Posted by David Damage on Monday, May 2, 2011 In : Archive News
Pro Wrestling Syndicate, a promotion based in New Jersey, issued the following statement today:
Scott
Hall was booked as our Guest Commissioner for this Sunday's Pro
Wrestling Syndicate event in Fairfield, Connecticut. I just received a
phone call from Hall's booking agent Lenny informing me that Hall has
been sent to a 50 day mandatory rehab facility in Texas by his probation
officer. I am being told that the WWE is funding Hall's rehab. That
being said, Scott Hall will not be appearing... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, May 2, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
Carlito Colon on Twitter: (http://twitter.com/carlitocolon)
On
WWE PG and the swimsuit contest: "I'm wondering as fans, were any of u
disappointed when the divas came out in those granny suits? I get the
whole going PG thing, but WTF? Since when is a bikini not PG? Oh, and
BTW all u girls looked gr8 in the granny suits...just sayin! My point
is, u wanna go PG fine. But that doesn't mean wrestling has 2 be lame
and cookie cutter! Make it fun again! PG from a business standpoint is
actua... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, May 2, 2011 In : Archive Interviews
ESPN's
Bill Simmons held a 45-minute interview with WWE Hall of Famer Shawn
Michaels, in which he said there is "absolutely no chance" that he will
return to wrestling for another match. Michaels added that he decided
before WrestleMania 25 that he wanted his last match to be at
WrestleMania 26 against Taker. Said Michaels:
"I understand the
skepticism with that (retiring), but I wouldn't have left unless I was
ready for it. I made the decision the month before WrestleMania 25. I
didn'... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, May 2, 2011 In : Archive News
Linda
McMahon has secured the Republican nomination by winning tonight's
primary. Linda McMahon is the current top story on CNN.com at 10:50EST
with the headline "Former wrestling exec wins Connecticut Senate
primary". That's major. Simmons called McMahon at about 10PM Eastern and
conceded the race. Linda had this to say:
"Tonight, I am honored
to have earned the support of Republicans around Connecticut. Since I
entered this race eleven months ago, we have crisscrossed this great
stat... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, May 2, 2011 In : Archive News
Pro
Wrestling Illustrated has published its list of the top 500
professional wrestlers each year since 1991 in an annual special edition
magazine called the "PWI 500." "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles earned the
No. 1 Ranking for 2010, the first TNA wrestler to top the annual chart.
For more information on the annual "PWI 500" and how you can order, visit www.pwi-online.com.
Here are the top 500 ranked professional wrestlers for 2010:
1. AJ Styles
2. John Cena
3. C.M. Punk
4. Randy Orton
5. Chris Jeri... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, May 2, 2011 In : Archive Interviews
Bret Hart did an interview with Slam! Wrestling recently to promote SummerSlam. Some highlights:
On
deciding to come back to WWE: "I just woke up one day and realized I
would be carrying a tag with (the Screwjob) forever. If I leave it the
way it is, it will always be an open wound. Even though we had bridged
most of the issues we had and were at least copasetic with each other, I
thought if I was ever going to do something like this, I would have
start to do it now."
On getting closure a... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, May 2, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
The
Hulk Hogan twitter page which was endorsed as real by his friends Eric
Bischoff and Bubba The Love Sponge appears now to be a FAKE. The person
who owns the page tweeted the following:
@EBischoff GOT WORKED
BROTHERS! He publishes information before even verifying its accuracy.
How can someone like this even try to run TNA?!
and
That piece of s*** @BTLSRadio GOT WORKED TOO!
The
person also tweeted that they are a current employee of TNA upset at
the fact Eric Bischoff is there (this rema... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, May 2, 2011 In : Archive Interviews
WWE
Hall of Famer "Stone Cold" Steve Austin gave an interview with The Sun
where he praised the WWE's change in direction to a PG product, talked
about MMA vs. wrestling and more. Some of the highlights are below:
On
The WWE's PG Product: "You will hear wrestling fans all over the world
groan when they hear me say this but I think WWE is doing the right
thing. Cena is leading the way now. It is a PG flavored WWE theme and I
think it's great for the longevity and the growth of their prod... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, May 2, 2011 In : Archive Interviews
Former
WWE, WCW and TNA performer Booker T. appeared on The LAW this past
Sunday night to promote his appearance at the 11th annual 'Gathering of
Juggalos' next weekend at Cave in Rock, Illinois. Booker T. will be
taking on Tracy Smothers as part of Bloody Mania 4 on Saturday night -
for more information check out http://www.juggalogathering.com/.
On departing TNA in 2009
I
wasn't happy for many different reasons mainly the reason I wasn't
happy was because I wasn't wrestling and wasn't ... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, May 2, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
Conspicuous
by his absence last night at HardCORE Justice was The Blue Meanie.
Though he appeared in a pre-taped video run during the pay-per-view
broadcast, he was unable to appear at the show itself. Ultimately, an
imposter named The Blue Tilly was used in his place for the reunion of
the Blue World Order.
The former ECW star posted the following message on his Facebook account explaining why he missed HardCORE Justice:
"Why I couldn't be @ TNA "Hardcore Justice"
Well,
now that my promo ... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, May 2, 2011 In : Archive News
WWE
have released their second quarter earnings results. Overall the
results were not good, as they were below second quarter results from
last year. The main notes are:
Revenues for the second quarter
were $106.8 million with an opening income of $10.3 million and a net
income of $6.3 million. The second quarter last year included
WrestleMania, which was in the first quarter this year. When removing
WrestleMania, second quarter results last year were $106.6 million in
revenue, with $1... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, May 2, 2011 In : Archive Interviews
Thursday
night Terry Funk was interviewed by Low Blow Radio and when asked about
appearing at the Hardcore Justice PPV this Sunday night the Funker had
the following to say...
"No, not all all and I don't really care to at this time. I would love to be there but at a different time in my life."
Listen
to the full interview featuring his thoughts on the upcoming Hardcore
Justice event, TNA and WWE's current product, and more at www.blogtalkradio.com/lowblowradio.
FULL VERSION
Last
night Terr... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, May 2, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
Shane Douglas posted the following on his official website, FranchiseFanSite.com:
"After
seeing, the ECW promo piece put out by tna, and being deluged by texts
& emails from friends AND fans, I felt, very strongly, that I should
put out a clarification about that less-than-honest video from tna.
Firstly,
MOST organizations would NOT wish to mislead any potential customer(s)!
CLEARLY, this video intended to mislead wrestling fans, most certainly
ECW fans! That said, I have to question tnaâ... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, May 2, 2011 In : Archive Interviews
Former
WWE Diva Mickie James was interviewed by Fanhouse.com this week and
spoke about her music career, her WWE release and whether she'd work for
TNA Wrestling again.
Here are some highlights of what she said about:
Her
WWE Release: "It definitely was heartbreaking and it was out of the
blue for me. It totally blindsided me and I didn't see it coming. But,
you know, hindsight is 20-20. Perhaps if I wasn't so passionate ... I
don't know, it's one of those things that I think I would've ... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, May 2, 2011 In : Archive Interviews
Sunday
night Chris Jericho appeared on The LAW Live Audio Wrestling, here are
some of the highlights of the interview. The LAW can be heard Sunday
nights at 11pm EST at www.liveaudiowrestling.com and on Sirius 98 Hardcore Sports Radio.
On problems getting time off to perform with Fozzy such as next weekend and the U.K tour in the fall:
"In
some ways yes but it's an interesting case in how it is for me.
Obviously I have many years and experience and am one of the higher
names on the totem ... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, May 2, 2011 In : Archive News
Linda
McMahon's Senate campaign got a major-league boost today. The
Quinnipiac University poll showed the race tightening up, with Democrat
Richard Blumenthal's lead only ten points at 50/40. Just three weeks ago
the vote was 54% to 37% for Blumenthal, a 17% lead. In a key
demographic, Linda leads Blumenthal 46% to 44% head-to-head among
Independents, her first lead in that category.
In the Republican
primary, Linda leads both Rob Simmons and Peter Schiff by substantial
margins. McMaho... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, May 2, 2011
Michael’s First Appearance on TV Since Retiring in March; Wife Rebecca Joins Him Hunting
New
Berlin, WI – August 3, 2010 – Hunting gear, shooting birds
and…wrestling? That’s what you’ll see on this week’s episode of The
Experience with Weston and Jodi Clark as the couple hosts recently
retired WWE star, Shawn Michaels, and his wife, Rebecca. The Experience
with Weston and Jodi Clark airs Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. EST, with
re-airs on Thursdays at 12 a.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, May 2, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
WWE
have apparently made amends with another controversial former talent as
Debrah Miceli (a/k/a Alundra Blayze, Madusa) is featured in the latest
edition of Where Are They Now?.
Fifteen years after infamously
dropping the WWE Women's Championship into a garbage can on a December
1995 edition of WCW Monday Nitro, Miceli candidly discusses the infamous
scene with WWE.com.
"The longest running question to this day is
why in the hell did you throw the title in the trash can?" Miceli said.
... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, May 2, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
TNA
star Kurt Angle posted a few messages on Twitter.com/anglefoods1
comparing his new movie "Beyond the Mat" to WWE star John Cena's
"Legendary." Both are about amateur wrestling, but Angle says Cena's
movie lacks realism.
"I heard that "Beyond the Mat" comes out in
Jan. Legendary comes out next month. The difference is realism.
Legendary is not true to real wrestling. Beyond the Mat, it has me, Ken
Shamrock- all world class athletes who know how to succeed."
His next comment got cut of... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, May 2, 2011 In : Archive Interviews
AJ Styles recently spoke about the state of TNA, here are some highlights…
On
Losing The Title To RVD: "I definitely didn't understand it. For the
life of me, I couldn't figure it. I was very surprised that they would
want me to lose that title after holding it for so long, and to somebody
who hasn't been in wrestling for over a year, and came from WWE to win
the World Title so quickly. And he should have been tired from wrestling
a match before that (against Jeff Hardy). I was very co... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, May 2, 2011 In : Archive Interviews
WWE star Drew McIntyre was recently interviewed by Slam Wrestling and
spoke about the strong push he's gotten so far and what it's like being
Vince McMahon's "chosen one."
McIntyre says despite the fact
that he's still one of the newer faces in WWE, he's already got all the
tools to be a top star and is rising to the top for a reason. "There's a
lot of hype for a good reason," McIntyre said. "I don't know. Maybe
it's just me, but I believe in my head, but I feel that... when I was
home...
Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, May 2, 2011 In : Archive Interviews
The
New York Post has a special feature looking at the new action movie
"The Expendables" - which they've dubbed the 'manliest movie ever.' The
action movie, which hits theaters in the United States on August 13th,
features an all-star action hero cast of Sylvester Stallone, Randy
Couture, Jason Statham, Steve Austin, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren and more.
Austin was interviewed for the piece and had the following to say about:
His
Favorite Action Movie: “I’d have to go with the first ‘... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, May 2, 2011 In : PPV Recaps
David Damage's WWE Raw Recap for 26th July 2010Okay,
this is the first time in a long time that I have actually wrote a
report of Raw while I was watching it and the reason I haven't done it
in so long is because I've been so appalled by the stupid writing and
awful / non-existant "wrestling" on the show.... anyway, here is my own
personal report of Raw last night!!
Please let me know what you
think and this could be the last one or the first of many, but I fear
that all the others wi... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Sunday, May 1, 2011 In : Archive Interviews
Dawn
Marie Damatta, who performed for World Wrestling Entertainment from
2002 to 2005, admitted to the Connecticut Post that she used steroids
during the course of her tenure in the organization.
"I chose to
take that shortcut," the former WWE Diva said. "Did Vince (McMahon) tell
me to take that shortcut? No. Did WWE? No. Why did I do it? Because I
thought that's what I needed to do in order to keep up ... There was no
testing policy."
Damatta feels one only needs to take a look at
the ... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Sunday, May 1, 2011 In : Archive News
There
was a Top Cow presentation on Saturday for the announcement by Paul
Heyman on his project with former New Line Cinema exec Jeff Katz, who
used to work for WCW in the late 1990s. The presentation was opened up
by the legendary Marc Silvestri, who ran down Top Cow's big projects for
2010, and then it was Katz's turn.
I need to say that if you
haven't seen the footage from the Wowio Yacht on Friday, go out of your
way to see it. Heyman, Samoa Joe, Shane "Hurricane" Helms, Katz, and
... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Sunday, May 1, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
Opinion.LINDA McMAHON: An outsider’s perspective
Published: Sunday, July 25, 2010
The
double-barreled attacks on my U.S. Senate candidacy last week by Chris
Powell and Keith Burris in this newspaper demonstrated a stunning lack
of understanding of who I am, what I stand for and why I’m running.
Fortunately, the voters I talk to every day have a much better
understanding, and in the end it will be the opinions of the people —
not the pundits — that matter.
Both authors advance the u... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Sunday, May 1, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
Lance Storm, who has been highly critical of TNA Wrestling's creative process in recent
years,
posted a blog on his official website saying he declined their offer to
appear at next month's Hardcore Justice pay-per-view event. Here is his
full statement:
"I was hoping to write a bigger article about
the TNA: ECW Themed PPV, because I am getting bombarded with questions,
but I've got a very busy schedule for the next week, so I'll just
address this here and now. I was asked if I would be ... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Sunday, May 1, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
Randy
Orton recently made some harsh comments concerning former WWE and
current TNA star Ken Anderson. Orton had the following to say:
"He
is in denial. He thinks you have to be able to do a moonsault to know
how to work. And, as far as dropping me on my head, he did. He never got
to see all 4 camera angles of him doing it. I did. Plus, the left side
of my neck down to my trap was sore all week in Mexico. I did tell Ken
that he shouldn't be dropping me on my head with such a simple basi... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Sunday, May 1, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
Some
serious claims are being made towards former WWE performer Dawn Marie
Damatta as she is being accused of embezzling her charitable
organization, "Wrestlers Rescue."
The organization, which was
founded in 2008, creates awareness and helps raise money to support the
health care needs of retired professional wrestlers. However, former
friends of Damatta say they are unaware of whom the organization has
benefited and where the money raised has gone.
According to The
Sun writer Mike Ald... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Sunday, May 1, 2011 In : Archive Interviews
The Southeast Texas Examiner recently interviewed The Miz, here are some highlights…
On
Getting Into Wrestling: "After I left The Real World in New York, I
moved back to Cleveland to live with my dad. I looked at myself in the
mirror and asked myself what I wanted to do with my life and my first
thought was to become a WWE superstar. I went on the Internet and found a
good wrestling school in Los Angeles called UPW (Ultimate Pro
Wrestling) and at the time had some guys who had ties wit... Continue reading...
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