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  • Before The Undertaker Was A Star, Today's Birthdays

    — Happy birthday to Paul Burchill, who turns 30 day and WWE United States champion The Miz, who turns 29.

    Miz posted a message on his Twitter.com/mikethemiz page saying, “thanks for all the birthday wishes the mizfits remember. what am i doin on my bday? working of course have a thq video game appearance.”

    — Former TNA creative team member Dutch Mantel has posted a blog this week where he talks about working with The Undertaker before he became a star. Mantel wrote on TheWorldAccordingToDutch.blogspot.com:

    “When I first became acquainted with Mark, he was the complete opposite of what he is today. His hair was cropped short and he had no tattoos. When I first laid eyes on him, he actually looked too clean cut to be a wrestler. Today, he is a walking tat advert. He turned out to be a great guy and for a man his size, he moved like silk”

    He continued, “At first glance, Mark had all the physical tools to succeed in the pro wrestling business. He had the size, the look and the raw talent to be a HUGE star. His next hurdle he would face would be to decide if he possessed the temperament to succeed. Over the next several months, I got to know Mark Calaway’s temperament very well and he passed the test.”

  • Steve Austin Talks In-Depth About Jeff Hardy’s Issues

    During an interview with the UK Sun this week to promote his new movie Damage, WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin says he’s spoken to former WWE superstar Jeff Hardy about his ongoing issues, but you can only do so much to help another person.

    “I called him a while back and talked to him,” he said. “He’s a good looking kid, he’s got a really unique style, people love him, he has his own kind of charisma. I wish he could put it all together and get his personal demons behind him. He got caught with a lot of stuff and we’ll see what happens.”

    Austin said he’s reached out to other WWE superstars when he they were having issues with drug addiction.

    “I’ve called a few guys when I hear some of them getting into problems,” he said. “I try to give my two cents to the situation. They’ll all swear that everything is cool, it turns out things aren’t cool. [Vince McMahon] has offered to pay for rehab for anybody who wants it. Some people have taken him up on it, some people haven’t. I get made when people point the finger at Vince and say it’s his fault. It’s not his fault. He’s a third generation promoter who runs a wrestling company. I take responsibility for all my actions. I think everybody should. I refuse to think that it’s Vince McMahon’s fault for any of this.”

    He said Jeff Hardy has a unique situation for WWE. One hand hand, he’s one of the most charismatic and popular superstars on the roster, but there’s such a risk of him screwing up that they’ve never been able to fully get behind him.

    “Man. This last thing I just heard about the other day when I was driving back from Texas to L.A.,” he said. “They never gave that guy a full green light push, but you can’t keep him down. All the calamity and trouble he gets into, but people love him. If they ever fully gave him a green light push, who knows what would happen? But you can’t do that because you don’t know what he’s going to do because all of a sudden you have all of this time and money invested and then he screws up. So who knows what’s going to come out of it, if he’s going to do time or whatever. He has some serious stuff going against him.”

  • Steve Austin Talks In-Depth About Jeff Hardy's Issues

    During an interview with the UK Sun this week to promote his new movie Damage, WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin says he’s spoken to former WWE superstar Jeff Hardy about his ongoing issues, but you can only do so much to help another person.

    “I called him a while back and talked to him,” he said. “He’s a good looking kid, he’s got a really unique style, people love him, he has his own kind of charisma. I wish he could put it all together and get his personal demons behind him. He got caught with a lot of stuff and we’ll see what happens.”

    Austin said he’s reached out to other WWE superstars when he they were having issues with drug addiction.

    “I’ve called a few guys when I hear some of them getting into problems,” he said. “I try to give my two cents to the situation. They’ll all swear that everything is cool, it turns out things aren’t cool. [Vince McMahon] has offered to pay for rehab for anybody who wants it. Some people have taken him up on it, some people haven’t. I get made when people point the finger at Vince and say it’s his fault. It’s not his fault. He’s a third generation promoter who runs a wrestling company. I take responsibility for all my actions. I think everybody should. I refuse to think that it’s Vince McMahon’s fault for any of this.”

    He said Jeff Hardy has a unique situation for WWE. One hand hand, he’s one of the most charismatic and popular superstars on the roster, but there’s such a risk of him screwing up that they’ve never been able to fully get behind him.

    “Man. This last thing I just heard about the other day when I was driving back from Texas to L.A.,” he said. “They never gave that guy a full green light push, but you can’t keep him down. All the calamity and trouble he gets into, but people love him. If they ever fully gave him a green light push, who knows what would happen? But you can’t do that because you don’t know what he’s going to do because all of a sudden you have all of this time and money invested and then he screws up. So who knows what’s going to come out of it, if he’s going to do time or whatever. He has some serious stuff going against him.”

  • Big Show’s WWE Studios Movie Gets New Title & Cast

    The WWE Studios feature film “Suckerpunch” starring the Big Show has been renamed to “Knucklehead” and has some new additions to the cast, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Big Show will be joined by Mark Feuerstein (USA Network’s Royal Pains) and Melora Hardin (HBO’s Hung).

    In “Knucklehead,” fight promoter Memphis Earl (Feuerstein) is in debt and thinks his luck is about to change when he comes across the 7-foot lifelong orphan, Walter Kronk (Big Show). He tries to convince Kronk to wrestle professionally and Kronk finally agrees to wrestle on behalf of his fellow orphans, setting up a road trip. Filming kicked off this week in New Orleans.

    The Hollywood Reporter article also notes that Big Show recently finished shooting the SNL feature film “MacGruber.” Last month, Chris Jericho wrote on Twitter that he and the Great Khali were also filming scenes for the MacGruber movie, so it looks like WWE will be well-represented there.

  • Big Show's WWE Studios Movie Gets New Title & Cast

    The WWE Studios feature film “Suckerpunch” starring the Big Show has been renamed to “Knucklehead” and has some new additions to the cast, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Big Show will be joined by Mark Feuerstein (USA Network’s Royal Pains) and Melora Hardin (HBO’s Hung).

    In “Knucklehead,” fight promoter Memphis Earl (Feuerstein) is in debt and thinks his luck is about to change when he comes across the 7-foot lifelong orphan, Walter Kronk (Big Show). He tries to convince Kronk to wrestle professionally and Kronk finally agrees to wrestle on behalf of his fellow orphans, setting up a road trip. Filming kicked off this week in New Orleans.

    The Hollywood Reporter article also notes that Big Show recently finished shooting the SNL feature film “MacGruber.” Last month, Chris Jericho wrote on Twitter that he and the Great Khali were also filming scenes for the MacGruber movie, so it looks like WWE will be well-represented there.

  • TNA iMPACT! Preview & *Spoiler* Results For Tonight

    The following is from the official website of TNA Wrestling:

    PREVIEW FOR TONIGHT’S “iMPACT!” ON SPIKE AT 9/8c – HUGE TAG TEAM MAIN EVENT, STING ANSWERS AJ STYLES AND MORE!

    – In a major tag team main event, it will be Kurt Angle teaming with Mick Foley to take on the team of “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan and Abyss!

    – “The Icon” Sting will respond to TNA World Heavyweight Champion “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles after their candid sitdown interview this past week

    – The TNA Legends Championship will be on the line as Kevin Nash defends against Hernandez

    – ODB will defend the TNA Knockout Women’s Championship against Tara

    All this and much more, including more news on the “Bound For Glory” Pay-Per-View event, tonight at 9/8c on Spike!

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    TNA iMPACT! *SPOILERS* for Tonight:
    Thanks to reader Dylan Wolfe for this live report:

    *Abyss comes out holding barbed wire cuts a promo in the ring.  He challenges Foley to face him in a Monster’s Ball match.  Foley, holding a barbed wire bat starts to cut a promo on Abyss but Abyss cuts him off and points out all the things he accomplished in his TNA career.  He rips on Foley playing with socks. Foley agrees to the match but says Dr. Stevie will be the referee and if Abyss uses thumbtacks, he will lose.  Out comes Stevie, who rips on Abyss.  Lauren gets involved and she and Abyss are laid out by Stevie and Daffney.

    **TNA Legends champ Kevin Nash vs. Hernandez ends when Eric Young attacks Hernandez.  Young tells Nash that he owes Young a favor now.

    *Amazing Red defeats Samoa Joe for the TNA X Division Championship after Bobby Lashley gets involved.

    *D’Angelo Dinero & Homicide defeated Suicide & Daniels when the Pope pinned Daniels.

    *They hold a contract signing for a Double Tag Team championship Ladder Match at the PPV with Scott Steiner & Booker T vs. The British Invasion vs. Beer Money vs. Team 3D.  It ends in a huge brawl.

    *Taylor Wilde, Sarita, Christy Hemme & Hamada defeated The Beautiful People & Alyssa Flash & Traci Brooks in an elimination match.

    *Sting responds to AJ Styles’ comments last week.  He says that after what Styles had to say, he gave things a lot of thought but in the end, he knows he can still get the job done.  Kurt Angle comes out and started ripping on Sting.   Angle told Sting to stop his whining and just retire and get it over with.  Sting dared him to try and retire him right now.  They got into it and Styles hit the ring.  Angle challenges Styles to face him next week and Styles accepted.

    *The Motor City Machineguns came out to debut their new entrance music but were jumped by an angry Samoa Joe.  Joe called for Lashley to come out so Joe can kill him.  Lashley hits the ring and they brawl all over the building.  Joe jumped off an alcove and put Lashley through the spanish announcers’ table.

    *ODB defeated Tara to retain the TNA Knockouts title.  Awesome Kong tried to kill Poison the Tarantula with a sledgehammer but Tara stopped her.

    *Abyss & Matt Morgan defeated Mick Foley & Kurt Angle, sort of.  Foley and Angle were replaced by Stevie and Dafney as the match went on.  Richards took a bump into tacks.

  • TNA iMPACT! Preview & *Spoiler* Results For Tonight

    The following is from the official website of TNA Wrestling:

    PREVIEW FOR TONIGHT’S “iMPACT!” ON SPIKE AT 9/8c – HUGE TAG TEAM MAIN EVENT, STING ANSWERS AJ STYLES AND MORE!

    – In a major tag team main event, it will be Kurt Angle teaming with Mick Foley to take on the team of “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan and Abyss!

    – “The Icon” Sting will respond to TNA World Heavyweight Champion “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles after their candid sitdown interview this past week

    – The TNA Legends Championship will be on the line as Kevin Nash defends against Hernandez

    – ODB will defend the TNA Knockout Women’s Championship against Tara

    All this and much more, including more news on the “Bound For Glory” Pay-Per-View event, tonight at 9/8c on Spike!

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    TNA iMPACT! *SPOILERS* for Tonight:
    Thanks to reader Dylan Wolfe for this live report:

    *Abyss comes out holding barbed wire cuts a promo in the ring.  He challenges Foley to face him in a Monster’s Ball match.  Foley, holding a barbed wire bat starts to cut a promo on Abyss but Abyss cuts him off and points out all the things he accomplished in his TNA career.  He rips on Foley playing with socks. Foley agrees to the match but says Dr. Stevie will be the referee and if Abyss uses thumbtacks, he will lose.  Out comes Stevie, who rips on Abyss.  Lauren gets involved and she and Abyss are laid out by Stevie and Daffney.

    **TNA Legends champ Kevin Nash vs. Hernandez ends when Eric Young attacks Hernandez.  Young tells Nash that he owes Young a favor now.

    *Amazing Red defeats Samoa Joe for the TNA X Division Championship after Bobby Lashley gets involved.

    *D’Angelo Dinero & Homicide defeated Suicide & Daniels when the Pope pinned Daniels.

    *They hold a contract signing for a Double Tag Team championship Ladder Match at the PPV with Scott Steiner & Booker T vs. The British Invasion vs. Beer Money vs. Team 3D.  It ends in a huge brawl.

    *Taylor Wilde, Sarita, Christy Hemme & Hamada defeated The Beautiful People & Alyssa Flash & Traci Brooks in an elimination match.

    *Sting responds to AJ Styles’ comments last week.  He says that after what Styles had to say, he gave things a lot of thought but in the end, he knows he can still get the job done.  Kurt Angle comes out and started ripping on Sting.   Angle told Sting to stop his whining and just retire and get it over with.  Sting dared him to try and retire him right now.  They got into it and Styles hit the ring.  Angle challenges Styles to face him next week and Styles accepted.

    *The Motor City Machineguns came out to debut their new entrance music but were jumped by an angry Samoa Joe.  Joe called for Lashley to come out so Joe can kill him.  Lashley hits the ring and they brawl all over the building.  Joe jumped off an alcove and put Lashley through the spanish announcers’ table.

    *ODB defeated Tara to retain the TNA Knockouts title.  Awesome Kong tried to kill Poison the Tarantula with a sledgehammer but Tara stopped her.

    *Abyss & Matt Morgan defeated Mick Foley & Kurt Angle, sort of.  Foley and Angle were replaced by Stevie and Dafney as the match went on.  Richards took a bump into tacks.

  • Official Preview For Tonight’s Global iMPACT! Special

    TNA WRESTLING AND SPIKE PRESENT “GLOBAL IMPACT 2” – THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8 AT 11PM ET (IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING TNA “iMPACT!”)

    This Thursday night, October 8 at 11pm ET, TNA Wrestling and Spike will present the “Global Impact 2” special, featuring an international showdown between TNA Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling from the world famous Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan!

    The one-hour epic event will air immediately following that night’s TNA “iMPACT!” broadcast! Music throughout the broadcast is performed by the band “Five Finger Death Punch” with tracks off their album “Way Of The Fist”. TNA Wrestling would also like to congratulate Five Finger Death Punch for currently having the #7 album in the country, titled “War Is The Answer”.

    Matches set to air on the broadcast are as follows:

    MAIN EVENT MAFIA VS. NEW JAPAN MAIN EVENT:
    Kurt Angle, Kevin Nash, Masahiro Chono, Riki Choshu vs. Giant Bernard, Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii and Karl Anderson

    IWGP TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:
    Team 3D (TNA) vs. Togi Makabe and Toru Yano (NEW JAPAN)

    IWGP JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH:
    The Motor City Machineguns (TNA) vs. Yujiro and Tetsuya Naito (NEW JAPAN)

    Last year’s “Global Impact” was one of the most acclaimed events in TNA history, and this year’s broadcast will certainly be just as monumental! Don’t miss it on Thursday, October 8 at 11pm ET right after “iMPACT!”. Check out the special preview video below:

  • Official Preview For Tonight's Global iMPACT! Special

    TNA WRESTLING AND SPIKE PRESENT “GLOBAL IMPACT 2” – THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8 AT 11PM ET (IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING TNA “iMPACT!”)

    This Thursday night, October 8 at 11pm ET, TNA Wrestling and Spike will present the “Global Impact 2” special, featuring an international showdown between TNA Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling from the world famous Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan!

    The one-hour epic event will air immediately following that night’s TNA “iMPACT!” broadcast! Music throughout the broadcast is performed by the band “Five Finger Death Punch” with tracks off their album “Way Of The Fist”. TNA Wrestling would also like to congratulate Five Finger Death Punch for currently having the #7 album in the country, titled “War Is The Answer”.

    Matches set to air on the broadcast are as follows:

    MAIN EVENT MAFIA VS. NEW JAPAN MAIN EVENT:
    Kurt Angle, Kevin Nash, Masahiro Chono, Riki Choshu vs. Giant Bernard, Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii and Karl Anderson

    IWGP TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:
    Team 3D (TNA) vs. Togi Makabe and Toru Yano (NEW JAPAN)

    IWGP JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH:
    The Motor City Machineguns (TNA) vs. Yujiro and Tetsuya Naito (NEW JAPAN)

    Last year’s “Global Impact” was one of the most acclaimed events in TNA history, and this year’s broadcast will certainly be just as monumental! Don’t miss it on Thursday, October 8 at 11pm ET right after “iMPACT!”. Check out the special preview video below:

  • More Server BS – We’re Working On It..

    Hey guys, just a quick note. The site was down again for several hours on Wednesday afternoon/evening. As a result, thousands of users were unable to access the site. The switch over to our new website platform and server has not been a smooth one to say the least. We apologize for the downtime and are doing everything we can to get things straightened out. The worst is over, stay tuned and we’ll keep you posted with any updates. Thanks again for your continued support.

    – SEScoops.com Staff

  • More Server BS – We're Working On It..

    Hey guys, just a quick note. The site was down again for several hours on Wednesday afternoon/evening. As a result, thousands of users were unable to access the site. The switch over to our new website platform and server has not been a smooth one to say the least. We apologize for the downtime and are doing everything we can to get things straightened out. The worst is over, stay tuned and we’ll keep you posted with any updates. Thanks again for your continued support.

    – SEScoops.com Staff

  • Angle, Nash & Sid Starring In Straight-to-DVD Zombie Movie

    Kurt Angle has landed another acting gig and will be starring in a straight-to-DVD independent zombie movie, titled “River of Darkness.” It gets better.

    Set to be released some time next year on DVD, the synopsis at DreadCentral.com reads:

    Unspeakable evil has fallen on a quiet river town. Sheriff Logan [Angle] is thrust into a chilling nightmare of death and mayhem that paralyzes the town. He then learns of the community’s seedy past and the evil that has risen from purgatory to exact revenge on the town. He is confronted by the spirits of old river squatters, “The Jacobs Boys,” who possess the very essence of evil.

    The zombie Jacobs boys will be played by none other than Kevin Nash and Psycho Sid Vicious. WOW.

    The movie will also feature an appearance by Ray Lloyd, better known to WCW fans as Glacier.

  • Angle, Nash & Sid Starring In Straight-to-DVD Zombie Movie

    Kurt Angle has landed another acting gig and will be starring in a straight-to-DVD independent zombie movie, titled “River of Darkness.” It gets better.

    Set to be released some time next year on DVD, the synopsis at DreadCentral.com reads:

    Unspeakable evil has fallen on a quiet river town. Sheriff Logan [Angle] is thrust into a chilling nightmare of death and mayhem that paralyzes the town. He then learns of the community’s seedy past and the evil that has risen from purgatory to exact revenge on the town. He is confronted by the spirits of old river squatters, “The Jacobs Boys,” who possess the very essence of evil.

    The zombie Jacobs boys will be played by none other than Kevin Nash and Psycho Sid Vicious. WOW.

    The movie will also feature an appearance by Ray Lloyd, better known to WCW fans as Glacier.

  • More On CM Punk’s Attitude Getting Him Into Trouble

    Earlier this week, we picked up on the story that CM Punk was booked to lose his World Heavyweight title at Hell in a Cell just weeks after winning it due to a backstage altercation with the Undertaker. Undertaker reportedly confronted Punk  on WWE’s recent European tour about dressing sloppy and not carrying himself like a World champion on the road. Punk was said to be confrontational towards then Undertaker, explaining not all champions (he mentioned John Cena by name) dress the part at all times.

    There’s now a another story going around regarding CM Punk’s backstage demeanor.  According to F4WOnline.com, Punk caught heat with WWE officials for openly expressing the belief that he felt it was too soon for him to drop the World Championship.

    While most believe the original story (Punk having an “attitude” when Undertaker confronted him about not dressing like a champion), both stories generally point to the same thing: Punk’s perceived attitude problem was a factor in him being dropping the World Heavyweight title so soon.

    Punk getting punished because of his perceived attitude has generated two different reactions from the locker room. Punk has a reputation as being “aloof” and rubbing many people the wrong way, so those people were naturally pleassed to see him get put in his place. There are also wrestlers that feel Punk’s actions weren’t bad enough to warrant taking the title off him, especially since the Undertaker’s is in rough physical shape and does not work most house shows.

  • More On CM Punk's Attitude Getting Him Into Trouble

    Earlier this week, we picked up on the story that CM Punk was booked to lose his World Heavyweight title at Hell in a Cell just weeks after winning it due to a backstage altercation with the Undertaker. Undertaker reportedly confronted Punk  on WWE’s recent European tour about dressing sloppy and not carrying himself like a World champion on the road. Punk was said to be confrontational towards then Undertaker, explaining not all champions (he mentioned John Cena by name) dress the part at all times.

    There’s now a another story going around regarding CM Punk’s backstage demeanor.  According to F4WOnline.com, Punk caught heat with WWE officials for openly expressing the belief that he felt it was too soon for him to drop the World Championship.

    While most believe the original story (Punk having an “attitude” when Undertaker confronted him about not dressing like a champion), both stories generally point to the same thing: Punk’s perceived attitude problem was a factor in him being dropping the World Heavyweight title so soon.

    Punk getting punished because of his perceived attitude has generated two different reactions from the locker room. Punk has a reputation as being “aloof” and rubbing many people the wrong way, so those people were naturally pleassed to see him get put in his place. There are also wrestlers that feel Punk’s actions weren’t bad enough to warrant taking the title off him, especially since the Undertaker’s is in rough physical shape and does not work most house shows.

  • *SPOILERS* WWE SmackDown Tapings Results (10/9)

    Credit to Billy Krotchsen of PWInsider.com for the following:

    WWE Smackdown Taping Results
    Trenton, New Jersey – Airing 10/9

    *Smackdown opens with Teddy Long in the ring discussing the Bragging Rights PPV. Long says John Cena is welcome to come to Smackdown if he doesn’t win the Iron Man Match against Randy Orton. CM Punk comes out and tells Long not to focus on Cena, but on him. He complains he has to wrestle Batista tonight. He demands a rematch against The Undertaker tonight and that Scott Armstrong (ref from Breaking Point) be the referee.

    *Vince McMahon comes out and announces at Bragging Rights that The Undertaker will defend the World championship against CM Punk, Batista and Rey Mysterio. He says the action will begin right now and calls out Mysterio for his match….

    *Rey Mysterio defeated Chris Jericho in a good match with a 619 and top rope splash.

    *WWE Women’s champ Michelle McCool defeated Eve Torres.

    *Backstage, Vickie Guerrero complains to Teddy Long that it’s unfair that Eric Escobar doesn’t have a PPV match. She says it’s also not fair that Undertaker has to be in a Four Way at the PPV. In Spanish, Escobar tells Long he won’t be disrespected. Guerrero reminds Long he’s on probation.

    *WWE Intercontinental champ John Morrison defeated Dolph Ziggler. Maria was at ringside watching but didn’t become involved beyond taking a chair Ziggler had set up to “use later” and sitting on it. When Ziggler went for the chair and saw it wasn’t there, he was distracted, allowing Morrison to nail him with a kick for the win.

    *Backstage, Maria asks Ziggler to speak to her. Ziggler tells her that he has a personal life and a professional one. He tells her he sees big things in his future, but she isn’t one of them and walks off. Maria starts to cry.

    *Drew McIntyre & Kane defeated R-Truth & Matt Hardy when McIntrye pinned Hardy with the double underhook DDT.

    *Backstage, Batista and Rey Mysterio agree that whatever happens in the Four Way at the PPV, they will remain cool and hug.

    *WWE World champ The Undertaker comes out and discusses winning the belt in the Hell in A Cell. He says that at the PPV, he’s going to win and take all of their souls.

    *CM Punk defeated Batista by countout.

  • *Spoiler* World Title Match Added to Bragging Rights

    Warning: The following contains  minor *Spoiler* for Friday’s edition of WWE SmackDown:

    At Tuesday night’s SmackDown taping, Vince McMahon announced that The Undertaker will defend his new World Heavyweight championship against CM Punk, Batista and Rey Mysterio at Bragging Rights.

    With that match added, here’s a look at the current card:

    60 Miute Iron Man Match: No DQ or Countout
    WWE Champion Randy Orton vs. John Cena
    * If Cena loses, he has to leave Raw

    SmackDown vs. RAW Bragging Rights Match
    All the winning Raw wrestlers from that night’s matches vs. all the winning Smackdown wrestlers

    World Heavyweight Title Match
    The Undertaker vs. CM Punk vs. Batista vs. Rey Mysterio

  • RVD Teases Going To TNA, 15 WWE Title Changes This Year

    — Rob Van Dam has posted a message on his WWE Universe page that WWE officials probably won’t be thrilled with. Here’s what RVD posted to promote his weekly BlogTalkRadio.com radio show:

    THE SUBJECT…HYPOTHETICALLY…

    WOULD YOU RATHER SEE RVD GO TO WWE OR TNA?

    GO TO ROBVANDAM.COM TO RVD RADIO 10/07/09 FROM 9-11 PM E.S.T.

    – Last weekend at WWE Hell in a Cell, WWE crowned new WWE & World Heavyweight champions. If it feels like WWE’s top titles have been changing hands a lot this year, you’re right. Believe it or not, in the first 10 months of 2009, the WWE Championship has changed hands 7 times while the World Heavyweight title has changed hands 8-times. Remember the days when the champion would keep the title for a year?

    – WWE Shop’s top sellers list shows that “The Hardys” popularity isn’t waining among the WWE Universe. Jeff Hardy and/or The Hardys take up 5 of the top 10 spots, taking #1, #5, #7, #8 and #9. John Cena has spot #2, #3 and #6, while DX take #4 and #10.

    — In addition to Ted DiBiase vs. Evan Bourne, two more matches we’ll see on this week’s Superstars (taped at Tuesday’s SmackDown tapings):

    * Shelton Benjamin vs. Sheamus

    * Cryme Time vs. The Hart Dynasty


  • Raw Rating, NFL Game Does Biggest Rating In Cable History

    The October 5th edition of WWE Raw hosted by Ben Roethlisberger drew a 3.3 rating, up from last week’s 3.1. The show did hours of 3.32 and 3.29.

    The fact that Raw’s rating increased is quite impressive, as the show was up against some very stiff competition. Last night’s NFL Monday Night Football game on ESPN featuring Bret Favre leading the Minnesota Vikings to victory over his old squad, the Green Bay Packers, scored a huge 15.3 rating with a staggering 21.8 million viewers. It was the most watch show in the history of cable television.

    It’s been said that WWE booked NFL star Ben Roethlisberger to host Raw last night was an attempt to counter the big Monday Night Football game. Considering there were so many football fans watching television last night, there’s a good chance many of them jumped over to Raw to see Roethlisberger and the Steelers on Raw.

  • WM26 PPV Poster, Bad News For Raw Rating, Mickie James

    – The rating for this week’s Raw is not in yet, but it looks like WWE may have a tough time matching last week’s low 3.1 number. Last night’s NFL Monday Night Football game on ESPN featuring Bret Favre leading the Minnesota Vikings over his old squad, the Green Bay Packers scored a huge 14.2 metered-market rating, according to SportsBusinessDaily.com. The game is expected to be the most watched program in the history of cable television, once the final numbers come in.

    – The plan as of this past weekend was to have Beth Phoenix as the next challenger to Mickie James’ Divas Championship.

    – SEScoops reader Alex sent in the first official promotional poster for WWE’s WrestleMania 26. Next year’s big event takes place on March 28th, 2010 from University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona:

    wm26poster

  • Spike TV Touts Global iMPACT! & 3-Hour “Super iMPACT!”

    SpikeTV issued the following press release on Tuesday afternoon:

    Spike TV and TNA Wrestling To Present Special Programming In October

    ‘Global Impact 2’ Premiere Thursday, October 8 at 11:00 PM, ET/PT, ‘Super iMPACT!’ Premieres Thursday, October 15 Starting At 9:00 PM, ET/PT, Spike TV

    NEW YORK, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ — Spike TV goes to the mat with Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling with two special programming events in October.

    On Thursday, October 8 at 11:00 PM, ET/PT, immediately following the regular weekly telecast of TNA “iMPACT!,” Spike will present “Global Impact 2,” a one-hour special featuring an international showdown between TNA Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling from the world-famous Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.

    “Global Impact 2” matchups include “Main Event Mafia vs. New Japan Main Event” featuring Kurt Angle, Kevin Nash, Mashahiro Chono and Riki Choshu vs. Giant Bernard, Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii and Karl Anderson; “IWGP Tag Team Championship Match” with Team 3D going up against Togi Makabe and Toru Yano and “IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match” featuring the Motor City Machineguns vs. Yujiro and Tetsuya Naito.

    The following week, on Thursday, October 15, Spike will present a three-hour (9:00 PM – Midnight, ET/PT) super-sized installment of “iMPACT!” as the superstars of TNA make their final preparations before TNA’s “Bound For Glory” pay-per-view event taking place that weekend.

    The main event on Spike that evening will feature two of the biggest stars in TNA, as “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles wrestles for the first time since becoming TNA World Champion in a Grudge Match against the leader of the Main Event Mafia, Kurt Angle. Also, “The Boss” Bobby Lashley takes on “The War Machine” Rhino in a Stretcher Match. “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan takes on Booker T. from the Main Event Mafia. “Super iMPACT!” will also give wrestling fans a behind-the-scenes look at some of the biggest stars in TNA as a preview of the AJ-Sting, Mick Foley-Abyss, Lashley-Samoa Joe and Matt Morgan-Kurt Angle matches at “Bound For Glory.” Viewers will see the warriors away from the ring, training, with family, with unprecedented access.

    “Cross The Line” to TNA Wrestling. TNA Wrestling is the most innovative experience in professional wrestling today. Join TNA World Heavyweight Champion “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles, “The Boss” Bobby Lashley, Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle, “The Icon” Sting, Mick Foley, the lovely and lethal TNA Knockouts and the no-limits X-Division inside the six-sided ring of “TNA iMPACT!” every Thursday night (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) only on Spike TV.

    TNA Entertainment, LLC is a privately held company headquartered in Nashville, Tenn.

    Spike TV is available in 98 million homes and is a division of MTV Networks. A unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), MTV Networks is one of the world’s leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Spike TV’s Internet address is www.spike.com and for up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs, visit Spike TV’s press site at http://www.spike.com/press

  • Spike TV Touts Global iMPACT! & 3-Hour "Super iMPACT!"

    SpikeTV issued the following press release on Tuesday afternoon:

    Spike TV and TNA Wrestling To Present Special Programming In October

    ‘Global Impact 2’ Premiere Thursday, October 8 at 11:00 PM, ET/PT, ‘Super iMPACT!’ Premieres Thursday, October 15 Starting At 9:00 PM, ET/PT, Spike TV

    NEW YORK, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ — Spike TV goes to the mat with Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling with two special programming events in October.

    On Thursday, October 8 at 11:00 PM, ET/PT, immediately following the regular weekly telecast of TNA “iMPACT!,” Spike will present “Global Impact 2,” a one-hour special featuring an international showdown between TNA Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling from the world-famous Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.

    “Global Impact 2” matchups include “Main Event Mafia vs. New Japan Main Event” featuring Kurt Angle, Kevin Nash, Mashahiro Chono and Riki Choshu vs. Giant Bernard, Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii and Karl Anderson; “IWGP Tag Team Championship Match” with Team 3D going up against Togi Makabe and Toru Yano and “IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match” featuring the Motor City Machineguns vs. Yujiro and Tetsuya Naito.

    The following week, on Thursday, October 15, Spike will present a three-hour (9:00 PM – Midnight, ET/PT) super-sized installment of “iMPACT!” as the superstars of TNA make their final preparations before TNA’s “Bound For Glory” pay-per-view event taking place that weekend.

    The main event on Spike that evening will feature two of the biggest stars in TNA, as “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles wrestles for the first time since becoming TNA World Champion in a Grudge Match against the leader of the Main Event Mafia, Kurt Angle. Also, “The Boss” Bobby Lashley takes on “The War Machine” Rhino in a Stretcher Match. “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan takes on Booker T. from the Main Event Mafia. “Super iMPACT!” will also give wrestling fans a behind-the-scenes look at some of the biggest stars in TNA as a preview of the AJ-Sting, Mick Foley-Abyss, Lashley-Samoa Joe and Matt Morgan-Kurt Angle matches at “Bound For Glory.” Viewers will see the warriors away from the ring, training, with family, with unprecedented access.

    “Cross The Line” to TNA Wrestling. TNA Wrestling is the most innovative experience in professional wrestling today. Join TNA World Heavyweight Champion “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles, “The Boss” Bobby Lashley, Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle, “The Icon” Sting, Mick Foley, the lovely and lethal TNA Knockouts and the no-limits X-Division inside the six-sided ring of “TNA iMPACT!” every Thursday night (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) only on Spike TV.

    TNA Entertainment, LLC is a privately held company headquartered in Nashville, Tenn.

    Spike TV is available in 98 million homes and is a division of MTV Networks. A unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), MTV Networks is one of the world’s leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Spike TV’s Internet address is www.spike.com and for up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs, visit Spike TV’s press site at http://www.spike.com/press

  • JR Blog: Elevating Young Talent, ESPN Covering Raw, Iron Man

    Jim Ross has updated his JRsBarBQ.com blog with his thoughts coming out of last night’s newsworthy edition of WWE Raw. Some highlights:

    ESPN Covering Raw: “ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt mentioned that his favorite old time wrestling star was Kamala the Ugandian Giant. Who’d a thunk it? ESPN surprised me with their coverage of Big Ben’s guest hosting shot Monday night on RAW. The Steelers had a great time from what I could see which comes as no surprise. The Steelers QB has been a WWE fan for long time.”

    Cena-Orton Iron Man Match: “Orton vs. Cena in an Ironman Match is my kind of party. I just wish I could help call it. I love time limits and the scoring system. Makes the contest feel more like an athletic event of which I personally like. IF this is this pair’s last dance then I expect them to rock it for the duration and provide us fans with a compelling story. This match could be a great way to end this rivalry if that is the objective.”

    Young Talent Being Elevated: “Nice to see Jack Swagger look as if he is going to get his ball rolling on RAW. Swagger has the athletic skills to be awfully good if he pushes himself to the next level both physically and mentally. Miz winning the U.S. Title will shake up that area and the popular Kofi chasing Miz could result in some excellent bouts. Nice move in my opinion.”

  • Update: Survivor Series PPV Poster & Commercial With DX

    Check out the promotional poster for the 2009 WWE Survivor Series.

    This year’s event takes place on Sunday, November 22nd from the Verizon Center in Washington, DC.

    Looks like DX will be around for at least a few more months:

    UPDATE: Check out this TV commercial for WWE Survivor Series also featuring the DX army:

  • Update: Survivor Series PPV Poster & Commercial With DX

    Check out the promotional poster for the 2009 WWE Survivor Series.

    This year’s event takes place on Sunday, November 22nd from the Verizon Center in Washington, DC.

    Looks like DX will be around for at least a few more months:

    UPDATE: Check out this TV commercial for WWE Survivor Series also featuring the DX army: