– Dave Scherer is reporting that the Thanksgiving edition of TNA iMPACT did a 1.0 cable rating last week on Spike TV. That number was well received backstage in TNA as it was right around what the company usually does and was on a major United States holiday. – Kane will be signing autographs on…
Last night on SpikeTV was the final regular episode of The Ultimate Fighter®: Team Serra vs. Team Hughes. Episode 12 featured two semifinal fights. — Mac Danzig defeated John Kolosci with a rear naked choke with 30 seconds remaining in the first round. — Tommy Speer knocked out George Sotiropoulos with about one miniute remaining…
– Vince McMahon called into today’s Opie & Anthony radio show as a special Christmas gift to the listeners. McMahon plugged Monday’s Tribute to the Troops show and he was asked who all worked the show. He said Shawn Michaels, Triple H, and Bob Orton before correcting himself and saying Bob’s son without ever mentioning…
WWE taped this week’s edition of SmackDown at The John LaBatt Centre in London, Ontario, Canada. Special thanks to reader Shane Manners for texting in the following results. Off-Air Notes: – According to our correspondent the arena is approximately 90% full. Only half of the top section is tarped off. – I’m not too sure…
source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter — Despite all the hype of WWE garnering 13,189,061 total votes for Cyber Sunday, the preliminary estimate has the show doing 191,000 pay-per-view buys, which would be the second lowest mark of the year, trailing only One Night Stand. Furthermore, Cyber Sunday drew only 118,000 buys from North America alone. This…
source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter — “Stone Cold” Steve Austin is following in the footsteps of Ultimate Warror and Chyna as he has legally changed his real name to his wrestling name. “Stone Cold” has legally changed his name from Steve Williams to Steve Austin. — Joey Styles’ latest column has him taking aim and JBL…
partial source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter — If you recall, Stevie Richards was getting a fair amount of television time on ECW broadcasts throughout the summer and into the fall, but without warning, he completely disappeared. He hasn’t appeared on a single show since mid-September. What happened is that in October, Richards’ difficulties breathing worsened to…
– Jay Briscoe suffered a minor injury at Ring of Honor’s show on Friday in Boston, Massachusetts. According to various sources, Briscoe was knocked out after his head titled the wrong direction while taking a superkick from Jigsaw. Somehow Briscoe did not suffer a concussion but Ring of Honor did an injury angle to take…
Source: PWInsider.com — The Disney film “The Game Plan” starring Dwayne “The Rock” will be released on DVD tomorrow. Disney absolutely loves working with Johnson. They were so impressed with his professionalism and willingness to promote the film (including appearances on Disney Channel series episodes as a guest star) that they immediately signed him to…
Thanks to reader Joseph Santangelo for sending this in: First of all the line to get in the garden was stretched all around the building. One we got in we were able to buy a program for $15. It showed every single WWE superstar on the roster but Lashley was not in there. TNA sent…