- Several readers have sent word that R-Truth’s smoking did not air on RAW in the UK last night. If anyone has more details about what aired and what didn’t, please feel free to send them in.
- As noted before, Lowell Weicker, Jr. is leaving WWE’s Board of Directors after 15 years of service. The change comes with WWE’s new re-branding campaign. WWE will elect a new board member during their April 29th shareholders meeting.
- Teenage independent wrestlers Zak Knight and Britani Knight are getting tryouts with WWE at the SmackDown tapings from London today. They are brother and sister and their parents have been involved in the UK wrestling scene for years. Britani received a tryout with WWE back in November of 2010 also.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
JR Still Not Cool with the WWE Draft
- Jim Ross wrote the following on Twitter regarding next week’s WWE Draft and the 2008 Draft where he was sent to SmackDown: “Not sure my presence will be needed yet @ wwe draft. I have no fond draft memories re: ‘08 & going to SDown. Still don’t agree w/ decision.”
R-Truth Spoils RAW Heel Turn
Before RAW aired here in the US, R-Truth spoiled his heel turn by posting the following… "Being mr nice guy got me no where! I lost my chance to become WWE champion! Wait'al they get a load of me!"
Truth deleted the tweet when people complained that RAW had not aired yet, and that he was spoiling the show for them.
Truth deleted the tweet when people complained that RAW had not aired yet, and that he was spoiling the show for them.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
2 WWE Tough Enough Eliminations, Steve Austin Update
-- Steve Austin is in Vancouver filming his next action movie, Recoil.
-- Both Mickael and Michelle parted ways with WWE Tough Enough on this week's episode, although only Mickael was eliminated.
Early in the episode, Michelle quit the competition, stating she had to be home for her daughter as she is the love of her life. Mickael was eliminated from the competition after failing to make an impression on the judges and not giving a compelling argument on why he should stay.
The episode also featured a special appearance by former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler, who taught cheerleading traits to the contestants.
-- Both Mickael and Michelle parted ways with WWE Tough Enough on this week's episode, although only Mickael was eliminated.
Early in the episode, Michelle quit the competition, stating she had to be home for her daughter as she is the love of her life. Mickael was eliminated from the competition after failing to make an impression on the judges and not giving a compelling argument on why he should stay.
The episode also featured a special appearance by former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler, who taught cheerleading traits to the contestants.
The WWE Release, Matt Hardy/Dixie Carter/TNA Updates
-- The TNA Wrestling website is teasing that the person driving "The Network" will be revealed on this Thursday's episode of TNA iMPACT!. Many fans are speculating that person to be Dixie Carter. We noted earlier that the individual in question will ultimately not be her.
-- Matt Hardy claimed last night on Twitter that he believed he fractured his arm during the Lethal Lockdown Match at TNA Lockdown. People who flew on the plane to Orlando, Florida with Hardy did not believe him to be hurt. When his girlfriend, Reby Sky, was asked about the matter during her show on SIRIUS, she claimed to be unaware and laughed it off. Hardy posted an update on the situation this evening. He wrote, "It's extremely sore, but fortunately not broken. It will be braced & taped tomorrow."
-- As noted earlier here on the website, WWE developmental wrestler Jackson Andrews has been removed from the roster page of the Florida Championship Wrestling website. This would indicate that he has been released from WWE. In an update on this, Andrews appeared as the bodyguard of Tyson Kidd for a few weeks in December before being demoted back to developmental.
Dixie Carter-TNA Storyline Plans, Cena To SD!, Mickie's Injury
-- As noted earlier here on the website, John Cena has been announced for the SmackDown! show in Greensboro, North Carolina the day after the WWE Draft next week. That doesn't mean he'll be drafted to the show.
-- Mickie James is still a few weeks away from being able to return to the ring. That was the reason for the quick match at TNA Lockdown.
-- In an update to our earlier report, Dixie Carter will reportedly not be the person who will is revealed as the babyface representing The Network in TNA.
-- Mick Foley has an interview with Dava Lagana that you can check out at http://iwantwrestling.com/
Last Week's SD! Rating Is In + A SD! **SPOILER**
-- It will be announced on RAW tonight that Alberto Del Rio will be throwing an Edge retirement party on SmackDown! this week. Edge will also appear live on the show. The show will be taped from London tomorrow afternoon. We'll have live spoilers here on the website.
-- Last week's edition of WWE SmackDown! from Albany, NY drew a 2.08 (2.1) cable rating, with 2,982,000 viewers.
-- Last week's edition of WWE SmackDown! from Albany, NY drew a 2.08 (2.1) cable rating, with 2,982,000 viewers.
Kong's WWE Ring Name Revealed
-- Kia Stevens' ring name in WWE will be Kharma.
WWE filed a trademark for the term on April 12.
Last Monday on RAW, a vignette aired promoting the debut of the wrestler formerly known as Awesome Kong. Another one will air tonight.
WWE filed a trademark for the term on April 12.
Last Monday on RAW, a vignette aired promoting the debut of the wrestler formerly known as Awesome Kong. Another one will air tonight.
TNA Teasing Major Storyline Twist - Heyman/Dixie?
Much like the Anonymous General Manager on WWE's Monday Night RAW, TNA Wrestling has its own anonymous entity, "The Network". TNAWrestling.com is teasing that the person pulling the strings may be revealed on Thursday's episode of iMPACT!:
"The Network's latest mandate has Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff beside themselves and they demand to know who at The Network is involved. Will the Network finally reveal the one making all the controversial decisions?"
No matches have been announced for this week's iMPACT! as of this writing.
As noted earlier, TNA will tape this week's episode of iMPACT! tomorrow and next week's show on Wednesday. Today is a travel day.
It should be noted that feelers from Spike TV were sent out to Paul Heyman months ago for the role, but that is not likely to happen due to Heyman finishing up his autobiography for its September release. Many feel that the person will end up being "former TNA President" Dixie Carter.
Hogan Praises Lockdown, Angle/Orton Update
-- As everyone knows by now, Kurt Angle used the RKO on Jeff Jarrett during their two-out-of-three falls match at TNA Lockdown, and then went on Twitter to comment on using the maneuver, writing, "Orton, I used Your Finish as a sign of Respect. Not to get back at U. Respect!" Angle has continued to call out Orton. He added the following this afternoon: "To Randy Orton, as You said- Imitation is a form of flattery. Know that I did that out of Respect. GOD Bless."
-- Hulk Hogan wrote the following on Twitter regarding TNA Lockdown: "TNA LOCKDOWN SET THE NEW STANDARD FOR WHAT A PPV SHOULD BE!!!!!!!!!!"
-- Hulk Hogan wrote the following on Twitter regarding TNA Lockdown: "TNA LOCKDOWN SET THE NEW STANDARD FOR WHAT A PPV SHOULD BE!!!!!!!!!!"
Alex Shelley's TNA Return Revealed, Matt Hardy Update
-- Velvet Sky stated during a chat session last night on TNAOnDemand.com that Alex Shelley will return to television this Thursday on TNA iMPACT!.
Shelley has been sidelined since January due to a broken collarbone suffered at a live event in Hagerstown, Maryland. He was advertised to participate in the X Division Ultimate Xscape Match at TNA Lockdown, but was removed from the match on April 7, thus postponing his return.
-- As noted earlier here on the website, Matt Hardy claimed last night on Twitter following TNA Lockdown that he may have fractured his arm during the Lethal Lockdown Match. He posted an update this morning, writing, "Wow.. Talk about being sore when you wake up.. My back & arm are killing me-I'm sure flying this morning will help, HaHa.."
Hardy's claim, however, appears false as everyone in TNA say that is not the case.
Mick Foley Wants To Appear On RAW w/ The Rock
Mick Foley joked on Twitter that he is contemplating asking TNA Wrestling permission to attend The Rock's birthday celebration next month on Monday Night RAW.
The Rock is advertised for the May 2 episode of Monday Night RAW in Miami, which occurs on his birthday. "Is @therock really having a birthday party on Raw? Maybe they'll show a clip of th pardookie I threw him in '99. Think Yurple will show up?" Foley continued, "I just received 57 messages in the last 2 min -The people WANT the Mick @therock 's party, they NEED the Mick @therock 's party!"
Foley added moments later, "And 62 new ones in the last two minutes as well. Guess it couldn't hurt to ask for a one day furlough from TNA to help @therock celebrate."
The Rock is advertised for the May 2 episode of Monday Night RAW in Miami, which occurs on his birthday. "Is @therock really having a birthday party on Raw? Maybe they'll show a clip of th pardookie I threw him in '99. Think Yurple will show up?" Foley continued, "I just received 57 messages in the last 2 min -The people WANT the Mick @therock 's party, they NEED the Mick @therock 's party!"
Foley added moments later, "And 62 new ones in the last two minutes as well. Guess it couldn't hurt to ask for a one day furlough from TNA to help @therock celebrate."
Two Live Reports From The TNA Lockdown PPV
Credit: Chris Cummings and Pwinsider.com
Fresh from the only arena in the whole world that serves RC Cola products exclusively .....
The crowd was bigger than Smackdown a couple of months ago ... All of the lower bowl, minus the camera area, and 1/2 of the top bowl were full.
Crowd was unbelievably loud and responsive for just about everything except Hernandez and Morgan. My son was starting to look tired, and I asked him if he was falling asleep on me. His reply was "It is Matt Morgan.". Not good at all, but I agree with him. His offense looks weak and his punches obviously are soft and short. Hernandez needs something different ... His time in AAA did nothing for him. Everytime I saw him on AAA TV he not no crowd pops, and tonight was no different.
Most shocking sight: LOTS of OJ/EY "I Love Tag Teaming" t-shirts in the crowd, and the crowd ate their act up. The shirt is just offensive enough to sell so I see this sticking around for awhile.
Very few Jeff Hardy shirts-I saw maybe five total. Saw more Rey Mysterio shirts than Jeff Hardy shirts.
Angle and Jarrett stole the show, hands down. Monster pop for Angle and great heat for Jarrett. Somehow Angle lived through this. Crowd gave both a good ovation out of respect. Kurt deserves a long vacation after that performance ...
Having to follow Angle/Jarrett was about impossible, but Sting held his own. Hogan got a massive pop, and the crowd was shocked Sting won.
What can be said about the main event other than WOW. Everybody had their working boots on tonight, and the crowd ate it up. Daniels earned a full time contract and full time spot in Fortune. Drop the ROH TV Title and come back full-time. He shined tonight. I think that the crowd really wanted to see the Beer Money entrance, but still ate them up, especially when Storm hit Flair with the beer bottle.
Overall this was the best card in Cincinnati in years. I heard no complaints from anyone in the crowd, and everybody seemed to be having a great time. Merchandise was selling, and everybody was alive.
Randall Brown sent in this report:
Just got back from Lockdown. Overall, up until the Angle-Jarrett match, I have to say a lot of the show felt kind of "flat" live. As for the crowd, it actually seemed like there was a lot of older WCW fans there. The biggest entrance pops of the night were for Hogan, Flair, Sting, and Scott Steiner. Even Eric Bischoff's music hitting got a surprisingly big pop. That being said, once he started talking, it felt like the standard boring IMPACT opening segment and the crowd just crapped all over it, to the point that I have no idea what he said because you couldn't hear him AT ALL over the boos. As I said, the first several matches came off kind of flat with a couple exceptions (Pope/Joe and the finish of Morgan/Hernandez). The Xscape match started off hot, but when all the crowd favorites (Suicide, Lethal, Red, Sabin) got eliminated right off the bat, the crowd really cooled off.
Angle/Jarrett was the match that really got the crowd back into it. After Kurt's moonsault they went nuts, but I don't think many people in the crowd actually noticed that he missed Jarrett. They didn't have the Jumbo-Tron on and it was on the other side of the ring from where most people were seated, so I think most people missed what was really a scary moment. The finish with Jarrett getting the win really kind of sucked the wind out of the crowd. The title match was fun and the crowd popped big time for the double Scorpion Deathlock and the double Mic Check. But just as soon as the match started heating up, Hogan hit the ring and next thing you know, it was over. Lethal Lockdown was great and the crowd went crazy for Daniels going off the roof and when AJ's music played. The finish actually got a lot of boos though because people didn't want to see Flair tap. Flair had gotten one of the biggest pops of the night and they were chanting for him before he entered. Honestly it felt really weird because I didn't expect a show where people were cheering more for the old guys than the younger stars.
Fresh from the only arena in the whole world that serves RC Cola products exclusively .....
The crowd was bigger than Smackdown a couple of months ago ... All of the lower bowl, minus the camera area, and 1/2 of the top bowl were full.
Crowd was unbelievably loud and responsive for just about everything except Hernandez and Morgan. My son was starting to look tired, and I asked him if he was falling asleep on me. His reply was "It is Matt Morgan.". Not good at all, but I agree with him. His offense looks weak and his punches obviously are soft and short. Hernandez needs something different ... His time in AAA did nothing for him. Everytime I saw him on AAA TV he not no crowd pops, and tonight was no different.
Most shocking sight: LOTS of OJ/EY "I Love Tag Teaming" t-shirts in the crowd, and the crowd ate their act up. The shirt is just offensive enough to sell so I see this sticking around for awhile.
Very few Jeff Hardy shirts-I saw maybe five total. Saw more Rey Mysterio shirts than Jeff Hardy shirts.
Angle and Jarrett stole the show, hands down. Monster pop for Angle and great heat for Jarrett. Somehow Angle lived through this. Crowd gave both a good ovation out of respect. Kurt deserves a long vacation after that performance ...
Having to follow Angle/Jarrett was about impossible, but Sting held his own. Hogan got a massive pop, and the crowd was shocked Sting won.
What can be said about the main event other than WOW. Everybody had their working boots on tonight, and the crowd ate it up. Daniels earned a full time contract and full time spot in Fortune. Drop the ROH TV Title and come back full-time. He shined tonight. I think that the crowd really wanted to see the Beer Money entrance, but still ate them up, especially when Storm hit Flair with the beer bottle.
Overall this was the best card in Cincinnati in years. I heard no complaints from anyone in the crowd, and everybody seemed to be having a great time. Merchandise was selling, and everybody was alive.
Randall Brown sent in this report:
Just got back from Lockdown. Overall, up until the Angle-Jarrett match, I have to say a lot of the show felt kind of "flat" live. As for the crowd, it actually seemed like there was a lot of older WCW fans there. The biggest entrance pops of the night were for Hogan, Flair, Sting, and Scott Steiner. Even Eric Bischoff's music hitting got a surprisingly big pop. That being said, once he started talking, it felt like the standard boring IMPACT opening segment and the crowd just crapped all over it, to the point that I have no idea what he said because you couldn't hear him AT ALL over the boos. As I said, the first several matches came off kind of flat with a couple exceptions (Pope/Joe and the finish of Morgan/Hernandez). The Xscape match started off hot, but when all the crowd favorites (Suicide, Lethal, Red, Sabin) got eliminated right off the bat, the crowd really cooled off.
Angle/Jarrett was the match that really got the crowd back into it. After Kurt's moonsault they went nuts, but I don't think many people in the crowd actually noticed that he missed Jarrett. They didn't have the Jumbo-Tron on and it was on the other side of the ring from where most people were seated, so I think most people missed what was really a scary moment. The finish with Jarrett getting the win really kind of sucked the wind out of the crowd. The title match was fun and the crowd popped big time for the double Scorpion Deathlock and the double Mic Check. But just as soon as the match started heating up, Hogan hit the ring and next thing you know, it was over. Lethal Lockdown was great and the crowd went crazy for Daniels going off the roof and when AJ's music played. The finish actually got a lot of boos though because people didn't want to see Flair tap. Flair had gotten one of the biggest pops of the night and they were chanting for him before he entered. Honestly it felt really weird because I didn't expect a show where people were cheering more for the old guys than the younger stars.
More On Hardy's 'Injury', Big Show Names Knockout Punch
-- As noted last night here on the website, Matt Hardy said on his Twitter account that he may have fractured his arm during the Lethal Lockdown Match at TNA Lockdown. He wrote, "Close but no cigar tonight in a very physical & aggressive Lethal Lockdown match-I didn't get beat tonight but I may have fractured my arm.." According to company sources, he appeared fine backstage after his match. If his injury claim is legit, it would have likely occurred during his bump off the cage after being dropkicked by Kazarian as we noted.
-- Dolph Ziggler announced that his "I Am Perfection" T-Shirt will be available on WWEShop.com beginning on Tuesday.
-- Weeks ago on Twitter, Big Show asked fans for suggestions on an official title for his finishing maneuver, the right-handed knockout hook. He announced Saturday that the knockout punch is called the W.M.D., which stands for Weapon of Mass Destruction.
-- Dolph Ziggler announced that his "I Am Perfection" T-Shirt will be available on WWEShop.com beginning on Tuesday.
-- Weeks ago on Twitter, Big Show asked fans for suggestions on an official title for his finishing maneuver, the right-handed knockout hook. He announced Saturday that the knockout punch is called the W.M.D., which stands for Weapon of Mass Destruction.
New TNA Knockout Champion - Trish Praises Mickie
-- Mickie James captured the TNA Women's Knockouts Championship from Madison Rayne at TNA Lockdown in a match that lasted approximately 35 seconds. It was the lone title change of the event.
-- As a result of her victory, James became the first woman to have held the WWE Women's Championship, WWE Divas Championship, and the TNA Women's Knockouts Championship. Trish Stratus congratulated James on her victory, writing on Twitter, "Congrats to my girl new TNA Knockout Champ @mickiejames!"
-- Max Buck became the No. 1 Contender to the X Division Championship at TNA Lockdown by winning the X Division Ultimate Xscape Match over seven other wrestlers. A date for his title shot against Kazarian was not announced.
-- As a result of her victory, James became the first woman to have held the WWE Women's Championship, WWE Divas Championship, and the TNA Women's Knockouts Championship. Trish Stratus congratulated James on her victory, writing on Twitter, "Congrats to my girl new TNA Knockout Champ @mickiejames!"
-- Max Buck became the No. 1 Contender to the X Division Championship at TNA Lockdown by winning the X Division Ultimate Xscape Match over seven other wrestlers. A date for his title shot against Kazarian was not announced.
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