Post by Larry Goodman on Dec 2, 2010 20:37:59 GMT -5
Courtesy of Mike Aldren
Impact tonight includes Machine Guns vs. Beer Money vs. Generation Me
vs. Ink Inc in a non-title match; Madison Rayne vs. Angelina Love vs.
Sarita in a non-title match; The Pope & Samoa Joe vs. Jeff Jarrett &
Abyss; Kaz vs. Douglas Williams; plus the fall out of Dixie Carter's
return and Matt Morgan announces the special referee for his title match
against Jeff Hardy at Sunday's Final Resolution pay-per-view.
***
The shows in Abu Dhabi this past week turned into somewhat of a
disappointment in that the local promoter had claimed they would
sell-out, but each show drew less than 400 people paid (mostly young
kids with parents) in a 4,000 seat arena, which is why the footage the
company posted on its YouTube channel didn't include any visible crowd
shots. It's important to note that these were sold shows--so the company
either already has or gets paid whatever the promoter guaranteed in
advance including costs. Tickets were reportedly very expensive priced
upwards of $200 and local promotion wasn't very good. There was also an
issue with the ring, in that upon inspection nobody felt like taking
many bumps.
AJ Styles suffered a hand injury on the first night of the tour. One of
his fingers or thumb was broken and he was sent to a local hospital for
treatment. He worked the other shows so he wasn't hurt too badly.
Mick Foley was interviewed by Jeff Katz for his www.geekweek.com
website. Foley, who was brutally open in this interview, indicated that
when his current deal expires next year he probably won't be re-signing.
"Once you have Hulk Hogan as the face of your company, there's no need
for me. And one of the challenges they have on their show, and I
understand completely, is there's only so much room for the
non-wrestling talker every week, and I had a lot of time to do that for
a year and a half. I don't know if wrestling is going to play a role at
all. Who knows? Part of my life will always be involved in wrestling. I
don't see myself at the Motor City Comic Con or doing many indys." He
talked about being really disappointed that the company decided not to
air footage of his appearance at the Jon Stewart 'Rally For Sanity' in
Washington, DC. He also expressed frustration with creative saying that
sometimes he feels like he doesn't know who's running the show,
comparing some aspects of the way the company is run to WCW back in the
day.
Reaction on 12/16 has been moved down to 11:30pm by Spike to make way
for a new show called Phowned.
The Sun at www.the-sun.co.uk/wrestling interviewed Bret Hart who
elaborated on his recent comments on Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff:
"(TNA) spent several years building their young stars and, like with
what happened to me in WCW, I just sense they don't have enough brains
between them to keep all the other guys going where they need to go. I
fear TNA simply bought the names and they're going to get the same
baloney we all did in WCW. No matter how old he is, or what kind of
shape he's in, Hogan believes in his heart that he's the star of the
show and he is wrestling. I don't think he gives a damn about anyone
else... I have a lot of friends there and I would never rule out working
for the company. But I certainly never see myself there while Hogan or
Bischoff are. I think I'd rather not put myself through that again."
Impact tonight includes Machine Guns vs. Beer Money vs. Generation Me
vs. Ink Inc in a non-title match; Madison Rayne vs. Angelina Love vs.
Sarita in a non-title match; The Pope & Samoa Joe vs. Jeff Jarrett &
Abyss; Kaz vs. Douglas Williams; plus the fall out of Dixie Carter's
return and Matt Morgan announces the special referee for his title match
against Jeff Hardy at Sunday's Final Resolution pay-per-view.
***
The shows in Abu Dhabi this past week turned into somewhat of a
disappointment in that the local promoter had claimed they would
sell-out, but each show drew less than 400 people paid (mostly young
kids with parents) in a 4,000 seat arena, which is why the footage the
company posted on its YouTube channel didn't include any visible crowd
shots. It's important to note that these were sold shows--so the company
either already has or gets paid whatever the promoter guaranteed in
advance including costs. Tickets were reportedly very expensive priced
upwards of $200 and local promotion wasn't very good. There was also an
issue with the ring, in that upon inspection nobody felt like taking
many bumps.
AJ Styles suffered a hand injury on the first night of the tour. One of
his fingers or thumb was broken and he was sent to a local hospital for
treatment. He worked the other shows so he wasn't hurt too badly.
Mick Foley was interviewed by Jeff Katz for his www.geekweek.com
website. Foley, who was brutally open in this interview, indicated that
when his current deal expires next year he probably won't be re-signing.
"Once you have Hulk Hogan as the face of your company, there's no need
for me. And one of the challenges they have on their show, and I
understand completely, is there's only so much room for the
non-wrestling talker every week, and I had a lot of time to do that for
a year and a half. I don't know if wrestling is going to play a role at
all. Who knows? Part of my life will always be involved in wrestling. I
don't see myself at the Motor City Comic Con or doing many indys." He
talked about being really disappointed that the company decided not to
air footage of his appearance at the Jon Stewart 'Rally For Sanity' in
Washington, DC. He also expressed frustration with creative saying that
sometimes he feels like he doesn't know who's running the show,
comparing some aspects of the way the company is run to WCW back in the
day.
Reaction on 12/16 has been moved down to 11:30pm by Spike to make way
for a new show called Phowned.
The Sun at www.the-sun.co.uk/wrestling interviewed Bret Hart who
elaborated on his recent comments on Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff:
"(TNA) spent several years building their young stars and, like with
what happened to me in WCW, I just sense they don't have enough brains
between them to keep all the other guys going where they need to go. I
fear TNA simply bought the names and they're going to get the same
baloney we all did in WCW. No matter how old he is, or what kind of
shape he's in, Hogan believes in his heart that he's the star of the
show and he is wrestling. I don't think he gives a damn about anyone
else... I have a lot of friends there and I would never rule out working
for the company. But I certainly never see myself there while Hogan or
Bischoff are. I think I'd rather not put myself through that again."