This Day in Wrestling History

Frank Gotch, who hasn't wrestled since August, again announces his "retirement." This time he says Jess Westegaard deserves the title. Gotch would be back in action before the year is out.
November 7, 1912

Mick Foley Addresses His "Head Trauma Issues" On TSN

Mick Foley addressed his own head trauma issues while taping a new interview for TSN's "Off the Record" with Michael Landsberg reports Prowrestling.net. The interview is scheduled to air on November 10th, which is also the same day Foley will be featured as a guest on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central.

Stone Cold Committed to Being an Actor

Any thoughts of a WWE comeback by Stone Cold Steve Austin will have to be put on hold. Austin is doing just fine on a movie career, with his latest, Hunt to Kill, out on direct-to-DVD and getting good reviews.

Plus the current WWE environment may not exactly be Austin's cup of tea.

"It's a PG business these days," says Austin, who shot down rumblings he would appear on RAW on Dec. 27. "And the Stone Cold character is close to being an R-rated act. I was edgy and I had a lot of fun doing it."...More?

source: slam wrestling

Son of Brian Pillman Making Own Legacy

Brian Pillman has daily reminders of his father’s legacy – his teammates who call him Flyin’ Brian, the substitute teacher who raises his eyebrows when he comes to Pillman’s name during roll call, the stories his relatives recount.

Even if he wanted to avoid it – and he doesn’t – he couldn’t. The Dixie Heights senior football player is unmistakably the son of one of Cincinnati’s rags to riches stories, one that ended too soon and too sadly...More?

source: nky.com

This Day in Wrestling History

Michael "Crash Holly" Lockwood passes away suddenly at the age of 32.
November 6, 2003

SmackDown Results: Yellow, Black and Blue

After The Nexus threatened to take over SmackDown at the start of the night, the blue brand’s Superstars defended their turf in a massive 10-Man Tag main event. Despite Alberto Del Rio inexplicably walking away from the battle, and obvious differences amongst themselves, the blue brand was able to thwart The Nexus. In the closing moments of the war, The Rated-R Superstar avoided a chokeslam from his own teammate – World Heavyweight Champion Kane – then Speared both The Big Red Monster and David Otunga to get the win for his team. Full results.

source: wwe.com

TNA Wrestling Cancels Upcoming Live Events Due to Poor Ticket Sales

TNA Wrestling has announced that they have canceled some upcoming live events due to poor ticket sales. The events in question are scheduled for November 19th in Evansville, Indiana and November 20th in Indianapolis, Indiana. With the cancellation of these events, the only remaining events scheduled for the rest of this year are select iMPACT! tapings and December's "Final Resolution" pay-per-view.

According to a source at The Wrestling Observer, attendance for TNA live events has been "way down" since the last "Bound for Glory" pay-per-view.

source: wrestlingnewssource.com

Steve Austin Comments on Rumored RAW Appearance in December

Steve Austin made the following comments regarding his rumored RAW appearance in December on the Wrestling Voice podcast:

"I heard those rumors. I started hearing them last night and I started hearing them this morning on the computer. Man, I haven't heard anything about that.

I'm getting ready to leave to film a movie in a week. When I get done with that, I'll be in Texas. Then, I'm coming back to work on another movie. If I'm supposed to be in Albany in December, I was figuring to be in Texas. Nobody has told me anything."

Suicide Gone?

The official TNA Wrestling website has removed Suicide from its roster page. The video game based character was portrayed by Frankie Kazarian, Christopher Daniels and Kiyoshi during its two year run. The character last appeared on June 14 in a bout taped for Xplosion.

source: impactwrestling.com

Shanahan Crosses Line With McNabb

TNA iMPACT! Recap 11/04/10

WWE Superstars Results: Soaring to New Heights

Since winning the second season of WWE NXT, Kaval has had some difficulty making an impact on SmackDown. The talented young competitor’s woes continued this week as he fell to Jack Swagger on Friday night and again tonight in this rematch. Using some stunning high-risk maneuver to throw The All-American American off his game, Kaval came very close to scoring his first win in WWE. But the rookie was ultimately blindsided by Swagger’s “Soaring Eagle,” allowing the former World Heavyweight Champion to apply the ankle lock for a tainted submission victory. Full results.

source: wwe.com