Cookie Jar Group’s global licensing division, Copyright Promotions Licensing Group (CPLG), the North American licensing agent for Lucha Libre USA and the Lucha Libre AAA league, has signed Playmates Toys, Inc. as the master toy licensee for the popular wrestling brand. Playmates Toys will create a line of toys and collectibles that reflects the energy and excitement of this longtime Mexican wrestling sensation...More?
source: pwinsider.com
October 6, 2009
Mexico's AAA Signs a Domestic Toy Deal with Playmates Toys
DX Take Down Jerishow
D-Generation X proved they have what it takes to become the unified tag team champions after they defeated Chris Jericho and The Big Show in a non-title main event match-up on Monday Night RAW...More?
source: skysports.com
Halfway to Hell
Remember that very first classic encounter between Undertaker and Shawn Michaels? Or thinking Mick Foley was dead after he fell off the top of the structure and through an announce table?
What about the violence of Foley v Triple H, which featured flaming barbed wire, or the 47-minute all-out war between Hunter and Michaels?
Those were phenomenal matches and among the best Vince McMahon's company has ever showcased.
But the very first WWE Hell In A Cell dedicated pay-per-view - which used the gimmick for all three main events - sadly fell flat...More?
source: the sun
October 5, 2009
McDevitt vs. Muchnick
In an attempt to promoted his forth-coming book about the Benoit murder/suicide, Irvin Muchnick is printing e-mails he receives from the WWE's outside counsel Jerry McDevitt. Muchnick says he is doing this to show the WWE's displeasure with his allegations that the WWE had anything to do with Benoit's death.
One of the emails reads as follows:
"Dear Mr Muchnick: Typically, the WWE has ignored your so-called 'reporting' and associated attempts to promote your upcoming book seeking to cash in on the murders committed by Chris Benoit last summer. Perhaps you have confused WWE's disregard of you as a license to print increasingly bizarre and defamatory statements regarding the WWE."
"He is a quack," McDevitt tells the Am Law Daily, adding that Muchnick had to retract his claim that the WWE's waited two weeks to respond to reports from Albany prosecutors that certain wrestlers were using performance enhancing drugs. Muchnick later admitted the WWE had acted within a day of learning the wrestlers' names...More?
Update on Jeff Jarrett's Current TNA Status & TV Return
The Wrestling Observer is reporting that Jeff Jarrett's TNA future is still being debated, and that TNA President Dixie Carter is expected to be the one that makes the final decision as to what is going to happen with Jarrett. At this point, Jarrett is working from home, helping to promote TNA events such as the Australian tour coming up in 2010/
Wrestlezone.com is reporting that it appears as if things between Jarrett and Kurt Angle have smoothed over considerably with sources claiming that both Jarrett and Karen Angle were very supportive of Kurt during his recent situation with Trenesha Biggers, aka Rhaka Khan. In light of this, it seems inevitable that Jarrett will return to TNA TV at some point down the line.
Predictions on Future Leadership at WWE
The past few weeks have actually given me hope for the future of World Wrestling Entertainment. Not because the shows or the wrestlers or the storylines have been better. They haven't. But I figure the future couldn't be any worse. Sooner or later, the McMahon family will have to send Patriarch Vince off to the nut hutch. At that point, Stephanie McMahon Levesque becomes the new President of WWE. Let's face it, Stephanie will be much better at that job than she is as head of Creative.
With Stephanie bumped up the ladder, Triple H becomes the leading candidate to take over the WWE creative department. Hopefully, he'll have retired as a wrestler by then. I haven't always bee a big Triple H fan, but he sure knows a whole lot more about professional wrestling than the person he would be replacing. There is also a better likelihood of Stephanie listening to Hunter than there is of Vince McMahon listening to, well, anybody on his creative team. So take heart, wrestling fans. It will happen.
source: pat mcneill of pwtorch.com
This Day in Wrestling History
Brian Pillman is found dead in his hotel room after passing away from a rare heart disease. On the same day, WWE Badd Blood takes place which features The Undertaker vs. Shawn Micheals first ever Hell in A Cell match. Kane would also debut in that same match.
October 5, 1997
Darren "Droz" Drozdov is paralyzed in the ring at a WWE SmackDown taping.
October 5, 1999
October 4, 2009
Hell In A Cell: DX-perience Prevails
Perhaps realizing how formidable the task was that lay before them, Legacy attempted to secure the upper hand even before the opening bell, attacking DX as they made their way to the ring. Once the dust had settled, Legacy had dragged Michaels into the cell alone, locking The Game outside. After watching helplessly as his partner was being punished, Triple H had seen enough. He retrieved a pair of bolt cutters, broke into the cell and devastated Rhodes & DiBiase. The earlier attack seemed only to enrage Triple H & Michaels, who sought – and found – revenge once inside the 20-ft. tall, steel structure when they locked out DiBiase in order to punish Rhodes.
While DX capitalized on their experience and taught The Legacy a lesson they’ll likely never forget, there’s little doubt that with their effort, Rhodes & DiBiase earned a great deal of grudging respect from many in the WWE Universe.
source: wwe.com
Hell In A Cell Results
Dark Match - Matt Hardy defeated Mike Knox in 5:00.
Hell in a Cell for the World Heavyweight Title: CM Punk vs. The Undertaker
Winner: The Undertaker - New World Champion
WWE Intercontinental Title Match: Dolph Ziggler vs. John Morrison
Winner: John Morrison (c)
WWE Divas Title Match: Mickie James vs. Alicia Fox
Winner: Mickie James (c)
Rey Mysterio returns after a 30-day suspension for a Wellness Policy violation.
WWE Unified Tag Team Title Match: Big Show and Chris Jericho vs. Batista and Rey Mysterio
Winners: Big Show & Chris Jericho (c)
Hell in a Cell for the WWE Title: Randy Orton vs. John Cena
Winner: Randy Orton - New WWE Champion
R-Truth vs. Drew McIntyre
Winner: Drew McIntyre
United States Title Triple Threat: Kofi Kingston vs. The Miz vs. Jack Swagger
Winner: Kofi Kingston
Hell in a Cell Tag Team Match: DX vs. Legacy
Winners: DX
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
