Jakks Pacific has announced that a lawsuit filed by World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. accusing the toy maker of bribery was dismissed by the Connecticut State Court.
Jakks said the court dismissed WWE's bribery and anti-trust claims against it and its principals, in a summary judgment...More?
source: reuters.com
August 29, 2008
Jakks Pacific prevails against the WWE
Kevin Nash has problems with TNA creative again
Kevin Nash had more issues with the creative team at the television tapings this week. He was upset about the booking plans for his match with Kurt Angle (which aired last night) and he also grumbled about some of the backstage segments. Although he eventually went along with the plan for him to lose the match to Angle, he has lost some respect within the company. "He needs to go," said one TNA office worker. "It's getting out of hand."
There were no issues at the last set of television tapings, but Nash left the set before that prematurely after balking at the creative team's plan to have him eliminated during a commercial break of the gauntlet weapons match. He was eventually pulled from that match and left the tapings a short time later with permission from Jeff Jarrett.
source: prowrestling.net
Nash's TNA contract is up in October. Possible return to the WWE in the works?...
Interview with Balls Mahoney
...All I know, and this is honestly, the McMahons – all of them – Stephanie, Shane, Vince, Linda, and Hunter. I’ll include Hunter, even though I know he’s not a McMahon – They all treated me great and I got along great with them. I really do. And I know a lot of people don’t say that. A lot of people say, “They’re a$$ holes.” Well, you know what, they’re my type of a$$ holes...More?
source: weblogs.newsday.com
Unforgiven Live Blog gets Punk'd!
Just hours before defending his title in the first-ever World Heavyweight Championship Scramble, the Straightedge Superstar CM Punk will answer questions from you, the WWE Universe, during a Live Blog on WWE Fan Nation Sept. 7...More?
FCW Report and Pics
This Day in Wrestling History
Davy Boy Smith defeated Bret Hart for the WWF(E) Intercontinental title
August 29, 1992
Razor Ramon defeated Diesel for the WWF(E) Intercontinental title
August 29, 1994
Al Snow defeated Perry Saturn for the WWF(E) European Heavyweight title
August 29, 2000
August 28, 2008
Steel City SmackDown
Lawsuit against WWE set to fail
The threesome – Scott ‘Raven’ Levy, Chris ‘Kanyon’ Klucsarits and Mike Sanders – say the WWE classified them as independent contractors, but treated them as full employees.
However Jerry McDevitt – who has been the WWE’s legal supremo for more than 20 years – says the world’s leading wrestling federation has no case to answer.
Speaking exclusively to SunSport, he said: “I think the key point to be made here is that every one of these people signed contracts acknowledging they were independent contractors.
“They contractually agreed that they would take care of their own health benefits and all the rest of that stuff...More?
source: thesun.co.uk
Kevin Nash interview
...Nash said that the Chris Jericho/Shawn Michaels segment at SummerSlam was great. Nash talked about how Chris Jericho was just dying when he came back, even saying he looked like a country Bon Jovi and now he has legitimate heat. Nash put the angle over big time as well as his close friend Shawn Michaels. The interviewer asked Nash if he thought that the stiff shot that Michaels' wife Rebecca took from Jericho was planned and he said that there is no way that Shawn would have OK'd her getting hit. Nash said that the Jericho/Michaels angle is something that he'll pay to see and that it is a money angle...More?
source: weblogs.baltimoresun.com & wrestlingnewsworld.com
Jerry "The King" Lawler's son arrested on burglary charges
Kevin Lawler, son of famed Memphis wrestler Jerry "The King" Lawler, has been released from jail after being arrested this week on charges of trespassing and aggravated burglary...More?
source: wmctv.com
Rumor Mill - Ron Killings
WWE will probably have to edit R-Truth's debut on SmackDown this week because of "TNA" and "We Want Angle" chants during the match which really didn't get much other reaction from the crowd. Truth ended up selling a lot of Kenny Dykstra's moves and Vince McMahon got pissed off because he wanted Killings to look like a top star and sell nothing for Dykstra. Mis-communication backstage had the agents tell Killings to work a standard babyface match, sell big and then do a comeback for the win.
source: impactwrestling.com
Don't Do It Mick
By Mark Madden of wrestlezone.com:
Word on the street (and on the ‘net) is that Mrs. Foley’s baby boy is headed from the big time to the small time, from WWE to TNA. My advice: Don’t do it, Mick.
Name one person who came to TNA from WWE and means more now. Besides Gail Kim, that is, who immediately used fame gained in TNA to leverage a return to WWE.
WWE is the big show, and everybody knows it. Wrestlers like Team 3-D have said so, in print, while working for TNA. The only people in TNA who don’t want to go to WWE are those who can’t...More?
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
