Backlash in Baltimore, MD at the First Mariner Arena drew a sellout of about 9,000 fans for a $600,000 live gate.
source: 411wrestling.com
May 13, 2008
Backlash was a Sellout in Baltimore
Ken Kennedy Comments on the WWE Writers
The writers are always accessible to us. I can call them at any time. I try not to call them after certain hours of the night because they have lives just like anybody else. But no, I have access not only to the writing team, but Vince, Stephanie, Hunter, anybody. If you have an idea, you're always welcome to pitch your idea, or present them. It's just a lot of times, in our business, maybe because of there's a lot of Internet writing and stuff like there where people try to find out the scoop ahead of time, so a lot of stuff is kept secret squirrel. A lot of times, you'll present an idea, and it just doesn't fit with what their long-term plans are. A lot of times, we don't find out what's going on until the day of, and nine times out of ten, 99 times out of 100, you'll find out what you're doing the day of. So it's really hard to come up with something long-term. On two separate occasions, I've come up with storylines which the trigger was going to get pulled on, it was just, for whatever reason, injuries, or whatever -- and not necessarily about me, either, other people that were involved had injuries, and things just fell by the wayside, and I ended up going in a different direction.
source: slam.canoe.ca
King of Kings DVD Easter Eggs
Disc One on the Raw match of May 22, 1995, Hunter Hearst Helmsley Vs. John Crystal - Left click 3 times to see his debut promo talk.
Disc Two on the chapter "What's Left to Accomplish?" - Left click 3 times to see the promo of Triple H's return to SummerSlam 2007.
source: dvdeastereggs.com
Penny Banner Passes Away
Dave Meltzer is reporting today that Penny Banner passed away last night in her sleep after a lengthy battle with cancer. Banner is the only woman in the St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame.
From G.L.O.R.Y Wrestling:
Ask a group of wrestling fans to write down their choices of the top professional women wrestlers of all time, and you'll get many lists with a variety of names. But one name will be on EVERYONE'S list: Penny Banner. Ms. Banner helped usher in what has come to be known as the "Golden Age Of Women's Pro Wrestling"...the decades of the 50s, 60s and 70s. This great athlete held many titles during her long and successful career, including the first AWA Women's Championship in the early-sixties...More?
Cage Match after Raw
After this week’s edition of WWE Monday Night RAW went off the air, DX (Triple H & Shawn Michaels) & John Cena teamed up to face Randy Orton, JBL and Umaga in a steel cage match for the dark match main event.
Triple H, Shawn Michaels and John Cena won the match by all completing their own finishers on Randy Orton, JBL and Umaga at the same time.
After the match, Triple H, Shawn Michaels and John Cena all climbed to the top of the cage and gave the DX ‘Suck It’ chops.
source: pwmania.com
This Day in Wrestling History
Victor Rivera & Dominic DeNucci defeated Jimmy & Johnny Valiant for the WWWF(WWE) Tag Team title
May 13, 1975
Boston Gardens hosted it's last wrestling card, the WWF(E)'s "A Night to Remember"
May 13, 1995
Trish Stratus defeated Jazz for the WWE Women's title
May 13, 2002
May 12, 2008
Earthquake strikes China, disrupts Mysterio media tour
Hunter's DVD Still #1
1. WWE: Triple H: The King Of Kings
2. NFL: Super Bowl XLII Champions New York Giants
3. UFC: Best Of 2007
4. UFC: UFC 79 - Nemesis
5. WWE: The Best Of Raw: 15th Anniversary 1993-2008
Five weeks and counting...
source: billboard.com
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
