December 2, 2011
This Day in Wrestling History
Bret Hart wins the "Middle East Cup Tournament," which was held in Dubai. He defeated Steve Austin in the finals of the tournament.
December 2, 1996
December 1, 2011
Live SmackDown Tops Social Media Chart
The live WWE Smackdown special on Tuesday topped the daily social media activity chart for cable TV, as charted by Trendrr.TV. Smackdown's "Total Activity" score was 70,083 with a Positive Sentiment of 71 percent. Smackdown topped #2 SpongeBob Squarepants, #3 Soul Train Awards, #4 Storage Wars, and #5 Sons of Anarchy on cable TV. Including broadcast TV programs on Tuesday, Smackdown ranked #4 in Total Activity behind CBS's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show and Fox programming.
source: trendrr.tv
Jerry Lawler Comments on the "Memphis Heat" DVD, Compares Memphis Booking to WWE Creative Process
WWE announcer Jerry Lawler talked in-depth about the must-watch "Memphis Heat" DVD in a recent NPR interview. Lawler also compared today's WWE Creative process to taking turns booking the Memphis territory with Jerry Jarrett. "For Monday Night Raw, WWE has a creative staff of about 16 or so writers who sit down and collaborate all week long what’s going to happen, who’s going to appear on the show and what they’re going to say. In other words, their job is to write the show, just like writers who write a movie or write a soap opera or sit-com. So they have a big staff of writers who write the entire show. They collaborate and have meetings and discuss things all week long, until we finally get to that final product on Monday night, and then the show goes on the air live. Jerry Jarrett and I used to take turns booking our Saturday morning Memphis TV show six months at a time," Lawler said. "It took me an hour-and-a-half to book an hour-and-a-half show, and somehow it always turn out good. I just could think of stuff spontaneously and put into action, and it always turned out pretty darn good.”
source: miamiherald.com
Mary J. Blige, Nickelback, Maria Menounos, George Wallace, Miss USA Alyssa Campanella, Join WWE for Holiday Special "WWE Tribute to the Troops"
WWE, USA Network and NBC will honor the men and women of the United States Armed Forces with the ninth annual holiday special, “WWE Tribute to the Troops” presented by Slim Jim. The program will air as a two-hour special on USA Network on Tuesday, December 13 (9-11 p.m. ET / 8-10 p.m. CT) and as a one-hour special on NBC on Saturday, December 17 (9-10 p.m. ET / 8-9 p.m. CT).
This Day in Wrestling History
Fred Beell defeated Frank Gotch for the American Heavyweight title.
December 1, 1906
A match to fially unify the two World titles between Lewis and Stecher falls apart when Lewis again no-shows and forfeits a $2500 bond.
December 1, 1926
Stan the Man Stasiak defeated Pedro Morales for the WWWF(WWE) Heavyweight title.
December 1, 1973
D-Generation X spray painted "WCW" on Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart's back after a beat down.
December 1, 1997
November 30, 2011
November 29, 2011
Rumor Mill - Match Pulled From WWE TLC PPV?
There was talk this weekend that Kevin Nash vs. Triple H has been moved from TLC to the Royal Rumble pay-per-view or scrapped altogether.
Video: John Laurinaitis Says Goodbye to John Morrison
WWE.com is featuring a video clip of John Laurinaitis wishing John Morrison well in his "future endeavors" nothing that the company would not be renewing his contract due to his poor win/loss record. You can view the video here.
Comedian and Former WWE Creative Team Member Patrice O'Neal Dies at 41, Chris Jericho Comments
Comedian Patrice O'Neal, who briefly worked on the WWE Creative team, died Tuesday at the age of 41. Chris Jericho tweeted Tuesday, "Sad to hear about Patrice O'Neal...I met him when he was a WWE writer and worked w him many times. Sweet guy and very funny! God bless u man." O'Neal talked to the Atlantic City Weekly publication last year about his experience on the Creative team:
It was actually a dream situation, but I think if I had kept doing it, it wouldn’t have been a dream. When I stopped doing it, it was perfect. It was just to be able to say I did it and it was like, ‘Wow, I actually got the job!’ You know, you had to audition to get it so I actually wrote a scenario where they wanted me to write a finish to an existing beef and conclude it in a Pay-Per-View match. I think I was doing The Undertaker and Triple H and I had to escalate it for three weeks and then end it with a Pay-Per-View. At the time I was really into wrestling so that was easy to do and my writing sample got the job. It was fun; I flew around on a WWE jet, [got to] roll with some of the big-time wrestlers ... and directed a couple of vignettes. Vince McMahon was one of the few people I’ve ever seen that I was in complete awe of his presence, you know? He was the man, he was the boss. I learned a lot of things in like three days looking at Vince McMahon and how he operates; it was a hell of a thing. So when that ended it was almost like it should've ended cause it was a good experience and I didn’t have to see anything I shouldn’t see and didn’t have to deal with anything I shouldn’t have dealt with. It was just short and sweet.
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
