TNA Knockout Tara (Lisa Marie Varon) will reportedly be finishing up with TNA next month after her one-year contract expires. Varon posted on her myspace blog that she went to TNA for a fraction of what she was worth and is now seeking a modest raise. TNA won't budge and is spinning story that she was difficult to negotiate with...More?
source: pwtorch.com
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April 28, 2010
TNA Knockout Leaving in May
Ric Flair Loses More Than Blood and His Hall of Fame Ring
Kevin Eck of The Baltimore Sun posted the following on his blog Ring Posts:
There was a time when Ric Flair getting back in the ring after the grand sendoff he got in WWE two years ago disappointed me, but it’s gotten to the point now where watching him on TNA Impact just makes me sad.
In the main event of Monday night’s show, Flair wrestled hardcore specialist Abyss with both Flair’s Hall of Fame ring and Hulk Hogan’s Hall of Fame ring that he gave to Abyss on the line. Flair ended up losing a lot of blood (again), the match, his ring, and most importantly, some more of his dignity.
It’s very unsettling to see the 61-year-old Flair covered in blood every week, especially when there’s absolutely no benefit to it. He spilled a bucket of blood on Monday’s show fighting over rings that no one cares about, all just to get a 0.5 Nielsen rating.
When Flair gave his emotional farewell speech on Raw in 2008 (see the YouTube clip below), I never would have imagined that two years later he’d be wrestling Abyss on Impact – using his WWE Hall of Fame ring as a prop – and looking as if he stuck his head in a meat grinder.
I wish Flair would have taken the title of the Fuel song that was the soundtrack for his sendoff literally and left the memories alone.
This Day in Wrestling History
Owen Hart defeated Rocky Maivia(The Rock) for the WWF(E) Intercontinental title.
April 28, 1997
Wrestling legend, Lou Thesz, passes away at the age of 86.
April 28, 2002
April 27, 2010
WWE NXT Results: Cornfed Victory
Riding the momentum he picked up last week by winning the Rookies Challenge, NXT Rookie Skip Sheffield finally earned his first victory on Tuesday’s WWE NXT. The Cornfed Meathead faced fellow NXT Rookie Daniel Bryan when Bryan’s WWE Pro, The Miz, declared he was unable to compete due to the injuries he suffered from Big Show’s knockout punch the night before on Raw. Sheffield countered Bryan’s impressive offensive efforts and submission holds with a dominating defense, quickly unleashing his Over the Shoulder Boulder Holder finisher on the much-smaller Bryan. Finally, Sheffield’s WWE Pro, William Regal, gave him an approving glare after the match, while The Miz remained frustrated with his NXT Rookie, Bryan. With the victory, Sheffield’s record moved to 1-5, while Bryan remained winless and is now 0-9. Full results.
source: wwe.com
Triple H Set to Star in Another WWE Movie
Pwinsider is reporting that Triple H will be starring in another WWE Studios film, "The Chaperone." The film, believed to be a comedy, will tell the story of an ex-con who ends up chaperoning his daughter's school field trip.
The film will shoot this June in the New Orleans area. It will be Triple H's second WWE film in as many months. He is currently shooting "Killing Karma."
Raw/iMPACT! April 26th Ratings Breakdown
This week's Raw, the three hour Draft Special, did hours of 2.6, 3.27 and 3.34 with 4,628,000 viewers. The traditional two-hour broadcast of Raw did a 3.3 rating. Raw's final rating was 3.1.
By comparison, iMPACT! did a 0.5 rating, with 739,000 viewers.
CHIKARA: Rudo Resurrection - The Video Game
CHIKARA has partnered with some like-minded gaming trailblazers to create "Rudo Resurrection," a new video game currently in pre-production, set for release later this year! This story-driven game takes full advantage of the ever-deepening CHIKARA mythology, and features the macabre UltraMantis Black as he re-animates characters from CHIKARA's storied past. We're proud to announce "Rudo Resurrection" is coming to multiple gaming platforms in 2010, and more information about this highly-anticipated project will follow, but for now, we want to confirm that the first three playable characters in the game will be none other than Fire Ant, Soldier Ant and Green Ant of the Colony!
Watch the official trailer for the game here.
WWE Studios Wrestles with Gorgeous George
In an age where books routinely get tiny movie options and languish in development, one could do worse than make a deal with wrestling mogul Vince McMahon's WWE Studios. In a mid-6 figure outright buy, WWE acquired the 2008 John Capouya book Gorgeous George: The Outrageous Bad-Boy Wrestler Who Created American Popular Culture. Not only was the deal brokered by Justin Manask generous for the author, but WWE Films has committed to a 2011 start date for a film about a journeyman wrestler who remade himself into a preening, vamping villain and became a national TV star at a time when there was little on the boob tube but wrestling and Milton Berle. WWE Films set John Posey to write the script for a film that will be the last of nine features WWE will generate in less than two years. The fourth, Killing Karma, is shooting now...More?
source: deadline.com
2010 Supplemental Draft Results
Great Khali & Ranjin Singh to Raw
Chavo Guerrero to SmackDown
Cody Rhodes to SmackDown
Natalya to Raw
Chris Masters to SmackDown
Ezekiel Jackson to Raw
Goldust to Raw
Hornswoggle to SmackDown
JTG to Raw
Rosa Mendes to SmackDown
MVP to SmackDown
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
