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Exactly what I mean. It could be a great match, but I'd rather see something fresh for Mania in the Raw title picture.
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To be honest Hunter, as a wrestling fan, I don't look that far ahead...I am more concerned with the Royal Rumble at this point and have always favored that event over WMania...It's the one PPV I watch every year regardless of whats going on.....the one thing I have grown to like about WMania is the MITB match....I think the MITB is a great story device to use throughout the year....Ideally, i'd like a knock down drag out feud with Edge.. I'd like to see Jeff get the title at the Rumble, and Edge take it out of his *** at Mania(thus keeping his streak intact)....It's been a while since WMania has had a seriously brutal and exhausting main event....
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I still think Jeff is going to win, if he doesn't have a title match at the Rumble already...he's my pick for now...
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source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
-- Umaga was brought to the television tapings this past week, but wasn't used. Upon his return to WWE, Umaga will remain on the SmackDown brand and is expected to be involved in Undertaker's next program. Umaga has been out of action since suffering a torn PCL at a SmackDown live event in Johnson City, TN on August 2, 2008 during a match with Jeff Hardy.
-- Umaga was brought to the television tapings this past week, but wasn't used. Upon his return to WWE, Umaga will remain on the SmackDown brand and is expected to be involved in Undertaker's next program. Umaga has been out of action since suffering a torn PCL at a SmackDown live event in Johnson City, TN on August 2, 2008 during a match with Jeff Hardy.
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The only problem is can't imagine since they put Punk in the mid card ,what they would do as an alternate WWE title match.
Too me those 2 events are interlocked as one big story with Mania as the payoff, although personally I too like the Rumble a lot. Edge has no streak, Taker beat him last year, and I really don't see them closing a Mania on a heel win, of course something else could go last I guess.
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HR...i stand corrected as I totally forgot about edge getting beat at Mania....
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Not a fan of that tat
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I think she had a point about the length of times the matches get, but there is a balance to consider, it takes more than just being good in the ring to make it in the WWE,
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I think she had a point about the length of times the matches get, but there is a balance to consider, it takes more than just being good in the ring to make it in the WWE,
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She's dead on....I really don't think you can agree with her on any of those points and then defend someone like Kelly Kellys "improvements"
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She's right about the length of time, but Allison neglects that a lot of the divas, be it "accomplished" or search winners lack in the charisma department.
But I don't get how you can have Mickie James, the most over and best wrestler in the division, and not have her in interesting feuds. So I agree with the mismanagement pertaining to female wrestling in the company.
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sources: Wrestling Observer Newsletter, PWInsider.com
-- WWE has plans for the Divas Champion Michelle McCool to make a full-fledged heel turn.
-- A number of wrestlers from the NWA on Fire promotion worked as extras at last night's double-shot SmackDown taping in Albany, New York. Some of them worked as security for WWE Champion Edge. Among those at the taping include John Walters, Danny Demanto, The Logan Brothers, Bobby Fish, Keith Mathews, Mat Benett, Justin Corino, Davey Boy Bling, and Ricky O.
-- ECW Champion Matt Hardy told The Post and Courier last week that he re-signed with WWE. Hardy also talked about hyperextending his previously surgically repaired left knee during an ECW title match with Finlay. "I hyperextended it and tore ligaments in the back of it midway through the European tour," Hardy said. "I had to wrestle on television a couple times after that, but what do you do? You wrap it up and go. But I'm pretty good at being responsible whenever I do get injured, and I do what I need to do as far as icing and heating and giving it the treatment it needs." Hardy saw a chiropractor a few days for the Survivor Series. "It’s going to be fine. I was lucky. I had three or four days to kind of heel and rehab it. It’s one of those things. It comes with the territory."
Posted by PWPIX on 11/26/2008
According to Dave Meltzer on Sunday night's Wrestling Observer radio show, Shawn Michaels has pitched to wrestle Undertaker at WrestleMania 25 in Houston, Texas.
Posted by PWPIX on 11/26/2008
-- As reported earlier, Gail Kim is expected to start on the SmackDown brand upon her return to WWE. She was brought to the television tapings this past week, but wasn't used. Kim was merely brought in to shoot promo photos and new chroma-key footage to be inserted during broadcasts in the future. WWE taped two editions of SmackDown on Tuesday, to air on 11/28 and 12/5. The 12/12 show is the Friday before Armageddon, and they usually don't debut wrestlers, especially as big as a star as Kim, on the show before a pay-per-view. WWE has a taping for the 12/19 show in Baltimore, but there is no taping the week after due to the holidays. Kim probably won't debut until at least after New Year's Day. Additionally, it's been rumored that Kim filmed some 'coming soon' promos, which should air in the meantime.
-- In case you didn't notice, on Monday's Raw, WWE's cameras only shot Stephanie McMahon from the waist/chest up. Strangely, there were absolutely no full-body shots of Mrs. McMahon. According to a backstage source, it was no accident as the production crew did so on purpose due to Stephanie's body shape at the moment and because she was in somewhat of a form-fitting outfit on Raw. WWE's really particular on how they want their performers to look on television, as they don't want to show them in a less-than-stellar light. As you all know, Stephanie gave birth to her second child this past July, a daughter named Murphy Claire Levesque. This same camera tactic was done as recently as a few weeks before she gave birth when she made some on-camera announcements regarding the status of Raw from WWE's Studios in Stamford, CT. Of course, Stephanie was quite pregnant at the time, but you would never know it from the way she was shot on camera as she was only shot from the chest up. Anyway, Stephanie gained quite a bit of weight during her second pregnancy, which unfortunately for her, she hasn't completely lost yet, hence the business suits and slimming black outfits, and why you shouldn't expect to see her don anything too revealing in her latest on-camera role. It's pretty well known within WWE that Stephanie has had confidence issues in the past regarding her appearance, going as far to say that a rude fan sign at least in part influenced her to get breast implants, and once saying on-screen "that she's no Torrie Wilson" and that one of the reasons America is so great is because there are different body types and images.
-- WWE referee Marty Elias is back on the road after taking a few weeks off following surgery on Thursday, September 18 for a ruptured hernia. Elias worked this past Monday night's Raw taping.
-- WWE has plans for the Divas Champion Michelle McCool to make a full-fledged heel turn.
-- A number of wrestlers from the NWA on Fire promotion worked as extras at last night's double-shot SmackDown taping in Albany, New York. Some of them worked as security for WWE Champion Edge. Among those at the taping include John Walters, Danny Demanto, The Logan Brothers, Bobby Fish, Keith Mathews, Mat Benett, Justin Corino, Davey Boy Bling, and Ricky O.
-- ECW Champion Matt Hardy told The Post and Courier last week that he re-signed with WWE. Hardy also talked about hyperextending his previously surgically repaired left knee during an ECW title match with Finlay. "I hyperextended it and tore ligaments in the back of it midway through the European tour," Hardy said. "I had to wrestle on television a couple times after that, but what do you do? You wrap it up and go. But I'm pretty good at being responsible whenever I do get injured, and I do what I need to do as far as icing and heating and giving it the treatment it needs." Hardy saw a chiropractor a few days for the Survivor Series. "It’s going to be fine. I was lucky. I had three or four days to kind of heel and rehab it. It’s one of those things. It comes with the territory."
Posted by PWPIX on 11/26/2008
According to Dave Meltzer on Sunday night's Wrestling Observer radio show, Shawn Michaels has pitched to wrestle Undertaker at WrestleMania 25 in Houston, Texas.
Posted by PWPIX on 11/26/2008
-- As reported earlier, Gail Kim is expected to start on the SmackDown brand upon her return to WWE. She was brought to the television tapings this past week, but wasn't used. Kim was merely brought in to shoot promo photos and new chroma-key footage to be inserted during broadcasts in the future. WWE taped two editions of SmackDown on Tuesday, to air on 11/28 and 12/5. The 12/12 show is the Friday before Armageddon, and they usually don't debut wrestlers, especially as big as a star as Kim, on the show before a pay-per-view. WWE has a taping for the 12/19 show in Baltimore, but there is no taping the week after due to the holidays. Kim probably won't debut until at least after New Year's Day. Additionally, it's been rumored that Kim filmed some 'coming soon' promos, which should air in the meantime.
-- In case you didn't notice, on Monday's Raw, WWE's cameras only shot Stephanie McMahon from the waist/chest up. Strangely, there were absolutely no full-body shots of Mrs. McMahon. According to a backstage source, it was no accident as the production crew did so on purpose due to Stephanie's body shape at the moment and because she was in somewhat of a form-fitting outfit on Raw. WWE's really particular on how they want their performers to look on television, as they don't want to show them in a less-than-stellar light. As you all know, Stephanie gave birth to her second child this past July, a daughter named Murphy Claire Levesque. This same camera tactic was done as recently as a few weeks before she gave birth when she made some on-camera announcements regarding the status of Raw from WWE's Studios in Stamford, CT. Of course, Stephanie was quite pregnant at the time, but you would never know it from the way she was shot on camera as she was only shot from the chest up. Anyway, Stephanie gained quite a bit of weight during her second pregnancy, which unfortunately for her, she hasn't completely lost yet, hence the business suits and slimming black outfits, and why you shouldn't expect to see her don anything too revealing in her latest on-camera role. It's pretty well known within WWE that Stephanie has had confidence issues in the past regarding her appearance, going as far to say that a rude fan sign at least in part influenced her to get breast implants, and once saying on-screen "that she's no Torrie Wilson" and that one of the reasons America is so great is because there are different body types and images.
-- WWE referee Marty Elias is back on the road after taking a few weeks off following surgery on Thursday, September 18 for a ruptured hernia. Elias worked this past Monday night's Raw taping.
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-- The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame based out of Amsterdam, New York announced their inductees for the Class of 2009 today after tallying the results of invited voters last week. They released the following statement on their website:
The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum is proud to announce the names of the 2009 Induction Class. Inductees include: Evan "Strangler" Lewis, Wladek Zbyszko, Billy Graham, Jay Strongbow, Randy Savage, Paul Orndorff, Antonio Inoki, the tag team of Mark Lewin & Don Curtis, Lou Albano, and Donna Christantello. The Senator Hugh Farley Award will be given to Hank Garrett.
For more information on the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum, visit www.PWHF.org.
-- The title track from the new Guns-n-Roses album Chinese Democracy is the official theme of the Armageddon pay-per-view, which is scheduled to take place on Sunday, December 14. WWE has a note on the partnership at the following link.
-- WWE has plans for the Divas Champion Michelle McCool to make a full-fledged heel turn.
-- A number of wrestlers from the NWA on Fire promotion worked as extras at last night's double-shot SmackDown taping in Albany, New York. Some of them worked as security for WWE Champion Edge. Among those at the taping include John Walters, Danny Demanto, The Logan Brothers, Bobby Fish, Keith Mathews, Mat Benett, Justin Corino, Davey Boy Bling, and Ricky O.
-- ECW Champion Matt Hardy told The Post and Courier last week that he re-signed with WWE. Hardy also talked about hyperextending his previously surgically repaired left knee during an ECW title match with Finlay. "I hyperextended it and tore ligaments in the back of it midway through the European tour," Hardy said. "I had to wrestle on television a couple times after that, but what do you do? You wrap it up and go. But I'm pretty good at being responsible whenever I do get injured, and I do what I need to do as far as icing and heating and giving it the treatment it needs." Hardy saw a chiropractor a few days for the Survivor Series. "It’s going to be fine. I was lucky. I had three or four days to kind of heel and rehab it. It’s one of those things. It comes with the territory." You can read the article at the following link.
-- A number of WWE employees besides the wrestlers are worried about their job security, reports prowrestling.NET. Some of the road agents are concerned that cuts could be coming their way, not to mention that some of the creative team members believe they're not immune to the budget cuts. WWE recently altered the schedule for referees to cut down on the number of them being used in order to save money. Additionally, Vince McMahon has been to known to threaten creative team members by saying changes could be coming when he feels he doesn't have their full attention. McMahon recently made one of those threats, which put some of the writers on edge. One source added that he doesn't want to see anyone lose their job, but felt the company could do without some of the agents. The source said, "Let's be honest, if everyone in the room says yes, how many agents do you really need?" He also added that most of them have a "yes men" reputation.
-- Paul Heyman has posted an article at the UK Sun website commenting on WWE's "ill-conceived" Jeff Hardy hospitalization storyline over the weekend, which he says is downright bad for business.
After stating that it would be "rather hypocritical" for him to point fingers about whether a storyline crossed any lines, Heyman asks, "What was so wrong about the storyline? Was it that WWE has blurred the line on its own in-house website, which is where news like Eddie Guerrero's death or the Chris Benoit family tragedy has been first broken? Was it the eerie feeling some people had on the morning of a big show, hearing about a top star being found unconscious in a hotel, invoking memories of Eddie and even Brian Pillman? We're back to the issue of 'taste'"
Heyman adds, "For some people, the manner in which WWE presented this storyline twist was just revolting. The callous view taken by WWE chairman Vince McMahon and those around him, not even taking into account how brazenly insensitive this storyline may be viewed, is yet another in a long line of demonstrations by McMahon that getting people talking is paramount."
Heyman continues to discuss the other reasons WWE simply viewed as "low brow" entertainment and unable to secure coveted advertising partners. You can read the entire piece at TheSun.co.uk.
-- Reader Darren Bloch sent this in: "I was looking for some new apps for my G1 phone, happened upon a review for phonefusion's voicemail plus (video voicemail) and then I figured I would watch a video demonstrating it on the ZDnet blog page....low and behold it was Stevie Richards (aka Michael Manna) giving the demo." Link: (Stevie Richards Cellphone Review)
http://blogs.zdnet.com/cell-phones/?p=312
The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum is proud to announce the names of the 2009 Induction Class. Inductees include: Evan "Strangler" Lewis, Wladek Zbyszko, Billy Graham, Jay Strongbow, Randy Savage, Paul Orndorff, Antonio Inoki, the tag team of Mark Lewin & Don Curtis, Lou Albano, and Donna Christantello. The Senator Hugh Farley Award will be given to Hank Garrett.
For more information on the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum, visit www.PWHF.org.
-- The title track from the new Guns-n-Roses album Chinese Democracy is the official theme of the Armageddon pay-per-view, which is scheduled to take place on Sunday, December 14. WWE has a note on the partnership at the following link.
-- WWE has plans for the Divas Champion Michelle McCool to make a full-fledged heel turn.
-- A number of wrestlers from the NWA on Fire promotion worked as extras at last night's double-shot SmackDown taping in Albany, New York. Some of them worked as security for WWE Champion Edge. Among those at the taping include John Walters, Danny Demanto, The Logan Brothers, Bobby Fish, Keith Mathews, Mat Benett, Justin Corino, Davey Boy Bling, and Ricky O.
-- ECW Champion Matt Hardy told The Post and Courier last week that he re-signed with WWE. Hardy also talked about hyperextending his previously surgically repaired left knee during an ECW title match with Finlay. "I hyperextended it and tore ligaments in the back of it midway through the European tour," Hardy said. "I had to wrestle on television a couple times after that, but what do you do? You wrap it up and go. But I'm pretty good at being responsible whenever I do get injured, and I do what I need to do as far as icing and heating and giving it the treatment it needs." Hardy saw a chiropractor a few days for the Survivor Series. "It’s going to be fine. I was lucky. I had three or four days to kind of heel and rehab it. It’s one of those things. It comes with the territory." You can read the article at the following link.
-- A number of WWE employees besides the wrestlers are worried about their job security, reports prowrestling.NET. Some of the road agents are concerned that cuts could be coming their way, not to mention that some of the creative team members believe they're not immune to the budget cuts. WWE recently altered the schedule for referees to cut down on the number of them being used in order to save money. Additionally, Vince McMahon has been to known to threaten creative team members by saying changes could be coming when he feels he doesn't have their full attention. McMahon recently made one of those threats, which put some of the writers on edge. One source added that he doesn't want to see anyone lose their job, but felt the company could do without some of the agents. The source said, "Let's be honest, if everyone in the room says yes, how many agents do you really need?" He also added that most of them have a "yes men" reputation.
-- Paul Heyman has posted an article at the UK Sun website commenting on WWE's "ill-conceived" Jeff Hardy hospitalization storyline over the weekend, which he says is downright bad for business.
After stating that it would be "rather hypocritical" for him to point fingers about whether a storyline crossed any lines, Heyman asks, "What was so wrong about the storyline? Was it that WWE has blurred the line on its own in-house website, which is where news like Eddie Guerrero's death or the Chris Benoit family tragedy has been first broken? Was it the eerie feeling some people had on the morning of a big show, hearing about a top star being found unconscious in a hotel, invoking memories of Eddie and even Brian Pillman? We're back to the issue of 'taste'"
Heyman adds, "For some people, the manner in which WWE presented this storyline twist was just revolting. The callous view taken by WWE chairman Vince McMahon and those around him, not even taking into account how brazenly insensitive this storyline may be viewed, is yet another in a long line of demonstrations by McMahon that getting people talking is paramount."
Heyman continues to discuss the other reasons WWE simply viewed as "low brow" entertainment and unable to secure coveted advertising partners. You can read the entire piece at TheSun.co.uk.
-- Reader Darren Bloch sent this in: "I was looking for some new apps for my G1 phone, happened upon a review for phonefusion's voicemail plus (video voicemail) and then I figured I would watch a video demonstrating it on the ZDnet blog page....low and behold it was Stevie Richards (aka Michael Manna) giving the demo." Link: (Stevie Richards Cellphone Review)
http://blogs.zdnet.com/cell-phones/?p=312
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She's not dead on b/c she talks like this is a sport and it's not, being the best worker is not gonna make you a star, presence, charisma and look are a huge part of it, that's why Batista has 2 Mania title matches under his belt and Finlay hasn't.
Girls have to learn to improve, Kelly is doing that, the other option is bring in these great workers who look like trannies and old boilers, and watch the channel flipping ensue.
So I agree that when Mickie faces Beth they often do not get enough time, but she offers no logical solution to creating a bigger Diva roster that can both work and draw interest.
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This is a smart move as she was not getting over as a bland face.
Oh god.
Poor Steph, I am sure Vince was very supportive..........
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