This Day in Wrestling History

Chyna defeated Jeff Jarrett for the WWF(E) Intercontinental title and The Fabulous Moolah defeated Ivory for the WWF(E) Women's title
October 17, 1999

Ric Flair managing his sons and new contest

Ric Flair's son Reid will make his official pro wrestling debut on December 6th at a show in Charlotte, North Carolina at Vance High School. Reid will team with his brother David and be managed by Ric as they take on The Nasty Boys managed by Jimmy Hart. The show will also see Stan Lane returning to the ring to team with Bobby Eaton for a match against George South and Goldust.

Also at the 12/6 show in Charlotte, everyone who purchases a VIP ticket for the Flair meet & greet that evening will be in a contest where the winner will go out on the town with Ric Flair in Charlotte. A new press release from Highspots says, "You'll visit some of Charlotte's hottest night spots Saturday night and the limo will return you in the morning hours after you have legitimately gone Stylin and Profilin in Charlotte with Ric Flair. Ric Flair will personally take you in a limo around Charlotte and he'll show you the night of your life!"

source: prowrestling.com & highspots

This limo ride contest could turn out to be a disaster given Ric's new found freedom.

Matt Hardy Blogs about his Cyber Sunday Opponent

From Matt Hardy's myspace blog:

"I have never wrestled Evan Bourne, but I would love to, no doubt! He is one of the challengers that you can vote in to face me at Cyber Sunday for the ECW Title. I can definitely see this match being a non-stop adrenaline rush-a true show stealer. If you guys and gals want to see this match as bad as I wanna have it, make it happen with your text votes! The other option are Finlay or Mark Henry. It is truly up to the WWE fans what goes down that night-make your vote count!"
- Matt

Details on How to Book Top Former WWE/ECW/TNA/WCW Talent

source: wrestlezone.com

WWE DVD Sales

Wrestlingobserver.com is reporting the following as the top WWE DVD sales so far this year:

* WrestleMania 24: 314,000
* The Triple H DVD: 239,000
* The Steve Austin DVD: 228,000
* The Rock DVD: 200,000

TNA supporting National Breast Cancer Awareness Month with New T-Shirt

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and TNA Wrestling is asking our loyal fans to join us in supporting the cause to find a cure.

Now available for purchase is a special TNA / National Breast Cancer Awareness T-Shirt.

All revenue from sales of the shirt will go the Susan G. Komen foundation, the world’s largest network of survivors and activists fighting to cure breast cancer at every stage. To date, the foundation has invested $1 billion in research, education and health services.

To learn more about the Susan G. Komen foundation, please visit www.komen.org

tnawrestling.com

Eric Bischoff appearing at Ringside Fest

Eric Bischoff, creator and Executive Producer of Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling on CMT will be making a rare New York City appearance at the fifth annual Ringside Fest scheduled for Saturday November 1st.

Eric will be signing autographs and participating in a Question and Answer session with fans. Tickets to meet Eric are on-sale now at www.RingsideFest.com. This is Eric’s first New York City appearance in over 5 years.

Already announced guests include WWE Hall of Famer “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair and Road Warrior Animal...More?

source: prowrestling.com

SmackDown/ECW Mexico Schedule

Oct 16 - Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
Triple H vs. The Big Show
WWE Championship Match

Oct 17 - Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
Triple H vs. Vladimir Kozlov

Oct 18 - Palacio De Los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico
Triple H/ Undertaker vs.Vladimir Kozlov/Big Show
SmackDown Tag Team Match

Oct 19 - Palacio De Los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico
Triple H vs. Vladimir Kozlov

source: impactwrestling.com

Former WWE Global Licensing Coordinator files sexual harassment lawsuit

Former WWE Global Licensing Coordinator Fara D'Angelo has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against WWE. D'Angelo worked for WWE from April 2004 to May 2006. She alleges that she was sexually harassed by Senior Director of International Consumer Products Alex Romer. D'Angelo claims that Romer pursued an intimate relationship with her almost immediately after she started working at WWE even though she was married, adding that he would do so in person, via text messages, late night phone calls, etc.

D'Angelo says that another employee who witnessed the harassment told her to "switch jobs" and that when she took her complaint to WWE's Senior Director of Quality Assurance, Mike Archer, he also encouraged her to look for a new job.

She said she felt as if her job would be put in jeopardy if she continued to shed light on the harassment, so she is bringing it up now after resigning from her job with the company. WWE hasn't commented on this lawsuit yet.

source: pwinsider.com

A decade of steel mayhem in Hell in a Cell DVD set

It has been called the most demonic structure in professional wrestling history. A match so evil it has only been used to settle the most violent of feuds. Some call it the Undertaker’s match. Others feel that Triple H is the master of its domain. Either way, no one can argue that Hell in a Cell has made for many memorable moments.

There have been only 16 matches held within the Cell in the past 11 years, plus one Kennel from Hell… but that is best ignored. Fourteen of those matches can be found on the new three-disc set from the WWE. The only ones excluded are the terrible Wrestlemania XV bout between The Undertaker and The Big Boss Man, which is a good thing, and Undertaker vs. Edge from this past Summerslam...More?

source: slam wrestling

J.R. comments on Lance Cade's release

"Lance Cade was dismissed from the WWE because, like many humans, he made a major league mistake while utilizing bad judgment that cost him his job. This included Lance having a seizure on an airplane and having to have emergency medial care. Luckily, Lilian Garcia was on the same flight and was instrumental in helping Lance get taken to a hospital where a battery of tests were run that luckily determined that there was nothing seriously wrong with the young man such as a brain tumor, etc...Under the circumstances of the situation, I don't know what other decision the WWE could have made...Let's hope Lance's peers are paying attention to this situation"...More?

source: jrsbarbq.com

UFC fighter recalls threatening to kill Kurt Angle at a TNA show

UFC fighter Marcus Davis told Slam Wrestling that he warned Kurt Angle's agent that he'd kill his client if he took a swing at him at the TNA Lockdown pay-per-view event. "It's actually a pretty funny story," Davis said...More?

source: prowrestling.net & slam wrestling