Curtis Michael "Curt" Hennig
March 28, 1958 – February 10, 2003
WWE Hall of Fame Profile
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February 10, 2010
This Day in Wrestling History - Curt "Mr. Perfect" Henning Passes Away
February 9, 2010
ECW Results: The End is Near
With a Unified Tag Team Title opportunity on the line, two of ECW’s finest tandems brought everything they had to the ring on one of the Land of the Extreme’s final nights. While the video-game playing team of Caylen Croft & Trent Barreta impressed, the young duo ultimately fell to the unique pairing of Yoshi Tatsu & Goldust. The Japanese Superstar & The Bizzare One will now face Unified Tag Team Champions Big Show & The Miz on next Tuesday’s ECW. Full results.
source: wwe.com
Vince McMahon's Underrated Contribution
According to Bill Simmons of espn.com the XFL camera, those cameras that drop onto the field behind the NFL players, remains Vince McMahon's most underrated contribution to society.
At least something good came from the XFL.
Lance Storm Commentary - Retirement
I’ve never wanted to over stay my welcome in this business and I often said I didn’t want to be bumping past 40. This last comeback I did at the age of 40, and while I feel I can still go, I’m most definitely past my prime. I think teaching is where I am best suited now, and since it’s something I truly enjoy that is where my focus needs to remain.
They say, “Never say never in this business” and because of that I won’t, but barring one last shot at a Lance Storm – Chris Jericho retirement match, I am once again hanging them up, and perhaps this time it will be for good...More?
source stormwrestling.com
February 8, 2010
WWE HOF Inductee Announced
"The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase will be inducted into the 2010 WWE Hall of Fame.
WWE NXT News: ECW Superstars to Become "Free Agents"
On tonights episode of Raw, Christian stated that all current ECW stars will become "free agents" and will either go to Raw or SmackDown in two weeks. WWE NXT is rumored to follow a reality-show type format.
Vince McMahon: Heavyweight Champion of Branding
The guy has an incredible knack for building brands. By cultivating different images and personas for each of WWE’s weekly TV shows, monthly pay-per view events and stable of wrestlers, McMahon constantly reinvents his company in order to stay relevant. The cartoonish heroes vs. villians story lines of 1980s gave way to an edgier product in the '90s. Now WWE has moved back towards more family friendly shows, often "guest hosted" by celebrities like William Shatner and LeBron James.
Last year's WrestleMania generated $64 million in revenue from pay TV, gate receipts, sponsorships and merchandise sales, including 350,000 DVD sales. That's more gross revenue than the Indianapolis 500 and the per-day average of the NBA Finals and Bowl Championship Series. The company's core strength: McMahon's willingness to take risks (and not just in the ring where he’s grappled with the likes of Hulk Hogan and Stone Cold Steve Austin). Granted, not all of them work out; remember the XFL or World Bodybuilding Federation? But with wrestling, he’s had the Midas touch. NBC Sports chief Dick Ebersol once called McMahon, “The greatest promoter since P.T. Barnum.”...More?
source: forbes.com
Update on WWE NXT
Florida Championship Wrestling sent out a press release concerning their involvement with WWE's new show WWE NXT:
"With speculation rife regarding the imminent debut of WWE’s new television show ‘WWE-NXT,’ all FCW Superstars are sure to be at their best as they attempt to impress top brass in WWE and secure spots on the new show’s roster. And with Edge watching over the evening’s proceedings, (Edge will be appearing at Friday night's FCW show in Melbourne, Florida) the stakes have never been higher."
PWInsider.com is reporting that the new WWE NXT show will be reality based, as the SyFy network has been wanting WWE to do something along these lines for awhile now.
The show will reportedly be a mix of on-air feuds and reality based TV where the viewers can actually follow the wrestlers outside of the ring as well. The viewers will be following the wrestlers from day one, and they will get to know who they actually are, as they fight to become the next big WWE star and hopefully get moved to either the Raw or Smackdown brand.
It should be noted that WWE has been pitching ideas for the new show since the fall of '09, and although there can certainly be aspects of the show different from what we're reporting now, the base idea for the show seems to be that it will be reality based and focus entirely on new talent.
This Day in Wrestling History
Happy Birthday to:
Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart - Febrary 8, 1956
Sensational Sherri Martel - February 8, 1958
The Big Show - February 8, 1972
Pedro Morales defeated Ivan Koloff for the WWWF(WWE)
Heavyweight title
February 8, 1971
Randy Savage defeated Tito Santana for the WWF(E)
Intercontinental title
February 8, 1986
Roddy Piper defeated Bret Hart for the WCW US Heavyweight title
February 8, 1999
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
