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Smackdown to take over this Monday's RAW? Posted by Chris Kaufman on 04/17/2010 at 07:56 PM
Credit: F4WOnline.com
The Smackdown crew was able to get a flight out of Europe (Madrid, Spain) with Mickie James noting that the plane took off on Twitter. One idea going around is that the Smackdown wrestlers and the RAW wrestlers not on the tour would do Monday's show in East Rutherford, NJ. It is almost a sure thing that a show will take place on Monday in the United States as scheduled, with the worst case scenario being that the Smackdown stars are on the show if the RAW stars can't make it back in time.
Update on WWE wrestlers missing Monday's RAW Posted by Chris Kaufman on 04/17/2010 at 02:17 PM
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The Associated Press has posted an article about how some WWE wrestlers might not be able to make it back to the United States for Monday nights RAW due to travel issues on the current European Tour. The report quoted WWE spokesman Kevin Hennessy that its unclear if everyone would arrive in time for the live Raw in East Rutherford, NJ.
The RAW brand has a show tonight in Belfast, Northern Ireland to complete the European Tour before they attempt to fly out on Sunday. According to Hennessy, the WWE wrestlers and crew normally fly commercial, but WWE is trying to book a charter flight to get everyone back to the United States. The AP report focused on entertainment acts that have been affected by the volcano explosion in Iceland that created havoc for airplane travel. The report noted the RAW brand required nearly 17 hours of travel in buses and ferries to make it Belfast.
The Irish Times is reporting that "The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has extended the closure of Irish airspace until 1:00 PM tomorrow due to the deterioration in conditions caused by ash from an Icelandic volcano." They will reevaluate the situation again tomorrow.
It's been a rough few days for WWE Superstars stuck in Europe due to the travel situation. Here are some messages from Twitter...
Justin Roberts: "Wishing the best of luck to the blue team for getting out...hope everyone is doing well over there. Got a lot of tweets about the red team..yes-we need some luck as well, not looking too good for us."
The Miz: "Not lookin good. Of everything to stop us a volcano really? time will tell"
Chris Jericho: "Been 36 hours since I've seen a bed. No end in sight either...."
At this point, all flights out of the United Kingdom are currently grounded until at least 7:00 AM tomorrow due to the lingering Icelandic volcanic ash. WWE is in jeopardy of not getting all of their wrestlers back to the United States for Monday's RAW in East Rutherford, NJ. WWE is trying to get the bigger names out of the UK for Monday's show, which is the final episode before Extreme Rules. The company plans on booking a charter flight in the event they can't get everyone out for the show.
Matt Hardy comments on his arm injury Posted by Chris Kaufman on 04/15/2010 at 10:18 PM
Matt Hardy commented on the diagnosis of his arm injury on Twitter. He wrote:
"Thx 4 the well wishes on my arm injury, all are much appreciated! My bicep & shoulder muscles are deeply bruised & strained, but not torn. Haven't missed any of my matches or appearances, nor will I on this tour. I'm working in pain, but attempting to work as smart as possible."
Shelly Martinez, who performed as Salinas in TNA Wrestling in 2008, recently inquired about getting her job back with the organization. According to company sources, they have not dismissed her as she's currently being considered for an on-screen role.
The former WWE Diva gave her notice to the company in September 2008 when she reportedly booked a role in an Italian film that would have conflicted with her TNA schedule. She was said to have offered to give up the film role if TNA would give her a pay raise. However, they refused, so she gave her notice and parted ways with the company.
Matt Hardy def. Carlito Christian def. Chavo Guerrero Ted DiBiase def. MVP
Ted DiBiase and MVP might have more in common than theyd like to admit. Each man likes money, each man likes to win and each man tries to look good while doing it. But its in how these Superstars go about achieving victory that the differences start to reveal themselves. MVP is a passionate athlete the product of a difficult upbringing who knows the value of hard work. DiBiase is an underhanded cheat the son of a millionaire who had everything handed to him on a silver platter. But who would win when they stepped into the ring on WWE Superstars?
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Ted DiBiase def. MVP (PHOTOS | VIDEOS) Ever since he strapped his fathers legendary Million Dollar Championship around his waist, Ted DiBiase has been competing with a newfound edge in WWE. This shot of confidence served him well in the main event of tonights WWE Superstars when he went one-on-one with the always-exciting MVP. While each Superstar has talent to spare, it was DiBiases underhanded tactics that won out tonight as he hit The Ballin Superstar with Dream Street to pick up a big victory.
Christian def. Chavo Guerrero (PHOTOS | VIDEOS) Few NXT Pros and Rookies have clicked as well as the duo of Christian and Heath Slater. Maybe thats because Captain Charisma is such a shining example of what a WWE Superstar should be that his Rookie cant help but be impressed. The Raw Superstar continued to impress tonight as he handed yet another defeat to Chavo Guerrero. With all these recent losses, the self-proclaimed Mexican Warrior is quickly earning his place amongst Susan Lucci and the Buffalo Bills as one of the great all-time losers.
Matt Hardy def. Carlito (PHOTOS | VIDEOS) After his loss to Evan Bourne on Mondays Raw, Carlito publicly complained about his treatment in WWE. Well, the Puerto Rican Superstar will have more to grumble about after chalking up a loss to Matt Hardy. With his NXT Rookie Justin Gabriel looking on, the WWE veteran put on a clinic, dropping Carlito with the Twist of Fate after NXT Rookie Michael Tarver's interference failed. Hopefully, Gabriel was taking notes.
Dixie Carter announced on Twitter today that The Motor City Machine Guns vs. Brian Kendrick & Homicide has been added to this Sunday's Lockdown PPV. NoDQ.com will have live coverage starting at 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST. Here's the final card:
TNA World Title Cage Match The Pope vs. AJ Styles
Lethal Lockdown Team Flair (Sting, Desmond Wolfe, Robert Roode, James Storm) vs. Team Hogan (Abyss, Jeff Jarrett, Rob Van Dam, Jeff Hardy)
TNA X Division Title Cage Match Shannon Moore vs. Kaz vs. Doug Williams
TNA Knockouts & Knockouts Tag Title Cage Match The Beautiful People vs. Angelina Love & Tara
Cage Match Mr. Anderson vs. Kurt Angle
Cage Match Kevin Nash vs. Eric Young
Cage Match Scott Hall & Sean Waltman vs. Team 3D
Cage Match Brian Kendrick & Homicide vs. The Motor City Machine Guns
Cage Match Rob Van Dam vs. James Storm Winner gets numbers advantage for their team in Lethal Lockdown
- In addition to the neck problems Triple H is suffering from right now, one of his surgically repaired quads is giving him trouble. Right now Triple H is scheduled to work all upcoming TV and PPV events only.
Interesting story regarding Karen Angle Posted by Mark Virginia on 04/15/2010 at 03:17 AM
Credit: F4WOnline.com
As noted before, Kurt Angle is engaged to model Giovanna Yannotti. Karen Angle, who recently became engaged to Jeff Jarrett, has now become friends with Giovanna. Angles new fiancee has been at a lot of the TNA shows lately and believe it or not, her and Karen have been hanging out, even traveling together to shows.
- TNA has had talks with former WWE Superstar Nick Dinsmore about doing a spin-off of his Eugene character. It's said that those talks have recently stalled.
- Christy Hemme is said to be the highest paid female performer in TNA. Due to the fact that she was was a high-profile performer in WWE and had posed for Playboy, the company feels she is more valuable than the other women from a media standpoint.
According to Dave Meltzer, Scott Hall and Sean Waltman have been more "lucid and coherent" as of late, with both of them realizing this could be their last shot with a mainstream wrestling promotion. It is being reported that they have arrived to the shows early and Hall has been making an effort to lose some weight. Meltzer also reports that Hall is making $3,000 per appearance.
Click here for Cornette's audio response to the legal letter.
Jim Cornette has made some very strong comments on his blog towards Vince Russo, which you can read at http://www.jimcornette.com/ The comments are from an email he sent to Terry Taylor, who is a TNA employee. Also available at that link is a letter Cornette received in response to his blog post from the law firm of Davis, Shapiro, Lewit & Hayes, LLP.
The letter calls Cornette's comments "terroristic threats" and claims that as a result of those comments, Russo "has understandably experienced extreme fear for himself and his family."
Here is the letter Cornette sent to Terry Taylor:
Email from Jim Cornette to Terry Taylor dated March 19, 2010:
TT,
I was going thru and deleting a bunch of old emails and found this last one from you. I don't mean to stir anything up, but I felt I had to write and get some things off my chest.
I have always liked you and we have never had a problem. I am sure you have heard some of my many commentaries on TNA and I wanted to make sure you knew I wish you no ill, nor do I wish anyone in TNA ill, including talent, TV crew, and office staff. If the "incident" had not happened when it did, I would have quit anyway a month later when the news broke that Hogan and Bischoff were taking over the company, and you know this to be true, because the only reason I was ever there was that I thought TNA would be the promotion to keep Vince from having a monopoly, and be an alternative to this bulls--t sports entertainment. Obviously, with the new regime, that is not in the plans, and I would have made a (hopefully) graceful exit shaking my head and wondering why. But taking that out of the equation, I was glad I worked for TNA, it's just frustrating and disappointing to me that it couldn't have turned out better. If not for one thing, I could move on with no hard feelings. But that one thing is big, and is in danger of consuming my life if I don't just come out and say it.
I will say it because I am trying to quell the burning in my heart--I hate Vince Russo. I despise Vince Russo. I want Vince Russo to die. If I could figure out a way to murder him without going to prison, I would consider it the greatest accomplishment of my life.
I hate him for the money he's cost me. I hate him for what he's done to the business. I hate him for keeping TNA from being competitive to WWE. I hate him for the careers, even the lives he's ruined with his s--tty booking and the irreparable damage he's done to every promotion he's been involved with. I regularly wake up from dreams in which I am in the act of murdering him. I literally burn whenever I think of him. I have sworn to myself that I will willingly go to jail if I ever see him in person again, and he had better pray to his fictitious invisible man in the sky that that day never comes. I intend to make it my life's work and mission to f--k with him and anything he ever has anything to do with in the wrestling business.
Why am I writing you this? One, I got the irresistable urge to explain to you the depth of my abhorrence for this abominable prick, and two, I want to make sure that you, and anyone you care to share this with, knows that I truly and genuinely wanted TNA to succeed and liked working with all of you. I am no longer a supporter of TNA as a company, I hope it goes under quickly and painfully because of the stupidity Dixie has exhibited in employing Russo and now the WCW murderers, and I apparently will see my wishes come true with the new direction, but I really did want to see it succeed. I still like everyone there, and am only mad at a few people--Jeff, for talking me into co-existing with that miserable waste of human flesh for 3 years to the point where I have trouble looking at myself in the mirror and not a day goes by that I am not ashamed of myself for abandoning every principle I ever had and speaking to the motherf--ker; and Dixie, not just for employing that useless twat, but for lying to me about the reasons for my firing (never mentioning Ed Ferrara's name and acting like Russo had no part in it), and lying ABOUT me (letting some Russo stooge spread rumors that I was fired for acting unprofessionally toward him, then not putting her name on the retraction while knowing it wasn't true.)
Otherwise, I like everyone there and wish their hard work could be rewarded, and they could all make millions--but they won't, because of a lack of competence and judgement in their leadership. I have nothing to lose--I'm done with corporate wrestling, and I will never again have to occupy the same arena or even city with Vince f--king Russo, but I still feel bad for everyone else who has labored long and hard in vain because of what he's done to the company's chances. I like you--I like Tenay, and West, and Mitchell, and Sahadi, and Ryder, and the talent, and the crew, and all the rest--even Penzer! And I don't want you or any of them to take it personally when I verbally roast TNA every chance I get--but as far as I'm concerned, Jeff should have WAY known better than to hire that asshole, and Dixie, as clueless as she may be about wrestling, should have been more careful in whom she entrusted her father's money, and more perceptive when it came to spotting imbeciles. I don't want any of you to be harmed or affected because of their stupid decisions, but as I said, it's now my life's work to f--k with anything Russo has anything to do with.
I wish you all good luck--I'm sorry if anything I say or do causes you any problems, and I hope one day to be in charge of a wrestling promotion with the funds to hire all of you to work in it--but just so you know, I will f--k with any company Vince Russo is involved with until I draw my last breath, and if there IS an afterlife I will return to haunt his miserable ass. Either that, or I'll will myself to live long enough to piss on his f--king tombstone. And hey--hatred is a helluva motivator!
JC
Cornette's e-mail prompted a legal response from the law firm of Davis, Shapiro, Lewit & Hayes, LLP, a firm representing TNA Entertainment.
Their letter states that Cornette's comments towards Russo constitute "terroristic threats" and that he "has understandably experienced extreme fear for himself and his family" as a result of the comments made by him. They added that Cornette's "terroristic threat" has been reported to "applicable Federal and State law enforcement agencies." The letter also states, "any further threats to contact Vince Russo or any other TNA personnel (directly or indirectly) shall be viewed as acts in furtherance of such threats and shall be pursued and prosecuted accordingly."
Ik ben Boon Kenneth, en gebruik soms ook wel de schuilnaam Sting.
Ik ben een man en woon in Dworp (Belgie) en mijn beroep is .
Ik ben geboren op 05/06/1989 en ben nu dus 34 jaar jong.
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