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  • HBK vs. Bret Hart Greatest Rivalries DVD Set Details

    WWE has released the complete content listing for the upcoming Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart ‘Greatest Rivalries’ DVD s & Blu-Ray set:

    Main Feature

    San Antonio vs. Calgary

    The Rockers vs. The Hart Foundation

    Heartbreak Kid vs.The Hit Man

    Intercontinental Champion vs. WWE Champion

    Showstopper vs. Excellence of Execution

    Progressive vs. Traditional

    Fantasy vs. Reality

    Respect vs. Trust

    Redemption vs. Reconciliation

    Hope vs. Peace

    Matches & Segments

    The Rockers vs. The Hart Foundation
    Madison Square Garden – 25th November, 1989

    Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels
    Wrestling Challenge – 10th February, 1990

    The Rockers vs. The Hart Foundation
    Tokyo Dome – 30th March, 1991

    Ladder Match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
    Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels
    Portland, Oregon– 21st July, 1992

    Intercontinental Championship Match
    Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels
    Syracuse, New York– 29th April, 1992

    WWE Championship Match
    Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels
    Survivor Series – 25th November, 1992

    Steel Cage Match
    Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels
    Utica, New York – 1st December, 1993

    Iron Man Match for the WWE Championship
    Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels
    WrestleMania 12 – 31st March, 1996

    WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
    Bret Hart’s Induction
    Chicago, Illinois – 1st April, 2006

    Bret Hart Returns to Raw
    Raw – 4th January, 2010

    WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
    Shawn Michaels’ Induction
    Atlanta, Georgia – 2nd April, 2011

    Blu-ray Exclusives

    Vince McMahon Interviews Shawn Michaels & Bret Hart
    Raw – 3rd February, 1997

    Bret Hart Promo In Ring
    Raw – 12th May, 1997

    Hart Foundation Promo In Ring
    Raw – 19th May, 1997

    WWE Championship Match
    Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels
    Survivor Series – 9th November , 1997

    Blu-ray Exclusive Special Features

    The First WWE Ladder Match

    SummerSlam 1992

    Winning the WWE Championship for the First Time

    Bret’s WCW Regrets

    Cameras Rolling Between Takes

  • WWE Release, Cena Talks MLB Wildcard Race, Miz’s Release

    – WWE has released referee James Maritato (aka Little Guido/Nunzio). He is taking independent bookings (as a wrestler) through Bill Behrens, who can be reached at ShowBis@aol.com.

    – WWE champion John Cena weighed in on the very eventful night of baseball Wednesday night to conclude the MLB regular season and determine which teams are headed to the playoffs. After Cena’s hometown Boston Red Socks and the Atlanta Braves both lost their games in dramatic fashion to end their seasons, Cena tweeted:

    “Smoking gun! What a night for baseball! Congrats to cards and rays. Atl and boston radio gonna be interesting tomorrow.”

    Cena grew up near Boston and is a big Red Socks fan – and currently lives near Tampa and also supports the local Tampa Bay Rays.

    – “Former” WWE star The Miz explained on his 1st and Awesome Sirius satellite radio show this week exactly why he was fired by Triple H:

  • 3-Hour RAW Before Survivor Series, WWE Website & DVD Stats

    – WWE shipped 279,000 DVD units in August, up from 257,000 in August of 2010.

    – The WWE website had 11.6 million unique visitors in August, down from 13.7 million in August of 2010.

    – The WWE shop website averaged 1,097 orders per day in August, up big time from the 700 per day in August of 2010.

    – The November 14th episode of Monday Night Raw in Boston, MA will be a three hour broadcast. This will be the final Raw before the 25th Annual Survivor Series.

    (Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

  • Pictures Of Sin Cara’s New Black Mask & Ring Gear

    After debating as to whether to feature a Sin Cara vs. Sin Cara match at Sunday’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view, WWE made the match official by announcing it at Tuesday’s SmackDown tapings from St. Louis.

    The heel Sin Cara appeared at the taping, cut a promo in Spanish and revealed a new black mask and black outfit. Check out the heel Sin Cara’s new mask and ring gear here:

  • Jimmy Uso Arrested For DUI This Morning (MUGSHOT)

    Florida’s ABC Action news is reporting that WWE superstar Jimmy Uso was arrested for driving under the influence early Thursday morning in Tampa, FL.

    Uso, whose real name is Jonathan Fatu, was pulled over at the corner of Howard Avenue and Platt Street. He was arrested at 3:14 a.m.

    According to the arrest report, Fatu’s blood alcohol level (BAC) was .180 – more than twice the legal limit (.08).

    Tampa Police say an officer “observed the defendant traveling the wrong way on Howard Avenue in a silver Mustang.”

    Here is Jimmy Uso’s mugshot picture from today:

  • DX Reunion Advertised, Preview Piper’s New Movie (Video)

    – WWE Hall of Famer Roddy Piper’s new movie “Fancypants,” which won “Best Feature” at the Sunscreen Film Festival, will be screening this weekend in Chicago.

    ‘Fancypants’ is the story of a professional wrestler, ‘Leo the Blue Lion’, who is nearing the end of his career and finds out he has one fan left in an 8-year old boy, who hides a truth that will change Leo’s life forever.”

    Piper appears as a former professional wrestler turned announcer.

    Here’s the trailer for the movie:

    – WWE is advertising a DX reunion for the October 11 Smackdown taping in Dallas, Texas. Dallas is not far from Shawn Michaels’ hometown of San Antonio.

    The 10/11 Dallas show is being billed as a SuperShow event with the stars of both Raw and SmackDown appearing.

  • TNA Impact Preview For Tonight: Hogan’s Big Announcement

    The following is a spoiler-free preview for tonight’s Impact Wrestling show on Spike TV:

    * Hulk Hogan will make his “Major Announcement”

    * AJ Styles vs. Bobby Roode.

    * Ladder Match: Brian Kendrick vs. Jesse Sorensen vs. Kid Kash vs. Alex Shelley vs. Zema Ion.

    * Ken Anderson vs. Pope Dinero.

    * Madison Rayne vs. Tara.

    Also scheduled to appear include Jeff and Karen Jarrett, Sting, Samoa Joe, Matt Morgan, Mexican America and much more.

  • CM Punk’s Next Feud, Mysterio’s Future, Vengeance Main Event

    -Rey Mysterio underwent yet another knee surgery this week – pushing his expected return date back even further. After years of abuse to his body due to his high flying in-ring style,  WWE officials believe that Mysterio’s days as an in-ring competitor are limited.

    Rey will be unable to wrestle on WWE’s upcoming tour of Mexico, but will be appearing at the events due to his marketability in Mexico.

    While Mysterio has spent a lot of time on the sidelines over the years due to various injuries, he remains one of WWE’s top merchandise sellers, whether he’s currently being featured on television or not.

    – Regarding the October 18th episode of RAW that tapes October 16th in Mexico City, right now it won’t be a Supershow with SmackDown stars on it because WWE has a SmackDown show in Mexico and can’t afford for the big names to miss it for RAW.

    – John Cena vs. CM Punk vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. Kevin Nash has been discussed as the main event of WWE’s upcoming Vengeance pay-per-view.

    – Regarding CM Punk’s spotlight in the WWE main events over the past few months, word is that the push will continue at least through the end of the year. Following the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view, Punk is scheduled to go into a singles feud with Alberto Del Rio.

    (Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

  • Update On Booker T Wrestling Again & Possible Feud

    – As previously reported, WWE officials have discussed an in-ring return for Booker T. One possibility that’s been discussed would be a short feud with Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes. A match two wrestle at Vengeance as a way to put Cody in the spotlight.

    – WWE is expected to begin the promotion for their WWE Network in the next few months. The official @WWENetwork Twitter account was recently launched.

    The plan is still to have the network go live by the end of 2012.

    (Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

  • Big Changes At WWE HQ: Creative Team, Website, Magazine

    According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, there have been recent shake-ups with the WWE creative team, WWE.com and the WWE Magazine – with all three divisions soon to be working under one umbrella and at the same location.

    WWE’s website and TV studio had been spread out between two buildings about a mile away from WWE headquarters. The magazine was part of publishing on the second floor and creative was located on the fourth floor of WWE headquarters, down the hall from Vince McMahon’s office.

    All 3 divisions will now be on the first floor of WWE headquarters, which used to be Shane McMahon’s floor before he left. Everyone with the exception of Brian Gewirtz, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon will be working from there.

    The changes are scheduled to gradually take place from this fall until early 2012.

  • Hogan Drops Mansion Asking Price Again, Angle vs. Roode Preview

    – TNA has posted a new Youtube video previewing the Kurt Angle vs. Bobby Roode TNA Championship match at Bound For Glory on October 16th from Philadelphia:

    – TBO.com is reporting that Hulk Hogan has once again dropped the asking price of his 17,000 square foot Florida mansion.

    After putting the home on the market back in 2005 for $25 million, Hogan later slashed the price nearly in half and listed it for $13.9 million. This past February, it was slashed again to $10.9 million.

    The property appraiser’s officer says the market value is $5.4 million.

    The house at 130 Willadel Drive has five bedrooms, eight bathrooms and three half-bathrooms, according to a listing by Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate.

    Check out this picture of the Mansion:

  • Rey Mysterio Undergoing Another Knee Surgery Today

    After announcing earlier this week that he might need another surgery on his badly damaged knee, WWE superstar Rey Mysterio confirmed today that the surgery will in fact be necessary – and it will be taking place this afternoon.

    Mysterio tweeted on Wednesday:

    “Getting ready 4 surgery # 2…..should b knocked out in about 30mn! Talk to all of you when I wake up!1 luv 619”

    Mysterio underwent a major surgical operation last month on his PCL (posterior cruciate ligament).

    Rey was scheduled to be out of the rest of the year following his initial surgery – no word yet on how long this second surgery will keep him out beyond that.

  • CM Punk Gets A New Tattoo Of A Dead Fish (Picture)

    The Chicago Tribune has a story today about CM Punk getting a new tattoo on Tuesday at Family Tattoo in Chicago.

    “I did a tattoo of a dead fish on the back of his (left) shoulder,” said tattoo artist Matt Wes.

    “It was a friendship tattoo he got with Natalie Slater of bakeanddestroy.net. There’s a story behind the tattoo that means something to their friendship.”

    Check out Punk’s new dead fish tattoo here:

  • USA Network Touts Most Watched Quarter In Cable TV History

    The USA Network issued the following press release:

    USA Network’s 3Q11 Most Watched Quarter In History In All of Cable Entertainment

    NEW YORK – September 27, 2011 – USA continues to re-write the record books with the hottest 3rd quarter ever on cable, delivering more total viewers (3.51 million) than any network on cable ever has in a 3Q11. For the first time ever for cable entertainment network in any quarter, USA broke the 3.5 million mark in total viewers.

    USA sizzled this quarter, shining above every cable competitor in P25-54 (1.45 million, +38% over #2 TNT), P18-49 (1.35 million, 46% over #2 History Channel), total viewers (3.51 million, +31% over #2 Disney Channel), and households (2.67 million, +40% over #2 TNT). USA was the only cable network to average over 1 million in P18-49, 3 million total viewers, or 2 million households was one of only two with over half a million P18-34 (584,000). USA earned the top household coverage rating in 3Q11’s basic cable prime (2.67, +0.76 over #2 TNT).

    No cable network has ever seen as large a margin of victory over the #2 network in any quarter than USA did in 3Q11 in households while USA’s victory in P18-49 was second only to what was seen in 2Q97 and those in P25-54 and total viewers were the largest since 1Q09.

    USA is up +5% in P25-54, +7% in P18-49, +4% in P18-34, +8% in total viewers, and +9% in households in 3Q11 than in 3Q10 using parallel Most Current data year to year.

    USA won the total day crown this quarter as well in P25-54 (601,000, 15% over #2 TNT) and P18-49 (575,000, 9% over #2 Nickelodeon).

    USA was the house of hits this quarter with seven original series each averaging over 2 million in P25-54, 1.5 million in P18-49, half a million in P18-34, 5 million total viewers, and 4 million households. Further, most of these titles have over 2.5 million in P25-54, 2.5 million in P18-49, 1 million in P18-34, 6 million total viewers, and 4.5 million households.

    USA’s slate of hits this quarter easily outshines the performances of originals on either TNT or History Channel, averaging 2.90 million in P25-54 (+18% more than TNT’s / +43% more than History Channel), 2.66 million in P18-49 (+31% / +43%), 1.15 million in P18-34 (+73% / +42%), 6.36 million total viewers (+6% / +67%), and 4.77 million households (+8% / +78%).

    COVERT AFFAIRS and WHITE COLLAR were the top two series on cable Tuesdays this quarter among total viewers (CA 6.91 million / WC 5.83 million) and households (5.11 million / 4.35 million) while COVERT AFFAIRS was #1 among P25-54 (3.20 million). No other scripted series on television with new episodes Tuesdays this quarter delivered over 3 million in P25-54 (3.20 million / 2.70 million), 2 million in P18-49 (2.89 million / 2.60 million), 5 million total viewers, or 4 million households.

    With Royal Pains and NECCESSARY ROUGHNESS, USA was the only cable network with a show delivering over 7 million total viewers (RP 7.22 million / NR 5.62 million) or 4 million households (5.40 million / 4.32 million) Wednesday nights this quarter. No other network aired a scripted series on television Wednesdays this quarter to over 2 million in P25-54 (3.28 million / 2.51 million), 2 million in P18-49 (2.96 million / 2.29 million), or 1 million in P18-34 (1.23 million / 870,000).

    Burn Notice and Suits were the top two scripted series on television Thursdays this quarter among P25-54 (BN 3.14 million / Suits 2.97 million), P18-49 (2.88 million / 2.84 million), and P18-34 (1.28 million / 1.35 million) and the top scripted series on cable for the night in total viewers (6.73 million / 6.12 million), and households (4.94 million / 4.62 million). These were the #2 and #3 scripted originals on television this quarter in all of television for M18-49.

    IN PLAIN SIGHT was the only ad-supported scripted series on television Sundays this quarter to deliver over 3 million total female viewers and was second only to ABC in this demo when it aired this quarter in its Sunday 10pm timeslot. IPS outperformed CBS head to head this quarter for P18-49, P25-54, P18-34, total viewers, and households. Season 4 of In Plain Sight grew +14% in P25-54, +17% in P18-49, +19% in P18-34, +11% in total viewers, and +13% in households from Season 3.

    WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW made USA the #1 entertainment network in all of television in its Monday 9pm-11pm time period among M18-34 and total males, coming in behind only FOX for M18-49 entertainment viewers as well as beating CBS in P18-49 and P18-34. WWE Raw delivered +3% more total viewers and+ 8% more P18-34 in 3Q11 than it had in 3Q10.

    USA Network is the #1 network in all of basic cable and is seen in over 102 million U.S. homes. A division of NBC Universal, USA is the cable television leader in original series and home to the best in blockbuster theatrical films, acquired television series and entertainment events. The award-winning USA website is located at www.usanetwork.com. Characters Welcome.

    USA Network is a program service of NBC Universal Cable a division of NBC Universal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience.

  • *Spoilers* New HIAC Match, RAW Angle Continues On SmackDown

    – On Monday’s RAW, WWE began a storyline where several disgruntled superstars banded together and with David Otunga as their legal counselor, decided to take legal action against Triple H next week on RAW.

    At Tuesday’s SmackDown taping, WWE continued the angle, with more wrestlers talking about the need to remove Triple H from power.

    – After debating as to whether to feature a Sin Cara vs. Sin Cara match at Sunday’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view, WWE made the match official by announcing it at Tuesday’s SmackDown tapings from St. Louis.

    – The heel Sin Cara appeared at Tuesday’s SmackDown taping and cut a promo in Spanish before revealing a new black mask and black outfit.

  • Punk Ribs Laurinaitis, SyFy Snubs WWE, HIAC Tag Title Match

    – Syfy issued a press release Tuesday announcing the “best quarter ever” for the cable network in the just-completed third quarter 2011. Despite ratings and overall audience viewership increasing, there is no mention of SmackDown in the press release.

    – The brown jacket CM Punk wore to commentary on RAW actually belonged to John Laurinaitis which is why CM Punk said on commentary, “I got this coat from a bum.”

    – Stan sent word that there was 31 minutes and 11 seconds of in-ring action on last night’s WWE RAW Supershow, up from the previous week.

    – There has been talk of SmackDown Diva Askana doing some ring announcing for WWE.

    – Air Boom vs. Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger is being rumored for Sunday’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view.

    (Source: f4wonline.com)

  • RAW Mystery Storyline, Stephanie & JBL At Yankee Stadium

    – WWE Executive VP of Creative Development & Operations Stephanie McMahon and former WWE star John Bradshaw Layfield were at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday for the Beyond Sport Summit with a group of 250 other global delegates.

    Beyond Sport is an organization that promotes, develops and supports the use of sports to create positive social change in the world. JBL was there as he is using rugby to help disadvantaged kids in Bermuda.

    – WWE is advertising Alberto Del Rio vs. CM Punk for the RAW live event from Denver, Colorado on October 7th. Del Rio is advertised as WWE Champion – and the winner of that match is scheduled to defend the WWE title against John Cena in the main event of the show. While some have emailed this item in suggesting it’s a spoiler for Sunday’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view, it’s more likely that this ad was created before Del Rio lost the WWE title at Night of Champions.

    – At the end of Monday’s RAW SuperShow, the Hell in a Cell cage that was hanging above the ring during the show was lowered over John Cena, CM Punk, Alberto Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez. WWE was reportedly pushing for a “who lowered the cage?” mystery heading into Sunday’s pay-per-view.

    In related news, it’s said that many of the angles on Monday’s RAW were done to build up the Vengeance pay-per-view rather than Hell in a Cell.

    (Partial source: F4Wonline.com)

  • Vince’s Mood At RAW, Austin & Edge DVD News, More

    – WWE Superstars matches taped last night before the SmackDown tapings in St. Louis were Brodus Clay vs. local wrestler Bryan Thomas and Daniel Bryan vs. Trent Baretta.

    – Several WWE stars were interviewed for Edge’s new DVD at Monday’s RAW Supershow.

    – A new Steve Austin DVD box set will be released on October 3rd in the UK. “The Steve Austin Collection” will be bundled with several of his recent DVD action movies, including Born to Fight (Knockout), The Stranger and Hunt to Kill.

    – Alex Riley announced on Twitter this week that he’s getting his very first WWE t-shirt and action figure soon. Riley’s action figure comes packaged with The Miz in one of Mattel’s “Battle Packs.”

    – After Vince McMahon went ballistic backstage at RAW last week, Vince was said to be in a much better mood this week. Vince was reportedly upset because Alberto Del Rio mentioned his name on television, which Vince thought spoiled his eventual television return.

    Partial source: F4Wonline.com

  • *SPOILERS* WWE SmackDown Tapnigs Results For Friday

    WWE SmackDown on Syfy

    Credit to SEScoops.com reader Mikael for the following WWE SmackDown spoilers from tonight’s tapings in St. Louis, Missouri:

    Dark Match:

    * Leo Kruger defeated Johnny Curtis.

    SmackDown (Airing This Friday 9/30):

    * SmackDown opened with Booker T interviewing World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry. Henry says he’s going to end Randy Orton’s career at Hell in a Cell.

    * Mark Henry dominated The Great Khali and won with the World’s Strongest Slam.

    * Jack Swagger defeated Evan Bourne. Vickie Guerrero interfered and pushes Bourne off the top rope.

    * Sin Cara beat Heath Slater. After the match, the other Sin Cara appeared on the big screen and cut a promo in Spanish. He took off his normal mask to reveal a new black mask and outfit. Apparently Cara vs. Cara is back on for Hell in a Cell.

    * John Laurinaitis is backstage with the Superstars from Monday who are going to sue Triple H. They will take the next action on this coming Monday’s RAW.

    * Kelly Kelly beat Natalya. After the match, Beth Phoenix attacked her and talked about how she will be the Divas Champion while Natalya applied the Sharpshooter.

    * Sheamus beat Cody Rhodes via disqualification. Christian came in and jumped Sheamus for the DQ. After the match, Christian hit the Killswitch on Sheamus.

    * Zack Ryder beat JTG. Ryder won with the Rough Ryder.

    * Backstage, Triple H confronted John Laurinaitis about the meeting he had with the disgruntled superstars. Laurinaitis said he was loyal to Triple H.

    * They hyped Sunday’s Hell in a Cell card – and Sin Cara vs. Sin Cara was announced for the show.

    * Matt Striker interviewed Randy Orton backstage.

    * Randy Orton and Christian went to a double countout. After the match, Orton tried to beat up Christian. Cody came out and attacked Orton. Sheamus came and cleared the ring and chased Christian to the back. Henry then came out to attack Orton and hit the World’s Strongest Slam. Henry went to get a chair, but when he got back in the ring Orton hit him with an RKO.

  • WrestleMania 28 PPV Poster & Ticket Sale Date

    The first promotional poster for WrestleMania XXVIII has been released – and it features John Cena and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

    The poster was printed in the November 2011 issue of WWE Magazine – and reveals that tickets for the big event go on sale Saturday, November 5th.

    WrestleMania XXVIII takes place April 1, 2012 at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida.

  • Ratings Are In For Monday’s WWE RAW

    Ratings are in for Monday’s WWE RAW SuperShow from Kansas City, Missouri.

    The go-home show heading into Sunday’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view drew a 2.92 cable rating with 4.15 million viewers – down from last week’s 3.0.

    This week’s RAW Supershow averaged 4.17 million viewers in the first hour and 4.13 million in the second hour.

    This is the second time in three weeks that RAW has drawn below a 3.0 rating.

    RAW was ranked #3 overall in cable viewership this week behind ESPN’s Monday Night Football and Pawn Stars on The History Channel.

    (Partial Source: PWInsider.com)

  • Ken Anderson Talks WWE Departure, His A-Hole Character & More

    TNA star Ken Anderson was recently interviewed by Al Castle, senior writer at The Wrestler/Inside Wrestling magazine. Topics discussed include Anderson’s days as a WWE jobber, having to deal with his father’s death during his first WWE push, the importance of blood in wrestling, the heat he got for portraying an anti-U.S. military character, how he deals with criticism, and more.

    The magazine, which features Ken Anderson on one cover and Sheamus on the other, is on newsstands now and is also available at pwi-online.com

    Here are some highlights of what Ken Anderson said about:

    His WWE Departure:

    “The thing is that the chairman of that company likes guys who stand up for themselves. He likes guys who aren’t just pushovers, who aren’t just ‘glad-handing, nonsensical yes-men,’ to quote another wrestler (CM Punk). And yet, it depends on what day it is and what side of the bed he woke up on. So it’s really a gamble. If you’re a pushover and you’re a wimp and you say, ‘Yes, yes, yes, yes,’ you’re going to be trampled over, regardless. You’re going to get steamrolled regardless of how talented you are. But if you don’t, if you play it the other way, you have a chance of being successful. Like you said, I made some mistakes. I stuck my foot in mouth when I shouldn’t have. I spoke up when I shouldn’t have. None of it was with bad intentions. What’s more, this is the wrestling business and some guys get injured. The interesting thing for me is that you look at that roster and there are guys that get injured time and time again. The Undertaker is good for an injury every year or so. Steve Austin’s been injured. Rey Mysterio gets injured. But when you haven’t made the right political decisions, and you’ve been injured a time or two, that could be possible ammo for some of those people who aren’t your allies to say, ‘Boy, he’s injured all the time. Is he not reliable?’ And when you’re not around to defend yourself, that could be your downfall.”

    His “Asshole” Character In TNA

    “It wasn’t so much a change as it was this was stuff that I had pitched years ago to Vince McMahon and he said absolutely not. The very first meeting I had with him, I pitched the ‘asshole’ idea. I would bring up how Steve Austin was always telling people, ‘There are about 10,000 people here calling you an asshole,’ and that was a bad thing. But what if we turned it around? What if we played into the notion that nice guys finish last, and so I’m an asshole. I think it was Colin Powell who said, ‘It’s sometimes better to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission.’ It was one of those things that I knew in my head at the time would work. But now that I asked Vince and he told me no, I can’t say it for sure. Even if I did say and it worked, I’d still get into trouble. Whereas if I just went out there and said it and it worked, I could have apologized later and said I just felt it at the moment.”

    Whether Wrestling should be PG:

    “I don’t know how it’s possible to have a show about guys that want to fight each other, with half-naked women running around and all of the other stuff that we have, and have it be PG. I just don’t understand how that works. It doesn’t make sense to me. Me favorite years in the wrestling business were the Attitude Era. Maybe it’s as simple as they’ve decided, ‘We need it to get away from this for a while, as far away as possible, so that when we bring it back it will be a what’s-old-is-new kind of thing.’… Our target audience is 18-34. And you’re giving them PG content … If you’re 18 years old, you don’t want to see PG stuff. You don’t want to see somebody called a ‘darn butthole.’ It insults their intelligence.”

    Frequent Face & Hell Turns In TNA:

    “Here’s where sometimes people don’t understand the full story. There are reasons why somebody will suddenly change from heel to babyface, from a logistics concern. Maybe somebody is hurt and maybe somebody needs to fill a spot that was originally intended for somebody else. And we can’t think of somebody else to fill that role, so we need you to fill that role. Part of me thinks that wrestling needs to evolve again. There’s this thought that, in wrestling, it needs to be black or white. You’re either a good guy or a bad guy. I don’t know anybody in my life that is wholly evil or wholly good. With Breaking Bad, or Sons Of Anarchy, or Weeds—you look at these shows and there’s a guy who is a chemistry teacher who sells meth. Is this a good guy? By society’s standards, no. But we look at the TV show and we can sympathize with him. So I don’t know what the answer is. But I do believe that sometimes in the wrestling business, it’s almost forced. And it can be insulting to the wrestling audience, whereas on a TV show like Sons Of Anarchy, you decide. But in wrestling, it’s ‘Hey, I’m the bad guy. Boo me,’ or ‘I’m the good guy. Cheer for me.’”

  • Video: The Miz & R-Truth Crash WWE House Show

    “Former WWE star” The Miz has uploaded the following video of himself and R-Truth crashing Saturday’s WWE Raw house show in El Paso, Texas:

  • Several Top TNA Contracts Expiring, Hogan-Bischoff News

    – The season premiere of FOX’s animated The Cleveland Show featuring a special guest appearance by Ric Flair drew a 3.8 overnight cable rating.

    – TNA will be touring in Greenwood, MS on 11/18 and Vicksburg, MS on 11/19. Tickets go on sale via Ticketmaster on 10/7. (Thanks to Devin Cutting)

    – TNA Knockout Madison Rayne won the Dynamite Championship Wrestling Women’s Title over the weekend.

    – The TNA contracts of several top stars are set to expire later this year – including Samoa Joe and a yet-to-be-named TNA champion.

    In related news, Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff’s TNA contracts are currently schedule to expire next week right around Bound for Glory.

    (Partial Source: PWInsider.com)

  • Who Vickie Will Manage, RAW Trending Topics, Tag Teams

    – The WWE website has a new interview up with Vickie Guerrero, who talks about additional superstars she’s interested in managing. With United States Champion Dolph Ziggler and now Jack Swagger both in her stable, Vickie named  the Divas of Doom (Beth Phoenix & Natalya) and Tyler Reks as WWE talent she has her eyes on.

    Vickie and Tyler Reks have actually been going back and forth on Twitter discussing the matter, so it will be interesting to see whether this Internet storyline carries over to television. Vickie tweeted to Tyler Reks on Monday night, “@Tyler_Reks call me!!!!”

    Tyler Reks responded on to Vickie on Tuesday moring:

    “You just let me know if your client list opens up.”

    – Speaking of Vickie Guerrero, she’ll be hosting an online chat on her official website (MyVickieGuerrero.com) this Thursday night.

    – The dark match that took place prior to Monday’s RAW from Kansas City saw the tag team of  Percy Watson and Titus O’Neil defeat Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks.

    – WWE topics that were trending worldwide on Twitter during RAW include: CM Punk, Hell in a Cell, John Cena, Dolph Ziggler Michael Cole, Cody Rhodes, Vickie Guerrero, Drew McIntyre and Sin Caras.

    – WWE has launched an official Twitter accout for the WWE Network at @WWENetwork.

    – WWE Divas Champion Kelly Kelly noted on Twitter that she will be at tonight’s SmackDown tapings in St. Louis. We’ll have SmackDown spoilers on the site later tonight.