's got some problems, man." Lesnar collapsed at his property in Canada over the weekend, but is now back in the United States. UFC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION LESNAR SERIOUSLY ILL IN HOSPITAL
TNA iMPACT! on Thursday earned a 1.1 cable rating.
WWE Superstars on Thursday earned a 0.9 cable rating.
WWE Smackdown house show results from Leipzig, Germany, on November 12: John Morrison defeated Dolph Ziggler and Matt Hardy. Shelton Benjamin and Goldust defeated Zack Ryder and Ezekiel Jackson. Drew McIntyre defeated Finlay. Mickie James and Katie Leah defeated Beth Phoenix and Michelle McCool. Rey Mysterio defeated Batista by DQ. Christian defeated William Regal. R-Truth defeated Eric Escobar. Undertaker defeated CM Punk.
SouthPeak Interactive is working on a video game for TNA for the Nintendo DS and Playstation PSP systems.
WWE RAW brand house show results from London on November 11: Chris Jericho won a battle royal to win a chance at the WWE Title later in the show. Paul Burchill defeated The Hurricane. The Mix defeated MVP. Gail Kim and Melina defeated Alicia Fox and Jillian. Evan Bourne defeated Chavo Guerrero. Randy Orton defeated Kofi Kingston. Triple H and Shawn Michaels defeated Cody Rhodes and Ted DIbiase. John Cena defeated Chris Jericho.
TNA has released Knockout Sojo Bolt from her contract.
Ric Flair was married for the fourth time today in Charlotte, N.C.
The Food Network's Dinner Impossible tonight will feature The Miz, Santino Marella, Jim Ross, and Gail Kim. The show will try to make a large meal for all the WWE wrestlers prior to WWE Summerslam.
In a dark match results from last night's WWE Smackdown taping in Sheffield, England: Cryme Tyme defeated Eric Escobar. Undertaker defeated CM Punk in a casket match.
WWE RAW earned a 3.1 cable rating.
Trenesha Biggers told CBS Pittsbrugh affiliate KDKA that she will re-file charges against Kurt Angle with the local district attorney office. She wants to be able to submit voicemails and other evidence for her defense (which she was not able to do before dropping charges yesterday).
Match a promo for Hulk Hogan's tour of Australia in a few weeks featuring Hogan, Ric Flair, Jimmy Hart and Brian Knobs.
WWE has officially announced the retirement of Jamie Noble. They noted Noble will work with the WWE as a producer and the Sheamus angle last week was used to move Noble into that role. It is unclear if this is an angle or legit.
TNA house show results from Nashville, Tenn., on November 9: Suicide defeated D'Angelo Dinero and Homicide in a three-way match. Hernandez defeated Kip James. Tara defeated Velvet Sky. Abyss defeated Rhino in a Monster's Ball match with Titans QB Vince Young as guest referee. Bobby Lashley defeated Scott Steiner. Frank Wycheck (former NFL player) and Beer Money, Inc. defeated The British Invasion and Eric Young. AJ Styles defeated Samoa Joe in a lumberjack match (Tennessee Titan players worked at lumberjacks). The event was a charity show for the Boys and Girls Club of Middle Tennessee, the charity of Titans player Kyle Vanden Bosch.
Next week's WWE RAW will feature Roddy Piper as guest host, as well as DX vs. Chris Jericho and The Big Show vs. John Cena and The Undertaker in a tag team triple threat match.
Trenesha Biggers (Rhaka Khan) dropped her protective order against Kurt Angle on Monday.
In a dark match from yesterday's WWE RAW taping in Sheffield, England, John Cena and DX defeated The Big Show, Chris Jericho and Randy Orton.
Sheamus' opponent on last night's WWE RAW was David Deville, the LDN British Heavyweight champion.
A film crew for Quebec based Canal D and CANAL +, has been filming different wrestling venues around the province in preparation of a three-part, three-hour documentary about the state of wrestling in Quebec. SLAM! Wrestling's Patric Laprade and Yves Leroux have been interviewed at length and will have prominent exposure, as will a few of the bigger well-known wrestlers and promoters, when it is released in May or June 2010.
WWE RAW brand house show results from Liverpool, England, on November 8: Kofi Kingston defeated Chris Masters. The Hurricane defeated Paul Burchill. Sheamus defeated Primo. Jack Swagger defeated Evan Bourne. The Miz defeated MVP. Santino Marella defeated Chavo Guerrero. Kelly Kelly and Melina defeated Jillian Hall and Alicia Fox. Mark Henry defeated Chris Jericho by DQ. DX and John Cena defeated Randy Orton, Ted Dibiase and Cody Rhodes.
Tiger Mask IV defeated Mistico yesterday to win New Japan's IWGP Junior Heavyweight title.
Steeltown Pro Wrestling has a show November 21 at Selkirk Memorial Hall, 376 Jemima Street, in Selkirk, Manitoba. www.steeltownprowrestling.ca
Ring of Honor results from Edison, N.J., on November 7: Kenny Omega defeated Sonjay Dutt. Mark Briscoe and Necro Butcher went to a contest with Rhett Titus and Austin Aries. Claudio Castagnoli defeated Jay Biscoe. Colt Cobana, Tyler Black and Grizzly Redwood defeated Austin Aries, Kenny King and Rhett Titus. Bobby Dempsey defeated Tony Kozina. Roderick Strong defeated Delirious. Kevin Steen and El Generico defeated Davey Richards and Chris Hero.
Take this for what it's worth, but Jamie Noble alluded to retirement in an interview with WWE.com. In an update on on his status following his match vs. Sheamus this past Monday on Raw, Noble stated, "I'm thinkin' it might be time to hang up my tights and boots." This is believed to be nothing more than a work.
WWE Smackdown brand house show results from Dusseldorf, Germany, on November 7: Cryme Tyme defeated The Hart Dynasty. Ezekiel defeated Goldust. Natalya won a Diva battle royal for a Women's title shot later on the card. Yoshi Tatsu defeated William Regal. John Morrison defeated Dolph Ziggler. Christian defeated Zack Ryder. Michelle McCool defeated Natalya. Matty Hardy defeated Rey Mysterio and Batista in a three-way match. The Undertaker defeated CM Punk in a casket match.
WWE RAW brand house show results from Glasgow, Scotland, on November 5: Evan Bourne defeated Chavo Guerrero. Jack Swagger defeated Santino Marella. Paul Burchill defeated The Hurricane. Sheamus defeated Primo. Mark Henry defeated Chris Masters. Melina defeated Alicia Fox. The Mix defeated Kofi Kingston and MVP. Shawn Michaels, Triple H and John Cena defeated Randy Orton, Ted Dibiase and Cody Rhodes.
TNA will continue to host pay-per-views at Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla., with the first three pay-per-views of 2010 being at the locale.
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI tickets will go on pre-sale today at 10 a.m. MST time on Ticketmaster.com. Presale code is WWEUOP.
ECW on SyFy earned a 1.0 cable rating.
Jim Ross in his blog mentioned a fan of Mickie James e-mailing him nonstop about getting a meeting with her. "This person can't figure out why Mickie hasn't responded to his/her man, many attempts at reaching her," Ross said. "Duh. Did you ever think that just maybe you've scared the hell out of her?"
Jeff Hardy will have a probable cause hearing related to his arrest for drug trafficking and possession charges on November 14 in North Carolina.
WWE house show results from Dublin, Ireland, on November 4: Jack Swagger won a battle royal to win a shot at the WWE Championship later in the show. Hornswoggle defeated Chavo Guerrero. Sheamus defeated Evan Bourne. The Miz defeated MVP. Melina defeated Alicia Fox. Mark Henry defeated Chris Masters. Randy Orton defeated Kofi Kingston. Shawn Michaels and Triple H defeated Cody Rhodes and Ted Dibiase. John Cena defeated Jack Swagger.
Kevin Nash was not in attendance at this week's TNA iMPACT! taping. He was suspended from the tapings after going off script at the last set of tapings following a bad bump by Chris Sabin.
TNA has released a series of older pay-per-views on iTunes for $3.99 with more content on its way. The discounted price is excellent for a three-hour show.
A recent online campaign to get Shannon Moore in TNA has seemed to work with TNA President Dixie Carter recently saying, "I doubt Shannon's TNA days are over."
As men across the world grow moustaches in support of prostate cancer research this month, affectionately renamed Movember, SLAM! Wrestling will be counting down the top five moustaches of all time in pro wrestling. We want to hear your thoughts. To make your vote, email Jon Waldman by clicking here. To learn more about Movember, click here.
Rene Dupre comes back from Japan on Saturday, and will spend a couple of days at home in New Brunswick before heading off to France to wrestle. "He's a big deal there, you know. The biggest gate they ever drew was with him," bragged his father, Emile Dupre, recently to SLAM! Wrestling.
The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame & Museum has two upcoming signings at the Hall in Amsterdam, NY. On November 7, Demolition Ax/Masked Superstar (Bill Eadie) will be signing from 2-4 pm ET. Then on November 14, "The Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant will be there from 10 am-noon ET. Each of these wrestlers will be available for autographs, photographs and question-and-answer sessions during this time period. www.PWHF.org
WWE RAW earned a 3.45 cable rating off hours of 3.5 and 3.4 for Monday's show.
Vance Archer, who debuted for ECW last night is Lance Hoyt, the former star of TNA. Here's our 2004 interview with Lance Hoyt.
Classic Wrestling from St. Louis debuts tonight on BITE TV at 11:30 EST and replays on Fridays at 10pm EST. The 26-part series is hosted by Live Audio Wrestling's Jason Agnew.
Yoshinobu Kanemura is the new Noah GHV Jr. Heavyweight after defeating Jushin Liger in the finals of a tournament. KENTA, the previous holder of the title, is out of with a torn ACL.
Ric Flair's promo for his return to the ring for Hulk Hogan's Australian tour in a few weeks:
A feature story on Hartford Love (Wes Hutchings) ran in Saturday's St. John’s newspaper, The Telegram. Check it out here.
Candice Michelle will not be going to TNA as she recently announced on her official website that she's pregnant.
TNA iMPACT! on Thursday earned a 1.3 cable rating.
CRW held a show this afternoon in Montreal before 220 fans with these results:
Seth Seifer beat Carl Choquette; Chris Cruize, Urban Miles, Joe Tibo defeated Alex Miller, Eddy Morales & WonderFred; Alextreme & Eve beat Johnny North & CandyGirl; Leon Saver defeated Pat Skillz; Razz Mansour & Super Chato beat Koko Mansour & Kid Loco to win the CRW tag team titles; Sylvain Grenier defeated Pauly Platinum; Sexxxy Eddy beat Kevin "Nemesis" Skully; Mike Sydal defeated Pat Guenette; Ken "Mr. Kennedy" Anderson & The Prophet Jeremy Barnoff beat Darkko & Matt St-Jacques.
WWE.com deleted Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair's names off the alumni section of their website.
Courtney Taylor has been taken off ECW and moved back down to WWE's developmental territory in Florida. Taylor was ECW's newest backstage announcer when she took a vacation only after a few weeks on the show. The move didn't please WWE officials too well and she was replaced by Savannah.
The city of Milton, Ontario unveils a Walk of Fame tonight at 7 p.m. at Milton Town Hall. The first 27 inductees will be recognized at this special event. Of note to wrestling fans is the inclusion of Tiger Jeet Singh, who has called Milton home for decades, and his family. www.milton.ca
Rob Van Dam, Diamond Dallas Page and Stone Cold Steve Austin are now rumored to be joining TNA with the signing of Hogan. TNA was in heavy negotiations in recent weeks with Van Dam and he was also backstage at TNA's last pay-per-view, Bound for Glory. With Austin's acting career fizzling, it seems he may be open to the idea. Page wants to work a limited schedule, and this may keep TNA from signing him to a contract.
Radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge said on his show that he saw Hogan's TNA contract and he and Eric Bischoff are bookers. Most others are contrasting this with the statement that Hogan will have a part in the creative process, including all involving his character, but will not be running all of TNA. Vince Russo and Ed Ferrera are expected to continue their role on the creative team. Jeff Jarrett's future is now way up in the air, as he and Hogan have had problems in the past, and with his current TNA problems, he may have no friends to help him out.
Both Ring of Honor and Dragon Gate USA will run shows during Wrestlemania weekend next year in Phoenix.
Japan's Hustle promotion has closed-up shop. They have cancelled all remaining shows. Hustle was around for five years and was famous for giving Bill Goldberg, Kevin Nash, Bob Sapp and Mick Foley big money to wrestle for the promotion. The company was heavily financed, but never made a profit, especially after signing Bob Sapp to a multi-match deal that paid Sapp around $50,000 per match.
ECW on SyFy earned a 1.0 cable rating for Tuesday's show.
The Honky Tonk Man, Bushwacker Luke and Virgil will be at this weekend's Central Canada Comic Con in Winnipeg. www.cccomiccon.com
Tickets for the Kerry Brown Tribute Card, being held on Tuesday, November 10 at the Skyview Ballroom in the Marlborough Hotel in Winnipeg are now available by calling 204-229-9173, or can be arranged via email at martygoldlive@gmail.com. The main event for the card has been announced, with Brian Jewel teaming with Chi Chi Cruz against "Showtime" Robby Royce and ATM.
Hulk Hogan was on Larry King Live last night to promote his book, but was asked about TNA. Hogan would not state if he was going to wrestle for the group. The general understading at this point is that Hogan will wrestle around 4-6 times a year at most, but will appear regularly on pay-per-views and TV for TNA.
Because of Ric Flair's association with Hulk Hogan's November tour in Australia, there are rumors that Hogan signing with TNA may mean Flair is soon to follow. It seems that Flair and TNA have talked recently about the possibility of Flair being brought in in some aspect.
Byron Saxton, who debuted on tonight's ECW on SyFy as the new commentator, is Bryan Kelly. He has been commentating and managing for WWE's developmental territory in Florida.
In a dark match from tonight's WWE Smackdown taping in Rochester, N.Y., Goldust defeated Paul Burchill.
WWE RAW earned a 3.7 cable rating off hours of 3.56 and 3.80.
Mickie James has signed a development deal with a Nashville-based country management company. It is unclear if she plans on writing or singing songs, but an announcement is expected in the upcoming weeks.
Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff have signed with TNA. The announcement was made this afternoon in New York City, while Hogan was at a press conference at Madison Square Garden for his new book. Dixie Carter was among those in attendance.
Jim Ross will be off the road indefinitely. He has some tests Friday, but they came back worse than expected, Ross said in his blog.
In a dark match after last night's WWE RAW taping in Buffalo, N.Y., Triple H, Shawn Michaels, John Cena and Kofi Kingston defeated The Big Show, Cody Rhodes, Ted Dibiase and Randy Orton.
WWE Survivor Series will be headlined with a three-way for the WWE Championship with John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H.
Ozzy and Sharon Ozzborne will be next week's guest hosts for WWE RAW.
ECW's Sheamus has been moved to RAW.
Booker T has been removed from TNA's website.
The Ring of Honor event set for December 4 in Detroit has been moved to November 13. Also, the location of the event will now be the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi, Mich.
Nascar's Kyle Busch and Joey Logano will be guest hosting tonight's WWE RAW. Busch is known as Nascar's "bad boy," while Logano became the youngest to win a race on the Sprint Cup circuit earlier this year.
The clock was stopped during last night's John Cena vs. Randy Orton Iron Man Match at WWE Bragging Rights because Cena was cut hardway. Vince McMahon wanted the blood cleaned up immediately, so the camera was turned as WWE officials cleaned up Cena and glued the cut shut.
In a dark match from last night's WWE Bragging Rights pay-per-view, Christian defeated Paul Burchill.
Jay Lethal injured his hamstring at a house show this weekend for TNA. He should be able to work the next set of television tapings next week.
Ashley Massaro is looking to get back into wrestling in either Japan or Mexico. She appeared this weekend at Arena Mexico.
Hulk Hogan will appear on NBC's Today Show in the United States tomorrow morning at 7 a.m. to promote his new book.
Watch for Tim Baines' interview with John Morrison in Sunday's SUN newspapers and here at SLAM! Wrestling. Morrison talks about his match with The Miz at Bragging Rights.
Tonight's WWE Smackdown will feature The Undertaker vs. CM Punk in a submission match, and Batista and Rey Mysterio vs. Chris Jericho and Kane.
Lance Cade has re-signed with the WWE. Cade was released in October of last year after a seizure (which may have occurred due to pain drug use).
SLAM! Wrestling's Kenai Andrews talked with Dolph Ziggler today. Watch for the first part of that interview on Friday. In the scary department, watch for Blaine van der Griend's chat with Father James Mitchell just in time for Halloween.
Of note for Canadian WWE fans, The Score HD is now available to Shaw Cable and Shaw Direct customers.
More on the Kevin Nash promo on the stinger received by Chris Sabin...Nash was very vocal after watching the bump backstage and told production to tell the referee to stop the match. No one was listening, which led to Nash trying to tell anyone who would listen his displeasure. He said something in the lines of "You are not caring about the wrestlers." His displeasure was heard by everyone backstage, and when the match wasn't stopped and a reason wasn't given, he cut the promo in the ring. The lines will be cut out before the show airs next week.
Jim Ross will NOT be at Sunday's Bragging Rights pay-per-view following his third Bell's Palsy attack earlier this week.
Tonight's WWE Superstars will feature Tommy Dreamer and Goldust vs. Ezekiel Jackson and Vladimir Kozlov, Matt Hardy and R-Truth vs. Drew McIntyre and Eric Escobar, and Gail Kim vs. Kelly Kelly.
Tonight's TNA iMPACT! will feature AJ Styles and Daniels vs. Samoa Joe and Kevin Nash, Awesome Kong vs. Raisha Saeed, Amazing Red vs. Homicide, an Ultimate X Match with Motor City Machineguns vs. Lethal Consequences, plus a Six Sides of Steel match with Beer Money, Inc vs. The British Invasion.
Booker T's contract with TNA will run out with him sitting at home. It is expected that he will take personal involvement in running his PWA wrestling organization and wrestling school out of Houston.
