The Wrestling Gospel

[Lobo]

Has anyone here picked up the Hardys dvd?

 

[kane9321]

Holy damn.

YEP..my thoughts exactly

 

[bullets]

Has anyone here picked up the Hardys dvd?

I thought that wasn't out until april 29th , at fye you can buy the alien vs predator / avp requiem two set but requiem isnt available alone until the 15th.

 

[bullets]

If only it was Extreme Rules, God I miss the old days of 'ECW'; whenever you felt like an alternative to Wrestling, watch 'ECW', but now... where's the barbed wire, singapore canes, etc? Ever since they got rid of the Originals, there goes the 'Extreme' in 'ECW'

It's because McMahon has a different vision of what he wants to do with it . After Vince won the ECW championship he basically killed the brand.
It should be used to develop the younger stars , I think that is what they are doing for the most part. They throw in Kane and Chavo to give it credibility . The original ecw is dead and most of it's stars are gone. I would like to see dreamer get the title one day. However i like what they done with c.m. punk and morrison , and want more for shelton , burke , and kofi .

 

[thejon93]

It's because McMahon has a different vision of what he wants to do with it . After Vince won the ECW championship he basically killed the brand.
It should be used to develop the younger stars , I think that is what they are doing for the most part. They throw in Kane and Chavo to give it credibility . The original ecw is dead and most of it's stars are gone. I would like to see dreamer get the title one day. However i like what they done with c.m. punk and morrison , and want more for shelton , burke , and kofi .

Yep, well said, bullets.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Spoiler about Nattie Neidhart:

Spoiler

She will debut this Friday officially as Natalia Niedhart. They show a video package of her father, Jim Niedhart

 

[NDX]

- ROH booker Gabe Sapolsky has confirmed that Austin Aries will miss this weekend's events in Boston and Edison after suffering a head injury of some sort. Aries hopes to be back for the events next weekend in Detroit and Chicago.

- Unconfirmed reports have WWE concerned about Big Daddy V's health, and being sent home to drop weight. Lets hope this is the case.

- Congratulations go out to the Hennig family. Curt's son Joe, and his wife, recently had a baby, which would make Larry Hennig a great-grandfather. Curt's daughter Amy is under a WWE development deal, and is training at Harley Race's in Eldon, MO.

- Harry Smith (DH Smith) has turned heel, and will use the name The Canadian Bulldog. Smith did the heel turn on Heat.

- Ric Flair's new DVD will be released on 7/8.

- Samantha and Randy Orton are expecting their first child on 7/15.

- ECW diva Kelly Kelly was asked about posing for Playboy at the Bacon, Bagels and Biceps brunch. She said maybe. The event was attended by close to 2,000 people at $125 per head.

- The transition from the WWE creative staff to developmental by Dusty Rhodes had been in the works for some time. Rhodes wanted to switch to developmental when Michael Hayes replaced Dave Lagana as the head Smackdown writer. Rhodes, who had been helping with ECW, was also looking for a reduced travel schedule. In his new role, Rhodes will be liason to Stephanie McMahon.

- Michael Hayes and Ed Koskey have been mentioned as names that could end up the head writer for ECW. Koskey is currently a Raw writer, and could work on both shows. There is a concern that Hayes might burn out if he heads both shows.

- The rumored main event for Bound for Glory is Samoa Joe vs Sting.

- TNAwrestling.com has added brand new Knockouts photos of Karen Angle. (You know what to do, Hunter)

(credit: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

- Apolo is considered a fugitive.

He came to Puerto Rico and his situation was announced by a local TV News program, NOTICENTRO, on late february.

He was sentenced to a detour program to attend his legal issues on a Domestic Violence case to avoid going to jail, but he never showed up ald left to the US . There he apparently hides on a wrestler home and when he failed a drug test (not sure if it was for narcotics or enhancing drugs), apparently the news spread to the local authorities, who declared him a fugitive.

He came back to Puerto Rico. Apparently he went to live in his father’s home, but recently his father expelled him from the house.

He was backstage on IWA’s March 15 event at Caguas. A witness that asked for his name not being disclosed, believes that Apolo is on drugs as he has lost muscular body and seemed to be starting to be out of shape, with red eyes and like hiding from the police, because as soon as he left the area, about 10 minutes later several police officers came to the show looking for him.

Apparently IWA is trying to avoid again his precense on other future events as soon as hi ssituation clears up.

(credit to Manuel González - PRWNEWS)

 

[PyroChamber]

Spoiler about Nattie Neidhart:

Spoiler

She will debut this Friday officially as Natalia Niedhart. They show a video package of her father, Jim Niedhart

I guess Nattie is not a sexy enough name for a WWE diva?

 

[NDX]

Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter, PWTorch.com

-- Last night's edition of WWE RAW drew a 3.3 rating, a substantial drop from last week's show. The first hour drew a 3.15 rating and the second hour drew a 3.48 rating.

This week's number dropped 18 percent among men 18-49 and all people 18-49. The show had an average audience of 4.7 million people.

The substantial drop in viewership can be attributed almost entirely to last night's NCAA Men's Basketball Finals.

-- Ross Greenburg, President of HBO Sports, recently commented on Floyd Mayweather's involvement in pro wrestling. Greenburg said, "We need our fighters to promote our own sport, not someone else’s." Mayweather has stated publicly that he would like to work with WWE again and there have been talks of WWE helping with the promotion of future Mayweather boxing fights.

-- Roddy Piper was not able to attend WrestleMania weeeknd because he was in Canada filming a movie. Piper and Flair are longtime friends and former WWE tag team champions.

-- WWE has sent Big Daddy V home to lose some weight. The company is worried about V's health and have been considering sending him home for quite some time. He was not in Orlando for WrestleMania weekend. He was originally booked to play a major part in the WrestleMania battle royal and was going to begin a program with Kane following the PPV.

-- When the Undertaker vs. Edge match at WrestleMania started, some witnesses heard an argument with one female staffer yelling on her walkie talkie that the fireworks display planned for the end of the show should be canceled because it was too windy. However, the woman was being told that the plans weren't going to change. Of course, an accident occurred at the conclusion of Undertaker's match when a cable that held the fireworks snapped, shooting rockets into the upper deck. 40 to 45 fans were injured, with more than 30 of them burned, and only three people hospitalized. No one was seriously injured though. It is unclear as to who made the final call to to do the fireworks display, or whether anyone from WWE heard about the woman's warnings. A few people in the upper decks were actually hit a few times from remnants of fireworks. Also, a few people in the upper decks thought that were a few close calls because of how close the shots were to them. From where some people were sitting, more people were scared than awed from the bigger explosions.

-- There were several fights in the stands during WrestleMania. Also, one man was tasered by security, which led to a "Holy ****!" chant, as well as a "Don't tase me bro!" one.

-- Trish Stratus appeared on Live Audio Wrestling on Sunday night. When asked about TNA, she said she's watched their show and thinks its "amazing." Trish said that she loves the fact that every girl in TNA works. On whether she watches WWE, she said she doesn't really watch the show anymore, but keeps up with things online and by listening to Live Audio Wrestling every Sunday. Trish also reiterates her thoughts on the "BunnyMania" match at WrestleMania, saying that there is a place for that kind of stuff, but that WWE should have had a women's storyline involving Beth Phoenix & her title for the show as well. Trish goes on to say that she didn't like the situation one bit.

-- With the 2008 WWE Draft Lottery approaching, head SmackDown! writer Michael Hayes is looking to move Triple H over to the SmackDown! brand. Hayes wants Triple H to work as a heel in a main evrent program against The Undertaker.

There are not many within WWE that expect Triple H to make the jump. There is still a stigma that SmackDown! is the "B" brand and Triple H has been against moving to Smackdown! in the past.

The Observer also notes that Triple H does want to turn heel, but he's looking for a WWE title run on RAW.

-- Robbie McAllister was with his son when he was seen sitting in the audience at the March 27 TNA Impact show. He was at the show because he's good friends with Johnny Devine. McAllister waited in line with fans to get in. Some people in TNA knew that he was coming ahead of time and promised Devine that they would do nothing to get McAllister in trouble.

Of course, McAllister was shown on television during the show and Devine was furious about being double-crossed by his own company. A number of younger wrestlers were upset with TNA, however, the older wrestlers who went through the WWF vs. WCW war saw it as just a part of wrestling.

Additionally, TNA didn't show Robbie McAllister earlier in the show because they were scrambling to find out McAllister's real name. They were asking around and it took a bit of time before they could get an answer.

After being shown on camera, McAllister immediately got a text message from the office telling him to leave the building. McAllister was then sent home from WrestleMania weekend.

The feeling is that he isn't going to be fired due to the incident, but that he's going to be in the doghouse instead.

McAllister returned to action at Monday's Raw/Heat taping, losing to former TNA wrestler Ron Killings in a dark match.

-- A confrontation between Mike Knox & Stevie Richards was advertised for tonight's ECW on Sci Fi, but nixed. Here is what they advertised on ECW.com regarding them: "Also on ECW, Stevie Richards faced his in and out of the ring rival, Mike Knox, for the first time in one-on-one action. Richards fell short to Knox, whose sights have been set on decimating the ECW Original for the last few weeks. What does Knox want from Richards, and how will the ECW Original show Knox he won’t waver again?"

-- ECW's website has a feature comparing Colin Delaney to some "Lovable Losers" from wrestling's past. Delaney's compared to Barry Horowitz, Mikey Whipwreck, Eugene, Brooklyn Brawler, George "The Animal" Steele, and Gillberg.

-- As Daniel reported, the wrestler who debuted as Chavo Guerrero's enforcer last night on ECW was WWE developmental star Justin "The Ox" Laroche. Laroche wrestled as "Magnus Maximus" on the Midwest indy scene for many years. He spent a lot of time in Ohio Valley and was recently sent to Florida Championship Wrestling in Tampa. No word on what his ring name will be in ECW, the ECW commentators and WWE.com have referred to him simply as Chavo Guererro's new "ally".

-- Ric Flair did not appear (and was not even mentioned) on last night's premiere episode of "Secret Talents of the Stars" on CBS. The show will be featuring four celebrities per week and Flair was not one of the first four. He won't be on next week's show either.

-- The Atlanta NBC affiliate and WSB AM 750 have updates on the story of police investigating drugs being found in the former home of ECW wrestler Mike Knox.

The items found in two shoe boxes in a crawl space in an attic of the wrestler's former home include several bottles & vials possibly containing performance-enhancing drugs such as HGH and steroids, (some bottles were labeled 'steroids' and 'HGH'), 20 syringes, pay stubs from WWE, and WWE's dress code memo from 2004. Additionally, Judson Powell, the person who lives in the house now, is saying that he found WWE contracts and other paperwork referring to Mike Hettinga, who of course is ECW wrestler Mike Knox.

According to investigators, they believe that the drugs came from one of those shady drug firms. They are saying that the substances came from the SportsMed Science clinic in Florida, which was shut down some time ago after an unlicensed doctor sold drugs to an undercover police officer.

World Wrestling Entertainment sent a statement to the Associated Press on Tuesday, noting that four wrestlers previously lived in the home and only one of them currently wrestles for the organization, that being Mike Knox of course.

PWInsider.com is reporting that former WWE developmental wrestlers Derek Niekirk and Ryan O'Reilly were two of the other three residents at the home. In September 2006, O'Reilly & tag partner Niekirk were on the verge of being called up to the ECW roster, but O'Reilly was suspended for 30 days due to a Wellness Policy violation and those plans were squashed. Danny Basham went down with an injury at the same time, and Niekirk replaced him as one of Heyman's masked henchman. Early this year, Niekirk was released from his developmental contract following a 30 day suspension for a Wellness violation. O'Riley left the company in October due to personal issues with his girlfriend, Krissy Vaine.

One missing piece of information in the timeline is whether the drugs were acquired and used prior to or after WWE instituted their Wellness Policy in November 2005. Mike Knox signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment in February 2005. Knox didn't start in WWE until Deep South Wrestling started holding shows in Georgia in September of that year, just before the Wellness Policy went into effect. Knox returned to Deep South Wrestling early last year because he wasn't being used by WWE after his storyline with Kelly Kelly had concluded. Knox was working Deep South Wrestling shows up until the promotion's closure last April, so presumably, he was still living in the home at the time. As a matter of fact, he and Niekirk were Deep South Wrestling's tag team champions when WWE pulled their affiliation from the promotion.

 

[TheVileOne]

Hard to believe Randy Orton is married to a woman and is having a child. Hope he doesn't screw them up.

 

[Marx]

I guess Nattie is not a sexy enough name for a WWE diva?

Why do I have the feeling that they are going to make her a stuck up b****...instead of capitalizing on the popularity of the name.

 

[thejon93]

Hard to believe Randy Orton is married to a woman and is having a child. Hope he doesn't screw them up.

Come on, man. Randy Orton's not that kind of person, he just plays a character... which happens to be his own

 

[Lobo]

Natalia DOES sound better than Nattie IMO

 

[Marx]

Natalia DOES sound better than Nattie IMO

It also sounds arrogant and snobbish. I just hope they don't turn her into a heel.

 

[Lobo]

She's teaming with Victoria beat up cherry and McCool, she's already a heel. besides Victoria was the only heel on SD, they needed another heel diva

 

[Marx]

She's teaming with Victoria beat up cherry and McCool, she's already a heel. besides Victoria was the only heel on SD, they needed another heel diva

Oh well...I hope she does good! I still thought the new Hart Foundation gimmick would have worked better. (But one of that party had to go and get themselves fired!)

 

[Lobo]

I'm sure she'll turn face sooner or later. And when she does she'll "soften" her tough persona by referring to herself as Nattie instead of Natalia

 

[Donnie Darko]

Hard to believe Randy Orton is married to a woman and is having a child. Hope he doesn't screw them up.

as soon as the baby comes out, out of nowhere, here comes the RKO! as his blood-and-goo covered baby lies knocked out on the ground, Orton kneels over him, frothing at the mouth, shouting "how dare you touch my wife's vagina?!"

 

[Lobo]

LOl I totally just imagined Randy waiting for the baby head to pop out and then RKO it

 

[The Apatow Crew]

Then Jr's gonna come out of nowhere yelling OH my God Oh my God!

He might have just broken him in half with that RKO! My God! Lord o migty on this kids poor soul!!!!

 

[Hunter Rider]

Then HHH pins it.

 

[Lobo]

Another RKO gifs

 

[The Apatow Crew]

Another RKO gifs

The one of him RKO'ing Hogan on the car is a most. It's a classic.

 

[Lobo]

Then HHH pins it.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Then HHH pins it.

Before or after it gets FU'ed by Cena?