Ring of Honor Wrestling announced the launch of its Downloadable DVD Service at www.rohvideos.com. Featuring more than seventy out-of-stock titles from the eight year history of ROH, this service allows fans to finally purchase the events they may have missed their opportunity to buy when the DVD’s were first released...More?
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March 10, 2010
Another Raw Guest Host Revealed
The cast of the MacGruber movie will host the April 19th edition of Monday Night Raw. Chris Jericho, The Great Khali, Mark Henry and MVP co-star in the movie.
Chris Jericho Nominated for Award
Chris Jericho has been nominated for the "Most Metal Athlete" award at the Golden Revolver metal awards in Los Angeles on April 8th. Jericho will be also hosting the show that airs May 22nd on VH1 Classics.
March 9, 2010
WWE NXT Results: Rookies on the Rise
After an explosive, post-match brawl on last week’s WWE NXT, R-Truth & his Rookie, David Otunga, put their differences aside to earn a tag team win over The Miz & Daniel Bryan, another Pro & Rookie duo who aren’t exactly the best of friends either. The Miz threatened Bryan with his career before the match, saying he’ll be sure he’s thrown off the show if he’s pinned. But it was the United States and Unified Tag Team Champion The Miz who was pinned by Otunga, who upped his record to 2-1. Full results.
source: wwe.com
USA Network's VP and Dixie Carter Comment on Monday's RAW and iMPACT!
USA Network's Vice President of Program Research commented on the Monday ratings via Twitter yesterday. He wrote: "Not much of a Monday Night "War". RAW trounced TNA by 275% w/ total viewers. Also Impact much lower than the test Monday ep in early Jan"
Dixie Carter wrote the following on her Twitter last night: "I'm humbled by all your comments re:iMPACT last nite. I'm so proud of our talent, staff & the show we put on. It's only going to get better."
Sheamus Confronts Triple H On Raw
Triple H gave his best promo in several years - his humility was very becoming. The man actually referenced jobbing to the Ultimate Warrior and Batista. I was charmed by the credit he gave Sheamus for doing the same things he would have.
source: raw reax pwtorch.com
NWA Future Legends Cup Competition
Many of the NWA's great heroes and villains -- all legends of the
sport -- gather here to interact with throngs of appreciative fans
from all over the world, signing autographs and creating lasting new
memories for fans of wrestling "the way it used to be."
One such legend, and at one time one of the most-hated of all
wrestling managers, Jim Cornette joins us this Sunday in Charlotte to
make a very special announcement. The former manager of The Midnight
Express, now a favorite of fanfest attendees and wrestling fans
everywhere, will be here to announce the "NWA Future Legends Cup"
competition...More?
www.NWALegends.com/nb.htm
Off-Air Raw Notes
After Raw went off the air last night, Sheamus did a run-in to help Batista beat up Cena. Triple H then came out and the dark match main event of Triple H and John Cena vs Sheamus and Batista was made. Cena and HHH won the match, and a funny thing happened during the bout. Triple H's music hit for about 5 seconds in the middle of the match, and Triple H looked around and mouthed "I'm already here" which drew a good laugh from the audience.
source: wrestlezone.com
Monday Night Raw Puts Smackdown on Spikes TNA iMPACT!
TNA Impact moved to Monday nights starting last night, competing head-to-head directly with WWE RAW from 9p-11p. TNA ran until 11:08p last night, but in the 9p-11p portion RAW crushed TNA by 274 percent in total viewers, by 226 percent in adults 18-49 and by 275 percent in total viewers.
For purposes of comparison the Monday January 4 test (8p-10p) of TNA did 2.03 million in total viewes and 1.18 million adults 18-49...More?
Raw rating - 3.4
Impact rating - 1.0
source: tvbythenumbers.com
Triple H Stays Neutral
WWE superstar Triple H was swarmed by fans the other afternoon at, of all places, the offices of the Wall Street Journal. He was there to see WSJ. magazine Editor-in-Chief Tina Gaudoin, who's overseeing a feature on the professional league's global expansion. The burning question on the minds of the reporters was Triple H's political preferences, since his mother-in-law is Linda McMahon, who's running for a Senate seat in Connecticut. But the wrestler avoiding taking sides, telling the journos he's "not political."
source: nypost.com
This Day in Wrestling History
Happy Birthday to Nikita Koloff
March 9, 1959
The Road Warriors, Animal and Hawk, make their Japan debut in Tokyo. They are an instant sensation.
March 9, 1985
Immediately after the SmackDown taping, Brock Lesnar abruptly quit the WWE but agreed to work his scheduled match at WrestleMania.
March 9, 2004
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
