California's State Athletic Commission is getting ready to start taxing professional wrestling. Bill Douglas of the CSAC is currently organizing a meeting of wrestling promoters in the Southern California area to discuss "where we have been, where we are now, and where we are going with this." He said right now professional wrestling in CA was unregulated and would continue to be so, but they were keeping an eye on Congressional hearings and that if regulation in the state actually happens, "look forward to California testing wrestlers across the board the way we do for boxing, kickboxing, and MMA which means testing for anabolic agents, masking agents, diuretics, and drugs of abuse". Reports say they're going to take 5% of all event gates or $500 upfront, effective immediately.
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October 22, 2007
October 21, 2007
UFC leader White needs to learn how to cope with competition
...White surely counted on competition, but there's no way he could have predicted the proliferation of fight organizations. Loaded with cash, but not necessarily good business models, these fly-by-night groups are largely unknown. They have money to make headlines, but no one knows if they'll have the staying power of UFC, which was founded in 1993.
Still, White believes UFC runs the industry, much like promoter Vince McMahon and pro wrestling. That's a false reality. White's obnoxious and pompous comments that degrade the fighters -- he said in one report that he "owns" Couture -- might make for great stories, but he might be helping his own demise...White needs to make the big fights a reality. His feud with Chuck Liddell has turned a cash cow into a sinking ship. Can you imagine boxing promoter Don King or McMahon purposely tarnishing their biggest moneymakers?...More?
source: delawareonline.com
October 20, 2007
Breaking News: Brock Lesnar Signs With The UFC
It was confirmed during the UFC 77 "Hostile Territory" pay-per view that former WWE superstar, turned recent MMA star Brock Lesnar has signed a deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
No announcement was made on when, where or who he will fight against, but this comes as a complete shocker as no one had reported anything about this prior to tonight's event.
October 19, 2007
TNA News
TNA is in talks with former WWE talents Scott Taylor and Brian Lawler.
Judas Mesias is out indefinitely.
Kevin Nash has told TNA management that he and Scott Hall have discussed reforming their tag team in TNA.
The Victory Road 2007 DVD will be released on 11/4 as an FYE exclusive.
Report from Newcastle Signings
This is a report from a fan at the Newcastle signings:
Last Monday I was at the Batista signings in Newcastle, England. We got told that he was at the building but he didn't come out until 45 minutes later than what he was supposed to arrive at. I think he might have had his make up done I’m not sure. He wasn't in a good mood apparently. The security guard told us that you can only get pictures taken with them depending on how they feel and if they've had a good training session and journey. We weren't allowed to take any with him but were allowed like one or two of him. Also whilst talking to the security guard he said Triple H is the nicest wrestler he's went to an autograph session with. [Thanks to Raz G]
New UFC Fantasy Game
Zuffa, LLC, owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship® organization, today announced the launch of a new UFC Fantasy game (fantasy.ufc.com), which will allow fans the opportunity to play a fantasy game right along with the live UFC fights.
“Fans have been asking the UFC to create a new Fantasy game,” said Dana White, UFC President. “We spent a lot of time making sure we developed the kind of game our fans really wanted, and it is incredible – we developed a free Pick’em style game with a full feature set of voting options, and the ability for players to form Leagues.”...More?
October 18, 2007
Batista & The Undertaker with Ricky Hatton
As Ricky Hatton prepares for his big fight with Floyd Mayfeather, WWE Superstars The Undertaker and Batista came to watch the Hitman's workout.
Click here for the video.
source: skysports.com
Pro Wrestling Reality Show
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter is reporting that the Learning Channel has commissioned a show called "Roughhouse," which is a reality show about wrestlers being trained in the PCW promotion based in Arlington, TX. They are filming training sessions over the next several weeks.
October 17, 2007
ECW Airing on WWE.com
WWE announced today that effective immediately they will begin airing full ECW TV episodes on the official WWE web site. This further raises questions that ECW’s television deal with the Sci-Fi Network will not be renewed past the end of 2007.
