Post by Larry Goodman on Nov 29, 2010 10:39:29 GMT -5
Courtesy of Mike Aldren
11/25 Superstars TV results: Curt Hawkins over Trent Barreta; Santino
Marella & Kozlov over Zack Ryder & Primo; and Mark Henry over The Usos.
11/26 Smackdown TV results from Orlando, FL: Kofi Kingston over Jack
Swagger; Alberto Del Rio over Big Show via CO; Drew McIntyre over MVP;
Kelly Kelly over Michelle McCool; and Cody Rhodes over Rey Mysterio.
Raw tonight from Philly is a live three-hour special King of the Ring
tournament, formerly the company's fifth major PPV event from 1993 until
2002. Miss USA Rima Fakin is advertised as guest host--she'll be
crowning the winner, who will be one of either Daniel Bryan, John
Morrison, Ezekiel Jackson, Sheamus, Cody Rhodes, Drew McIntyre, Kofi
Kingston or Alberto Del Rio--who is probably the most likely winner of
all those guys. There was also talk of Bryan winning as Bryan vs.
William Regal (KOTR winner in 2008) is a program they want to push
following their great matches in Europe.
The Smackdown/NXT taping is Tuesday in Norfolk, VA.
***
Online reports that Bobby Heenan is hospitalized in very poor health in
Tampa are completely false. The rumor got started after Lanny Poffo on
his audio show said that a friend told him Bobby was in a coma and
"might be on his last legs". Bobby's wife Cindy said Bobby spent
Thanksgiving at home with his family and is doing very well and telling
jokes. He was hospitalized several week's ago after breaking his hip for
a second time, but he's doing much better now.
The Raw crew ran Sunday afternoon in Salisbury, MD with the debut of
"Juan Cena" (complete with Lucha mask that matches his garb) in a
three-way with Miz and Wade Barrett. Cena was introduced as hailing from
West Newbarina, Mexico and weighing in at 108 kilos. The finish was
Riley pulling Cena from the ring, and Miz stealing the pin. Other
matches: Henry over Riley, Slater & Gabriel over Santino & Kozlov,
Goldust over Jackson Andrews, Natalya over Alicia Fox, Bryan over
DiBiase with the LeBelle Lock, Truth over Ryder, and Sheamus over
Morrison. The show drew an estimated 3,500.
We have a photo of "Juan Cena" at tinyurl.com/37gdqcm
There is once again talk of doing away with the Cena spinner belt now
that Miz is champion. The company has had a new belt designed and ready
to go since late 2009.
Triple H, whose return is imminent, was interviewed for an upcoming
documentary on Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister. A trailer is online at
tinyurl.com/3xrdjmf
We've been asked not to name names, but at least a dozen indy wrestlers
(that we know of), including some former WWE developmental wrestlers,
have applied for the upcoming season of Tough Enough.
The first estimate for Hell in a Cell on 10/3 and Bragging Rights on
10/24 was reported by WWE to investors as an average of 173,000 buys for
the fourth quarter. Hell in a Cell was reported as doing more than
200,000 buys while Bragging Rights, which was competing for dollars the
same weekend as UFC 121 with Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez, did fewer
than 150,000 buys worldwide, and less than 100,000 domestic.
R-Truth has quietly reverted back to his old entrance music as his new
deal wasn't getting over.
There is a phenomenal video of Howard Finkel emceeing a wedding party at
tinyurl.com/2vrv7lc
Actor Leslie Nielsen (Airplane and The Naked Gun series) passed away on
Sunday at age 84 from complications of pneumonia. Nielsen appeared in
several comedy segments pushing Undertaker vs. Undertaker at Summerslam
1994.
Shonie Carter, 38, is the latest MMA fighter to claim he's interested in
joining WWE. He did an interview this past week noting that he's been
talking with CM Punk about becoming a pro wrestler. Apparently they work
out at the same gym in the Chicago area.
The UK Mirror posted a video interview with Bret Hart at
tinyurl.com/37bbudo He talks coming back to help the Hart
Dynasty, calls Vince McMahon a genius, and says between the two of them
Hogan and Bischoff, "don't have a good idea in their head about
wrestling."
Randy Orton recently cracked the Top 10 of longest WWE title reigns of
all time. He nudged Shawn Michaels out of the No. 10 spot with a
combined 420 days as champion. No. 9 is Randy Savage with 520 days, No.
8 Steve Austin 529 days, No. 7 Triple H 539 days, No. 6 Bret Hart 654
days, No. 5 John Cena 947 days, No 4 Pedro Morales 1,027 days, No. 3 Bob
Backlund 2,138 days, No. 2 Hulk Hogan 2,184 days, and No. 1 Bruno
Sammartino with 4,040 days--a record that will likely never be
surpassed.
Orlando, FL's FOX 35 covered WWE's possible physical Hall of Fame
residing in the city with comments from Sheamus and Natalya at
tinyurl.com/32dncew
Sports Illustrated at tinyurl.com/39uspme has an article on Dr.
James Andrews and his status as the preferred surgeon for many
professional athletes, including WWE wrestlers such as John Cena, Triple
H, Randy Orton and many more.
11/25 Superstars TV results: Curt Hawkins over Trent Barreta; Santino
Marella & Kozlov over Zack Ryder & Primo; and Mark Henry over The Usos.
11/26 Smackdown TV results from Orlando, FL: Kofi Kingston over Jack
Swagger; Alberto Del Rio over Big Show via CO; Drew McIntyre over MVP;
Kelly Kelly over Michelle McCool; and Cody Rhodes over Rey Mysterio.
Raw tonight from Philly is a live three-hour special King of the Ring
tournament, formerly the company's fifth major PPV event from 1993 until
2002. Miss USA Rima Fakin is advertised as guest host--she'll be
crowning the winner, who will be one of either Daniel Bryan, John
Morrison, Ezekiel Jackson, Sheamus, Cody Rhodes, Drew McIntyre, Kofi
Kingston or Alberto Del Rio--who is probably the most likely winner of
all those guys. There was also talk of Bryan winning as Bryan vs.
William Regal (KOTR winner in 2008) is a program they want to push
following their great matches in Europe.
The Smackdown/NXT taping is Tuesday in Norfolk, VA.
***
Online reports that Bobby Heenan is hospitalized in very poor health in
Tampa are completely false. The rumor got started after Lanny Poffo on
his audio show said that a friend told him Bobby was in a coma and
"might be on his last legs". Bobby's wife Cindy said Bobby spent
Thanksgiving at home with his family and is doing very well and telling
jokes. He was hospitalized several week's ago after breaking his hip for
a second time, but he's doing much better now.
The Raw crew ran Sunday afternoon in Salisbury, MD with the debut of
"Juan Cena" (complete with Lucha mask that matches his garb) in a
three-way with Miz and Wade Barrett. Cena was introduced as hailing from
West Newbarina, Mexico and weighing in at 108 kilos. The finish was
Riley pulling Cena from the ring, and Miz stealing the pin. Other
matches: Henry over Riley, Slater & Gabriel over Santino & Kozlov,
Goldust over Jackson Andrews, Natalya over Alicia Fox, Bryan over
DiBiase with the LeBelle Lock, Truth over Ryder, and Sheamus over
Morrison. The show drew an estimated 3,500.
We have a photo of "Juan Cena" at tinyurl.com/37gdqcm
There is once again talk of doing away with the Cena spinner belt now
that Miz is champion. The company has had a new belt designed and ready
to go since late 2009.
Triple H, whose return is imminent, was interviewed for an upcoming
documentary on Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister. A trailer is online at
tinyurl.com/3xrdjmf
We've been asked not to name names, but at least a dozen indy wrestlers
(that we know of), including some former WWE developmental wrestlers,
have applied for the upcoming season of Tough Enough.
The first estimate for Hell in a Cell on 10/3 and Bragging Rights on
10/24 was reported by WWE to investors as an average of 173,000 buys for
the fourth quarter. Hell in a Cell was reported as doing more than
200,000 buys while Bragging Rights, which was competing for dollars the
same weekend as UFC 121 with Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez, did fewer
than 150,000 buys worldwide, and less than 100,000 domestic.
R-Truth has quietly reverted back to his old entrance music as his new
deal wasn't getting over.
There is a phenomenal video of Howard Finkel emceeing a wedding party at
tinyurl.com/2vrv7lc
Actor Leslie Nielsen (Airplane and The Naked Gun series) passed away on
Sunday at age 84 from complications of pneumonia. Nielsen appeared in
several comedy segments pushing Undertaker vs. Undertaker at Summerslam
1994.
Shonie Carter, 38, is the latest MMA fighter to claim he's interested in
joining WWE. He did an interview this past week noting that he's been
talking with CM Punk about becoming a pro wrestler. Apparently they work
out at the same gym in the Chicago area.
The UK Mirror posted a video interview with Bret Hart at
tinyurl.com/37bbudo He talks coming back to help the Hart
Dynasty, calls Vince McMahon a genius, and says between the two of them
Hogan and Bischoff, "don't have a good idea in their head about
wrestling."
Randy Orton recently cracked the Top 10 of longest WWE title reigns of
all time. He nudged Shawn Michaels out of the No. 10 spot with a
combined 420 days as champion. No. 9 is Randy Savage with 520 days, No.
8 Steve Austin 529 days, No. 7 Triple H 539 days, No. 6 Bret Hart 654
days, No. 5 John Cena 947 days, No 4 Pedro Morales 1,027 days, No. 3 Bob
Backlund 2,138 days, No. 2 Hulk Hogan 2,184 days, and No. 1 Bruno
Sammartino with 4,040 days--a record that will likely never be
surpassed.
Orlando, FL's FOX 35 covered WWE's possible physical Hall of Fame
residing in the city with comments from Sheamus and Natalya at
tinyurl.com/32dncew
Sports Illustrated at tinyurl.com/39uspme has an article on Dr.
James Andrews and his status as the preferred surgeon for many
professional athletes, including WWE wrestlers such as John Cena, Triple
H, Randy Orton and many more.