WWE NXT Results: The Race Before the Vote

Week Four results:

* NXT Rookie Diva Challenge: Kaitlyn won the Wheelbarrow Race
* NXT Rookie Diva Challenge: A.J. won Diss the Diva

NXT Rookie Diva Records:

* A.J.: Challenge wins: 3, Win/Loss record: 2-1
* Aksana: Challenge wins: 0, Win/Loss record: 0-2
* Jamie: Challenge wins: 1, Win/Loss record: 2-0
* Kaitlyn: Challenge wins: 2, Win/Loss record: 1-1
* Maxine: Challenge wins: 0, Win/Loss record: 0-2
* Naomi: Challenge wins: 2, Win/Loss record: 2-0

It was announced on tonight's show that WWE NXT would be moving to wwe.com. Full results.

source: wwe.com

Raw's TV Ratings Fall Again

Last night's 9/27 Monday Night Raw did a 2.7 cable rating. This is a drop from last week's 2.8 rating. The show went head-to-head with a Packers/Bears game that ended up being the fifth most watched event ever in cable history.

source: wrestleview.com

The Kliq - Where Are They Now?

Triple H - Multiple WWE/World championship titles, founding member of DX, the McMahon-Helmsley Era and Evolution, dated Joannie "Chyna" Laurer, married Stephanie McMahon and has three daughters, has acted on tv and in movies, recently formalized an executive position with the WWE, currently rehabbing an injury and is expected to return to the ring later this year.

Shawn Michaels - Multiple championship titles, got off drugs and found God, married with two kids, founding member of DX, retired after a very successful 20 year career.

Kevin Nash - Multiple titles, founding member of the nWo, wrestled with WWE, WCW and is currently with TNA, has acted in movies, married with one son.

Sean Waltman - Only wrestler in history to have held the TNA X Division Championship, the WCW Cruiserweight Championship and the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship, divorced with two children, dated Joannie "Chyna" Laurer and made an X-rated video with her, has been in rehab for drugs and psychiatric problems, recently arrested at a New Jersey airport after a search found him to be in possession of marijuana.

Scott Hall - Has wrestled for over 20 years in AWA, NWA, WCCW, WCW, ECW, Juggalo Championship Wrestling, WWE and TNA, divorced with two children, has been in and out of rehab, recently arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting a police officer, currently in a WWE sponsored rehab facility.

Update on Scott Hall

Scott Hall was out of psychiatric treatment but he got caught drinking again and was sent right back. Hall has been in and out of treatment over the past several weeks as he continues to deal with personal problems. WWE is footing the bill for his treatment per their company Wellness Policy.

source: wrestlingnewsworld.com

Suggestions to Spark Raw Ratings

Bring Stephanie McMahon and Vince McMahon back as central characters on the TV show right after the election. Have the family feud become the centerpiece of Raw, with Stephanie revealed as the mystery G.M. and Vince fighting to control her power-hungry daughter with Triple H getting the benefit of every one of her decisions en route to trying to take over WWE from the Vince-backed babyface Randy Orton. This option could breath life into WWE and is the most likely to be tried, but I'd take all of the previous options over this one...More?

source: pwtorch.com

Rumor Mill - Jillian "Retiring"

There have been rumors within WWE about RAW Diva Jillian Hall’s future with the company. While her status with the company is in good standing, plans are being made to “retire” Jillian as an on-air performer. She would then work as a trainer to WWE’s female developmental talents in Tampa, Florida. No word yet when these changes will happen.

source: lordsofpain.com

Conn. Senate Race Too Close to Call; McMahon Within 3 Points

A new poll shows that Democrat Richard Blumenthal's lead in Connecticut's U.S. Senate race over Republican Linda McMahon has evaporated to within the survey's margin of error.

The Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday shows Blumenthal, the state attorney general, with a 49 percent to 46 percent lead over McMahon, former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment. The survey of 1,083 likely voters has a sampling margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Blumenthal's lead in the poll two weeks ago was 6 percentage points. In a different poll of registered voters in March, Blumenthal's lead was 33 points.

Poll Director Douglas Schwartz calls Blumenthal's lead "statistically insignificant" and says he should be concerned about McMahon's momentum.

source: washingtonpost.com

This Day in Wrestling History

Don Leo Jonathan & Roy McClarty defeat The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello & Roy Heffernan) for the NWA Canadian Tag Team Title in Montreal.
September 28 1964

Tim Woods defeats Jack Brisco in a tournament final in Tampa, Florida by default to win the NWA Florida Television Title.
September 28, 1972

Mike George & Bob Sweetan become the first ever Mid-South Tag Team Champions in unique fashion. A battle royal was held in Shreveport, Louisiana, with it coming down to George and Buck Robley. George and Robley then wrestled a singles match, with George winning, and getting the belts for his team. If Robley had won, he and Bill Watts would have been the champions.
September 28, 1979

Bret Hart turns on Sting following his match with Hulk Hogan on Nitro, joining Hogan in the process.
September 27, 1998

Jury Convicts Drunk Driver in Nick Adenhart's Death

The defendant who killed Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two other passengers was convicted of murder Monday by a jury. Angels' Nick Adenhart pitched 6.0 innings and earned a no-decision in his only start in the 2009 season.

Andrew Gallo, 23, was also found guilty of hit-and-run and driving under the influence of alcohol and causing great bodily injury. Gallo, who had a previous DUI conviction, faces 50 years to life in state prison at his scheduled sentencing on Dec. 10.

Adenhart, a promising young Angels pitchers, was killed when his car collided with Gallo's in April 2009 in Fullerton, Calif. Courtney Stewart, 20, and Henry Pearson, 25, also died. The 22-year old pitched six scoreless innings in his season debut just hours earlier that night. He was from Hagerstown MD.

source: usatoday.com

Update on the Future of WWE NXT

Unless WWE announces something else, NXT is expected to move to the WWE website beginning next week as the NXT deal with SyFy expires this week and SmackDown comes to the network on Friday nights. NXT will remain on TV in Canada, the UK and other countries. WWE officials are high on NXT and at last word, were still looking for a new TV deal in the United States.

source: f4wonline.com

WWE Plans a ‘Smackdown’ for Election Day in Connecticut

WWE is hosting a “Smackdown” in Bridgeport, Connecticut on November 2, the day voters will decide whether to elect the company’s co-founder and former CEO, Linda McMahon, as their senator. Politico’s Jonathan Allen reports:

No doubt the timing of the extravaganza will have conspiracy theorists chatting in the week before the election. The match starts at 6:45 p.m., an hour and 15 minutes before polls close. It’s being held in a Democratic bastion where African American turnout — or lack thereof — could make a difference not only in the Senate race but in the 4th District House race between Rep. Jim Himes and GOP challenger Dan Debicella. Will advertising for the event help or hurt McMahon — a positive or negative reminder of her time as WWE’s CEO? Could traffic around the 10,000-seat Arena at Harbor Yard impede voting?

Add to that list of conspiracy theories the question of illegal coordination among outside groups and political candidates or parties. If it seems like the purpose of the event is to boost McMahon’s chances, Democrats might argue that it should have been reported as a campaign expenditure. McMahon’s spokesperson counters by noting that she won’t be attending the event or participating in any way — she’ll be too busy delivering a “smackdown” of her own.

source: washingtonindependent.com

Robert Roode Keeping Tag Team Wrestling on Tap

It's no secret that tag team wrestling doesn't have the same place that it once did. But that doesn't mean it's totally dead either, especially in TNA Wrestling where arguably the best team in the world currently resides.

That would be Beer Money, comprised of James Storm and Robert Roode. Since being paired together in the summer of 2008, the two immediately clicked and have formed a smooth partnership in the ring and as overall characters playing off one another.

Roode -- the Money half of the pairing -- is enjoying every second of it.

"We're in a great position right now," Roode told the "Between The Ropes" radio show. "We're part of Fortune. We're rolling with Ric Flair every week. If you would have asked me two years ago that I'd be standing in the ring with Ric Flair I would have said you're crazy."...More?

source: fanhouse.com