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USA Network Hypes Next Week’s New Year’s Special Edition Of WWE RAW

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The USA Network recently issued the following to promote next week’s edition of WWE RAW:

WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW – 8/7c

The Superstars and Divas from the World Wrestling Entertainment® Universe take the stage live in front of thousands in attendance at The Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, VA and the millions of fans watching at home. MONDAY NIGHT RAW continues to be the most watched regularly scheduled year-round program on basic cable television. RAW Superstars include John Cena, CM Punk, AJ Lee, Daniel Bryan, Kane, The Miz, Eve and Zack Ryder.

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    • Bully Ray Speaks On House Of Hardcore Surprise, Thinking Outside The Box, More

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    The following are highlights from a recent Pougkeepsie Journal interview with TNA star Bully Ray:

    On his surprise appearance at the last House Of Hardcore event: “It was great. I came up in a company, ECW, that was really good at shocking people. I think wrestling, across the board, needs that shock and awe feel. I do shock really well as I did in TNA in the last year as the president of Aces and Eights. What I did at House of Hardcore, people were buzzing, the wrestling world was buzzing, the internet was buzzing. It got a ton of hits on YouTube. It’s good for wrestling.”

    On the importance of wrestling companies thinking outside the box: “It’s very important for companies to do things like that. It keeps it interesting for people and it keeps people into wrestling across the board. Nobody really, in wrestling, is knocking them dead right now and selling out every arena.”

    “Wrestling is where it is right now. There’s a demographic that will always tune in and always buy merchandise and always buy the shows. But whenever you do something like I did at House of Hardcore, and people go, ‘hey HOH and TNA are working together,’ it’s lightning in a bottle. It’s a spark. TNA is also putting on a loaded card that night that people are going to want to be there in person for.”

    Check out the complete interview online at PougkeepsieJournal.com.

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    • Jim Cornette Explains The Recent Samoa Joe & ROH Situation

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    The following is a blog from Jim Cornette from F4WOnline.com explaining the context of the recent Samoa Joe remarks:

    I haven’t been on the internet much the past few days because, well, it’s Christmastime, but I just found out that Samoa Joe is of the belief I may have made disparaging comments about him in a recent interview, and I want to clarify those statements. Whether someone has misrepresented my meaning to Joe, whether he read a transcript of the audio podcast and did not know the context, or whether this is simply internet rumor from people challenged in the comprehension of the use of irony or sarcasm, I’m not sure. But my comments in effect were praising Joe, not disparaging him.

    In response to a question about the TNA-AJ Styles situation, I expressed the opinion that AJ was right in standing up for himself and the money he wanted, but that it was a sad fact that at TNA’s level of business and the way they’ve booked their talent, he’s probably not worth to them what he wants, and should be making in wrestling.

    I recalled that in a conversation with Delirious in 2012, when we were trying to come up with available names to book in ROH that would truly sell tickets, and where the ROH alumni were then and how they were faring, I bemoaned the fact that AJ, Jeff Hardy, Joe and a few other ROH alumni were bigger draws BEFORE they got on national TV than after, because of the way they’d been booked. I have always been a fan of Samoa Joe–I’ve seen him booked perfectly as a dominant badass with a literate promo style–Gabe Sapolsky did it and it really shouldn’t be that hard. Joe and Kurt Angle had TNA’s most successful PPV main event ever the one time they were allowed to be themselves. He should be in a franchise position there today.

    But it’s also true that you can only take a top talent and put fake tattoos on their faces, take them from face to heel, suit to firedancers, have them lose the big one, have them lose a lot of small ones, kidnap them and throw them in trunks or whatever else has been perpetrated on that talent in the name of “entertainment” for so long and not devalue said talent. Nature Boy Buddy Rogers couldn’t have taken that treatment on national TV for 5 years and still sold tickets. And it’s not just Samoa Joe, TNA has managed to get a lot of guys “under” instead of “over.”

    So, the illustratation was not intended to be critical of Samoa Joe. It was intended to disparage the knuckleheads that had a potential money ballplayer and blew it, the guy who couldn’t book Lassie in a pet shop, and the company that devalues their talent and then offers them less money, but not Joe. I apologize to him, wish him Merry Christmas, and offer him the chance to come on my podcast–The Jim Cornette Experience, every week on MLW.com–and let me apologize to him publicly. As Bill O’Reilly would say, “We here at the Experience regret the error.”

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    • Reason For Batista’s RAW Return On 1/20, Sandow Cancels 2014

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    – Apparently WWE came up with the idea of having Batista return on the January 20th edition of WWE RAW early last week. The idea behind it is an attempt to try and spike the RAW rating for that night. If true, apparently the advertising issues with local arena websites had no impact on WWE’s plans to have him return on RAW on January 20th.

    – The following is the RAW Backstage Fallout video for this week:

    Note On Big Show Diaper Promotion, Several Top Stars To Miss New Year’s RAW

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    Even though WWE used Big Show in a diaper to promote next week’s New Year’s edition of WWE RAW, he is not currently scheduled to appear on the show. WWE is running a non-televised live event in Toronto at the same time as RAW next week, which takes place in Richmond, Virginia.

    The updated advertisements for the non-televised live event includes John Cena, Randy Orton, Big Show, Kane, Goldust, Cody Rhodes, Antonio Cesaro, Alberto Del Rio, Sin Cara and Zeb Colter. The advertisements for RAW the same night in Richmond include CM Punk, Mark Henry, Daniel Bryan, The Shield, The Wyatt Family, Curtis Axel, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon.

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    • Backstage Update On Batista’s Return: How Long Will He Be Back?, More

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    The deal for Batista to return during WrestleMania XXX season is something he and Triple H have been working on for a few months. Batista is scheduled to work some television tapings, pay-per-views and even some of WWE’s non-televised live events. The deal calls for Batista to stick around for at least some time after WrestleMania XXX in April.

    Before announcing his return on RAW on Monday night, the original plan called for Batista to return as a surprise entrant in the Royal Rumble. WWE had copy of the promotional materials that were scheduled to be sent to local arenas and apparently those were sent out prematurely without notice that Batista’s inclusion in them was to be held off until he officially debuted at the Rumble.

    Apparently as a result of the information leaking early on official arena websites, among other places, WWE was quite upset. One source joked that it was a good thing Vnice McMahon was overseas visiting the U.S. Troops when the news leaked, or he may have killed someone.

    One person who recently saw Batista this past weekend noted that he has put on a lot of size and muscle and appears to be more ripped than usual.

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    • Heath Slater Taking Time Off For Personal Reasons, Arn Anderson Helps Ziggler

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    – Apparently Heath Slater has been given some time off from WWE to deal with some personal issues. As of right now, there’s no official word as to when he’ll be coming back. As a result, Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal have been keeping the 3MB gimmick alive by themselves.

    – WWE Superstar Dolph Ziggler recently spoke to The Washington Times about Arn Anderson helping him backstage in WWE. Ziggler stated:

    “Absolutely Arn. He’s taken a liking to me because of my work ethic. I’m the guy who doesn’t necessarily win all the time, always out there giving a great match, [and] making someone else look better. He crushed for so many years like that, so I feel like he relates to me sometimes. He pulls me aside and gives me a lot of pointers. [WWE Hall of Famer] Pat Paterson is another one. Guys who are so good and so smart with the business, loving the business, and [when] they see someone else loving it, they try to pass on their wisdom.”

    You can check out the complete interview online at WashingtonTimes.com.

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    • Daniel Bryan vs. Santa Claus, Happy Holidays Message From DDP (Video)

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    – The official WWE website is currently running a poll asking fans who has the better beard — Daniel Bryan or Santa Claus. At last check, Bryan was winning the poll with 65 percent of the vote.

    – Former WWE and WCW Superstar Diamond Dallas Page has added the following holiday video from his “Accountability Crib” to his official YouTube channel:

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    • Bill Goldberg Says He’s Training Six Days A Week, Wrestling Legend Hospitalized

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    – Wrestling legend and one-half of the famous “Midnight Express” tag-team, “Beautiful” Bobby Eaton, was hospitalized on Sunday in Jonesboro, Arkansas due to complications from diabetes. The issues have resulted in some leg problems for the former Tag-Team Champion. Eaton just recently overcame some heart complications after having a Pacemaker installed.

    – For those wondering about the physical condition of Bill Goldberg following a lengthy absence from active wrestling, the former WCW mega-star recently told a fan on Twitter that he still works out six days a week. Goldberg tweeted:

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    • News On RAW Christmas Announcing, Part Two Of Edge On “Talk Is Jericho”

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    – Part two of Chris Jericho’s new “Talk Is Jericho” interview with WWE Hall Of Famer Adam “Edge” Copeland is now available online. Fans interested in checking that out can do so at PodcastOne.com.

    – As if you couldn’t tell just by watching the show and listening to the commentary, due to Monday’s RAW Christmas special being taped a week ago, and the fact that WWE decided to make the Batista announcement last night, among other reasons, Michael Cole and JBL did voice-over work for the show. According to JBL’s Twitter account, the two did the voice-overs live from WWE headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut on Monday night.

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    • Backstage News On Jeff Jarrett’s TNA Resignation: Is It A Work?

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    Jeff Jarrett’s TNA resignation announcement apparently caught many by surprise. As we noted recently, Jarrett had been taking a bigger management role and extended agent work following the departure of Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff from the company, which makes this announcement even more interesting.

    Nobody in TNA is talking as if there were any kind of issues involving Jarrett at the last set of television tapings, and it appears that things are “business as usual.”

    TNA sources who are normally “in the know” were also caught off guard by the announcement, and aren’t entirely ruling out the possibility that this is a work. At the same time, that is basically speculating based off of the fact that nobody seems to know much of anything about what caused him to resign out of the blue.

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    • Jeff Jarrett Tweets About Leaving TNA & Teases Starting A New Promotion

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    Following his announcement that he is parting ways from TNA, Jeff Jarrett posted the following quote from Walmart founder Sam Walton:

    Jim Ross Q&A: Jarrett Leaving TNA, Lesnar vs. Batista, HBK vs. Sting, War Games

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    WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross has once again updated the Q&A section of his website. The following are some new highlights:

    On calling the legendary Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat matches: “It was a honor to call them back when play by play was in fashion. Working w/ Bob Caudle was a privilege. Flair & Steamboat were….legendary. I was at right place at right time.”

    On if he feels Tito Santana is underrated: “Tito was a great in ring talent. I don’t know who has underrated him. He was a star.”

    On whether or not Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania was the match of the year: “Thanks for your take. I have no dog in this hunt. There weren’t an overabundance of great matches in WWE in 2013 IMO ”

    On Jeff Jarrett leaving TNA: “I’m not connected to TNA or Jarrett or to what their relationship together was or has been lately. I don’t know what his departure means to TNA. TNA has many fixable issues. I wish Jeff and his family well.”

    On the overrun during WWE RAW on Monday’s: “Enhances the TV ratings minute by minute numbers.”

    On a dream match at WrestleMania between Shawn Michaels and Sting: “At the right place at the right time it would have been terrific. A main event. The ship’s sailed on that one or so I think.”

    On the possibility of the War Games concept being used by WWE: “Highly unlikely. I don’t see it happening. It wasn’t a WWE creation and the blood is a no-no.”

    On Drew McIntyre’s future in WWE: “It’s all about the creative and the production and execution of such. Any one can be made to be relevant in the fictional world of pro wrestling.”

    On the importance of Steve Austin during the Attitude Era: “In the Attitude Era, it was Stone Cold who was the straw that stirred the drink. But he was surrounded by some great talents as well.”

    On the possibility of Brock Lesnar vs. Batista in 2014: “If both are around with enough TV availabilities I’d say it’s possible. It would be a nice attraction.”

    On if the Hardy Boys would ever return to WWE: “I’d say never say never but I’d also guess it would likely be a long shot. Sometimes long shots come through.”

    Check out more JR Q&A online at JRsBarBQ.com.

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    • Colt Cabana Talks Working For WWE Again, WWE Edits Batista’s Tweet

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    – Independent pro wrestling star Colt Cabana recently spoke to The Cleveland Plain Dealer about reports of him doing commentary work for WWE. Colt said:

    “I’m just riding the wave of fun right now. The WWE has been weirdly talking with me for over a year now. I can’t rely on them though. I do my own thing until stuff gets concrete. Right now, I can’t worry if I’ll be doing announcing or anything else. I know I want to concentrate on continuing to wrestle around the world and growing my comedy stuff. All I can say about the future is that I’m going to be having fun with wrestling. That’s a guarantee.”

    Check out the complete interview online at Cleveland.com.

    – As noted on Monday night, former WWE Superstar Batista posted a tweet about his announced return at the January 20th edition of RAW. In the tweet, Batista noted, “I can’t wait to get to the Cheesefest in Hoakietown and punch somebody right In the f’n face! Playtime’s over children.” When WWE displayed the tweet on RAW on Monday night, they edited the “f’n” out of the quote.

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    • Mick Foley Claims He “Begged & Pleaded” To Be On RAW Christmas Special, More

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    WWE Hall Of Famer Mick Foley has been tweeting since Monday night about his desire to be part of the RAW Christmas special that aired this week. Foley initially tweeted:

    Foley then tweeted these two, followed by a lengthy “feel good” Christmas-related story, which you can read below the following two tweets:

    Here is the “feel good” Christmas-related story Foley wrote about on Twitter:

    “Sure, I would have like to be on #RAWChristmas – but it’s not my show, and not my call. So, I’m going to look at the glass of milk half-full and share a nice behind the scenes story.

    A couple months ago, I heard from a longtime Santa -a large man who had fallen on tough times, and had been unable to play the Santa role he loved, because he no longer owned a suit for his large frome. Following the Santa match on RAW, Mark Henry gave me his Santa suit, and I had it in a box bound for Kentucky the next day.

    The Kentucky Santa sent me a photo a couple days later – the suit fit perfectly :)

    And to all a good night.”

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    • Confirmed Title Match For RAW Next Week, Jim Ross On Batista’s WWE Return

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    – Due to his victory in the “Christmas Present on a Pole Match” at the special Holiday themed-edition of WWE RAW on Monday night, Fandango will get a shot at the WWE Intercontinental Championship. It was announced that Fandango will challenge Big E. Langston on RAW next Monday night.

    – WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross tweeted the following regarding the WWE return of Batista:

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    • Batista Speaks On His WWE Return, WWE Continues The Hype

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    – As part of the promotion for “The Animal” Batista’s return to WWE, which is now confirmed for the January 20th edition of RAW, WWE has added a playlist of Batista’s most epic matches. You can check it out online at WWE.com.

    – Speaking of Batista, he tweeted the following about his upcoming WWE return:

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    • VIDEOS: Batista Return Promo, Preview For Next Week’s New Year’s RAW

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    WWE has added the following videos to their official YouTube channel:

    Batista Return Promo

    New Year’s RAW Preview:

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    • WWE & WWE Superstars Tweet About Batista Return Announcement

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    The following are some tweets related to the announcement that former WWE Superstar “The Animal” Batista will be officially returning to the company on the January 20th edition of RAW:

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    • Batista’s Official WWE TV Return Date Revealed (Video)

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    It was officially announced during the special Christmas-themed edition of WWE RAW on Mondy night that former WWE Superstar “The Animal” Batista is indeed making his return to the company in 2014.

    WWE announced Batista’s return for the January 20th edition of WWE RAW.

    Triple H & Bruno Sammartino Featured In Part Two Of Five-Part MSG Series

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    WWE Hall Of Famer Bruno Sammartino and current WWE executive Triple H will be featured in part two of “The Garden Transformed: Year Three,” a five-part series airing on MSG. The episode featuring Sammartino and HHH is scheduled to air on Saturday at 10:30pm E.T.

    “Even around the world, this is how they know me,” said Sammartino. “In Argentina, in Brazil, I remember going to Australia, all the trips I did in Japan, you know how they’d advertise me? ‘From Madison Square Garden, Bruno Sammartino.’”

    For more information, visit Newsday.com.

    (Thanks to Joshua Stewart from Newsday for passing along the link.)

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    • “Rowdy” Roddy Piper Confirmed For Ring Of Honor TV Taping On January 4th

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    Ring Of Honor issued the following on Monday:

    AN APPEARANCE BY A LEGEND & TWO BIG MATCHES SIGNED FOR NASHVILLE!
    SATURDAY, JAN 4TH, 2014 – NASHVILLE FAIRGROUNDS

    Ring of Honor’s first television taping of 2014 is less than two weeks away! On Saturday, January 4th, all the stars of ROH will be in Nashville. This event will host the first rounds of the 2014 Top Prospect Tournament. We can now confirm an appearance by a LEGEND and two more giant matches for
    Nashville!

    ROWDY RODDY PIPER will make a very special appearance Saturday, January 4th for the fans in Nashville. This will be a rare chance to meet a Pro Wrestling Hall of Famer. Autographs will be available for a fee.

    “Mr Wrestling” Kevin Steen vs. Chris Hero

    Finally, we know Chris Hero’s first opponent as he returns to ROH – Kevin Steen! While Hero has already been announced as part of a major tag team match at Wrestling’s Finest in Pittsburgh, Nashville will host his very first match back in Ring of Honor. At Final Battle, Kevin Steen defeated Michael Bennett in a brutal brawl that destroyed the ringside area. While an incredibly talented wrestler in his own right, in recent years former ROH Champion Steen has tended toward ring apron power bombs and steel chairs over trading holds with his opponents. Nashville is going to see a huge styles clash as he welcomes the technically savvy Chris Hero back to ROH.

    Chris Hero has made clear he has his sights set on Adam Cole and the ROH World Championship. His return matches to Ring of Honor will be his chance to prove he is still one of the best wrestlers on the planet, and Hero knows all eyes are on him. A collision with Kevin Steen could derail the comeback before it’s even started – or it could be the catalyst that sends Chris Hero barreling straight toward Adam Cole and Matt Hardy.

    ROH World TV Championship
    ROH World TV Champion “Sicilian Psychopath” Tommaso Ciampa vs Silas Young

    At Final Battle 2013, Tommaso Ciampa finally captured what has eluded him his entire Ring of Honor career: the ROH World TV Championship. He defeated longest reigning champion Matt Taven and destroyed the HOT at the same time. Ciampa has persevered a through horrifying injury and rehabilitation to begin 2014 more motivated and dominant than ever before. In Nashville, he makes his very first TV Title defense against Silas Young!

    Nigel McGuinness is awarding Silas Young a TV Title opportunity after his Final Battle strap match victory against Mark Briscoe. Young has been building momentum in ROH and no doubt sees a title victory as a fitting way to kick off the year. Meanwhile, now that he finally holds ROH gold, there is no way Ciampa is losing his title without an all out war to defeat him. Be there in Nashville to see a huge match between two of the most intense, hardest hitting athletes in Ring of Honor!

    Tickets to this television taping are available HERE. Keep checking rohwrestling.com for updated information on our first show of 2014!

    2014 TOP PROSPECT TOURNAMENT

    Participant #1 – Cory Hollis
    Participant #2 – Raymond Rowe
    Participant #3 – “The Benchmark” Bill Daly
    Participant #4 – Cheeseburger
    Participant #5 – Andrew Everett
    Participant #6 – The Romantic Touch
    Participant #7 – Kongo
    Participant #8 – Hanson

    SIGNED TO APPEAR

    – ROH World Champion: Adam Cole
    – ROH World Tag Team Champions: reDRagon (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish)
    – Jay Briscoe
    – Mark Briscoe
    – “Unbreakable” Michael Elgin
    – Jay Lethal
    – Michael Bennett with Maria Kanellis
    – Matt Taven
    – Roderick Strong
    – Cedric Alexander
    – Caprice Coleman
    – Plus More

    “Ring of Honor Wrestling” TV Taping
    Saturday, January 4, 2014
    Bell time – 7:00 pm CST

    Tennessee State Fairgrounds/Expo
    625 Smith Avenue
    Nashville, TN 37203

    Click HERE To Purchase Tickets

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    • TNA Issues Statement Regarding Jeff Jarrett’s Departure

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    The official TNA website issued the following statement this afternoon regarding Jeff Jarrett’s tweet from earlier today that he has resigned from the company:

    TNA Entertainment, LLC announced today that it has accepted Mr. Jeff Jarrett’s resignation from the company effective January 6th, 2014.

    Dixie Carter, President, commented “On behalf of TNA, we would like to thank Jeff for his contributions to the Company. We wish him the very best and look forward to his continued participation as an investor in TNA Wrestling.” 

    Jeff Jarrett Announces He’s Leaving TNA & Reactions From TNA Stars

    Matt Striker Speaks On Time In WWE, Situation With Justin Credible, Future Plans

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    SESCOOPS.COM reader Pro Wrestling Society sent along the following highlights of a False Finish Radio interview with former WWE Superstar and announcer Matt Striker:

    False Finish: I know you carry a William Regal figure, why?

    MS: My time in WWE, Regal was a mentor and a friend and he had been one of my favorite wrestlers and he need up cooler then i ever thought he would be. The figure reminds me to be as much like regal as possible. He is such a gentleman and he is so humble yet so tough. It reminds me that you need to be a professional.

    False Finish: Talking about the world of sport wrestling, do you think it has a place in USA?

    MS: Hell yeah, back in the day when it was all about the Beatles, the sex pistols came around and boom we got punk. There is a place for everything if it is real and people subscribe it. Hell if there is a place for Miley Cyrus, there is a place for anything

    False Finish: I heard you say on Pro Wrestling 101 that you think of a wrestling ring as a tic-tac-toe board, Can you explain this?

    MS: I draw nine squares in the ring, so when i fall if I can get back to one of the squares then I know Im in proper position. If someone has to move me to a spot for a move, first he is an idiot and second I’m not doing my job. When you pull back the curtain it is a dance, and I want to be the best dance partner possible.

    False Finish: When you debuted in WWE it was against Kurt Angle. What was that like?

    MS: I thought it was a one shot deal, I’m big on faith and I looked up to the heavens and as weird as it sounds, something was carrying me that night. Iwas in the palm of something much greater than me, and that is why that night went as great as it was. It was not human done, it was divine intervention. I never knew it would be a 9 year career.

    False Finish: How is championship wrestling in Hollywood treating you?

    MS: I’ve known of them from before I went to WWE. You see the same going up as you do going down, I never burn bridges. They reached out and said they shoot twice a month in California and asked me to come down and I was sold. There is a lot I love about Cali. It has a great locker room. There are some great wrestlers you need to see like Scorpio Sky, Joey Ryan, Adam Pearce is out there…It is great to be able to see them and work in commentary and production and see guys reach their goals.

    False Finish: What are your thoughts on Justin Credible?

    MS: I respect him, people on the internet talked about the altercation we had in the locker room. We havent seen each other since. I’m not gonna come out and trash the guy. If he throws first let’s do it but I wont throw the first punch.

    False Finish: What are you doing now besides commentating? What are your plans?

    MS: Plans? I’m happy to wrestle and do the seminars. People from all across the world send me clips and I critique and send them back. I’ve been doing acting and stunt work. I just auditioned for and cast in the new Star Trek Equinox. Even if I’m Dead Klingon Number 3, it’s a way for me to be creative.

    False Finish: When you were commentating take us through a day to prepare for something like Raw.

    MS: The prep is ongoing. Josh and I were boys, and we would just talk and try to tie pop culture into wrestling. I like to challenge myself to come up with the coolest ways to make guys interesting. The shows are the same every week. I wanted new facts and I would dive all in to the matches and try to make it entertaining.

    Word association:

    William Regal: Professional.

    Carlito: Body guy.

    Little Guido: He was one of the first main guys I wrestled and he took me under his wing.

    Tommy Dreamer: Friend, when I had nothing and no one would talk to me, Tommy stepped in and he was a brother and a father figure.

    Baseball: Its f*cking awesome

    ECW: Revolutionary, it changed the business. And it could never go back.

    CZW: Great place, I like DJ Hyde, it gives the fans the alternative. Not everyone likes hip hop or pop people need an alternative.

    Kofi: He needs to break out, I want to see that nasty side I don’t want to see the boom kick every night I want to see some growth.

    Vince McMahon: The Don, a lot of people give him a hard time, but who loves wrestling more than Vince… is nobody, he speaks about it every day and everyone in the WWE owes a debt to Vince.

    Big Daddy V: Girthy, DDD cup, he was always good to me I used to have to oil his back. He was a sweetheart.

    Michael Cole: Cole is a story-teller, he knows what Vince wants and he does what is needed and he does his job and helps others.

    Check out the complete interview online at BlogTalkRadio.com.

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    • Final SmackDown Rating For Friday Lowest In All Of December

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    The Friday, December 20th edition of WWE SmackDown scored a final cable rating of 1.91, according to Nielsen Media Research.

    The 1.91 final draw marks a decrease from the previous week’s rating, which came in at a 1.94.

    The number marks the lowest rating for SmackDown in the month of December.

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