August 31, 2009
AJ Styles on MTV's "MADE"
TNA stars AJ Styles, The Beautiful People (Angelina Love & Velvet Sky) and Taylor Wilde will all be appearing on MTV's "MADE" this Sunday mentoring a teenage girl who has aspirations to become a pro wrestler.
Events Scheduled for WrestleMania 26
Like a smaller-scale version of the Super Bowl, events leading up to WrestleMania 26 will sprawl across the Valley. Here's what is currently schediled:
• WrestleMania Axxes - Similar to the Super Bowl's NFL Experience, the interactive fan event will run March 25-27 and is likely to be at the Phoenix Convention Center.
• Pro-AM golf tournament - Expect Arizona Cardinals players to golf with wrestlers at the Whirlwind Golf Club at Wild Horse Pass in Chandler on March 27.
• WWE Hall of Fame - Wrestling legends will be inducted during a ceremony at U.S. Airways Center in downtown Phoenix on March 27.
• WrestleMania Reading Challenge Finals - Young readers can compete at the Phoenix Public Library for entry into Wrestlemania on March 27.
A charity auction of wrestlers' art will be March 24, although a location is still unclear. WWE also is still debating whether to host a block party. Possible sites include Westgate City Center in Glendale or downtown Phoenix...More?
source: azcentral.com
Dixie Carter Wants to Cut the Number of PPV's
TNA President Dixie Carter was a guest on the Live Audio Wrestling Internet radio show on Sunday night. Host John Pollock discussed TNA's current pay-per-view formula of one event per month, Carter says she is not a fan of the monthly pay-per-view format and she would like to see the formula shaken up.
"I'm not a big fan of monthly PPVs, quite honestly, but you have contracts that keep you held in and bound at times," Carter said. "We're definitely talking about trying to shake things up and do things differently in the future."
Carter repeated her recent claims that changes are coming to TNA and that she would be addressing many of the elements of the product that have become stagnant or too formula.
"I work very, very closely [with the creative team]. I'm not going to profess to be a wrestling writer. I am good at challenging people. It's not just ratings, but other things as well," Carter said. "We've made a lot of changes internally to present the product more real and focusing on these young guys."
August 30, 2009
Ric Flair News
Ric Flair still hasn't returned any of the advancement payments owed to Ring of Honor back when he pulled out of his on air role with the company as "ROH Ambassador" last May reports PWInsider. There is also said to be another company where Flair did business with over the last year that is also owed payments as well. While there has been talk of a possible lawsuit, nothing has been filed and it isn't expected that anything will develop.
As reported on earlier, a recent film deal about Flair's life didn't end up happening as his new management team were demanding executive producer credits and even blew off a meeting with the screenwriters hired. The production company that was interested in financing the project decided to drop out as a result of this situation with Flair's new management team (which isn't The Gillespie Agency who Flair fired a few weeks ago that had been representing him for some time now)...More?
Future Raw Hosts Revealed
Bob Barker will host the September 7th show and Trish Stratus will host the September 14th show.
'Choose Death' Explores the Mind of the Necro Butcher
In what Big Vision Entertainment boasts as the Necro Butcher's "first interview ever!" on the recently released DVD, Choose Death: Inside the Mind of a Wrestling Madman, Dylan Summers said, "When I was a kid, I was a little Hulkmaniac -- trainin' sayin' my prayers and eatin' my vitamins."
These days, Dylan Summers -- known to hardcore wrestling fans around the world as the Necro Butcher -- is more likely to be eating fluorescent light tubes and stomping barefoot on thumbtacks during death matches deemed, "too violent for TV!"...More?
source: slam wrestling
J.R. Comments on Rey Mysterio's Suspension
"No, Rey Mysterio will NOT be in Montreal performing at Breaking Point no matter what advertising you have or are seeing. Rey getting suspended by WWE is still so personally perplexing. I have no idea the circumstances nor have I discussed this matter with any one in WWE so all I know is that the rules were violated and the offender has been sent home without pay. The amount of money Rey will not earn as a result of this misstep and subsequent suspension is considerable and will likely be equal to the equivalent to an entire year's earnings for main event level talent back in the day." - jrsbarbq.com
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August 30, 1995
Triple H defeats The Rock for the WWF(E) IC Title in a Ladder Match at SummerSlam at Madison Square Garden.
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