Jim Ross commented on the video which surfaced recently, in which a TNA producer told fans in attendance at the Impact Zone that they were “cast members” in a show, and encouraged them not to be disruptive or overly expressive of dislike.
“For the record, I’m a wrestling fan and I choose to never be called a ‘cast member’ instead,” Ross wrote. “I don’t adhere to the philosophy that the ’studio audience’ is the same as the ’studio audience’ on, say, The Price Is Right. Ugh.”
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February 6, 2010
Jim Ross: “I’m Not a Cast Member”
Concussion Talks Heating Up at Super Bowl
Activist Chris Nowinski is keeping the issue of concussions and their long-term consequences for NFL players in the public eye, and he is doing it during the league's week-long celebration that leads up to Super Bowl Sunday...More?
source: pittsburghlive.com
Former World Champion Retiring Tonight
Former WWE Superstar and WCW World Champion Ron Simmons will be wrestling his retirement match tonight in Cedartown, Georgia at the Historic Purks International Championship Wrestling show. Simmons will also be doing a Q&A with the first 100 fans that request admission after the show. Simmons will be inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame this year on February 20th.
source: pwinsider.com
This Day in Wrestling History
Two legends squared off for the NWA world title. Harley Race defeated Terry Funk to win the NWA world title in Toronto, Canada
February 6, 1977
February 5, 2010
Preview: World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber Match
World Heavyweight Champion Undertaker will put his World Title on the line against CM Punk, John Morrison, Rey Mysterio, R-Truth, and Chris Jericho, each of whom won their qualification matches just five nights after the Royal Rumble.
SmackDown Results: Opportunity Knocks
At the start of the night, Chris Jericho lamented at the fact that Edge was back in WWE. By the end of the night, on the set of "The Cutting Edge," the former Unified Tag Team Champions came face-to-face again, engaging in an emotional war of words about the past, as well as the future.
Not wanting to be left out of the discussion, CM Punk (with Serena and Luke Gallows in tow) came to the ring to claim he would win at WWE Elimination Chamber to become the only four-time Straight Edge World Heavyweight Champion. Full results.
source: wwe.com
More on Joey Mercury's WWE Return
It has been reported that former WWE star Joey Mercury will be returning to WWE, and one possible plan for Mercury's return is to have him join CM Punk's straight edge society. Because Mercury was released from WWE back in 2007 due to an addiction to pain killers, the story line would play on his past drug use and how CM Punk "saved" him from his problems.
source: wrestlezone.com
Refusal to Follow Rules Keeps Nick Diaz Out of UFC
Maybe Nick Diaz should take a hint from Triple H or Queen: Just play the game.
After winning Strikeforce's welterweight belt last weekend, Diaz singled out top-ranked 17o-pounder Georges St. Pierre as a desirable opponent. Unfortunately for Diaz, St. Pierre works exclusively for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Diaz used to fight in UFC, going 6-4 for the organization from 2003 to 2006. UFC President Dana White still considers him a high-caliber fighter.
But Diaz's unwillingness to abide by certain behavioral norms makes him a tough sell for UFC at this point, White said:
White was speaking to a group of reporters after the UFC 109 press conference on Thursday.
Diaz has a history of edgy behavior. White cited a 2006 incident in which Diaz and Joe Riggs got into a fight at the hospital after their official fight in the cage ended...More?
source: usa today
Linda McMahon Fights Back: Eugene Was "Inspirational"
A day after Rob Simmons attacked Linda McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment, the company she helped build and once led, for insensitivity toward people with mental disabilities, the McMahon campaign fought back.
The issue bubbled to the surface of an already acrimonious campaign between Simmons and McMahon, both Republicans running for U.S. Senate, after White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel used a derogatory word for people with learning disabilities.
That prompted the Simmons camp to circulate a couple of YouTube videos showing a WWE storyline that featured Eugene, a character with a mental impairment, being humiliated in the ring.
"Rob Simmons indicates once again that he doesn't understand how to separate fact from fiction,'' Ed Patru, a spokesman for the McMahon campaign, said in a statement. "In the soap opera world of WWE, the character 'Eugene' was developmentally disabled, but rather than the beaten down, pathetic character that Rob presents, Eugene was treated via scripting like all WWE superstars with no special privileges. He competed in the ring or in a steel cage, sometimes winning, but often losing as an underdog. In the end, in spite of any disability, he was victorious and became a hero...More?
source: hartford courant
More on WWE NXT
It was confirmed during the February 3rd edition of WWE Superstars that the new name of the show replacing ECW on Tuesday's on SyFy will be called "WWE NXT". The show debuts February 23rd and WWE.com has a teaser promo up.
This Day in Wrestling History
Andre The Giant defeated Hulk Hogan for the WWF(E) title on NBC's Friday Night's Main Event.
February 5, 1998
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
