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Heavyweight Boxer To Begin Training At FCW This Month

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In an interview with BoxingScene.com, heavyweight boxing contender Monte “Two Gunz” Barrett announced that he’s heading to train at WWE’s developmental territory at the end of October.

Barrett, whose professional record is 35-9-2 (with 20 knockouts), recently scored a unanimous decision win over rival David Tua last month, will be heading to Florida Championship Wrestling in Tampa for two weeks next month and will later return for a two month period. Barrett told BoxingScene.com:

“I gotta call [WWE senior director of talent relations] Ty Bailey this week and go through some of the particulars, but I know whatever it’s gonna be, it will be a lot of hard work. I told him I will commit 110% and put my best foot forward with everything that I do.”

The 40-year-old Barrett is a friend of John Cena and recently told Boxing Scene that he’s interested in fighting David Tua once again at WrestleMania 28 – and would do so inside a steel cage.

WWE Not Interested In Rima Fakih, Sin Cara Speaks Out, More

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— Many people speculated that Miss USA 2010 Rima Fakih, who participated in Tough Enough and guest-hosted an episode of Monday Night Raw last November, would have a WWE contract waiting for her if she opted for a professional wrestling career. She, however, says that’s not the case.

Fakih was asked yesterday on Twitter when she would be going to WWE and replied, “WWE doesn’t seem interested in me maybe @TNA or mud wrestling might be LOL.”

— Sin Cara spoke to Nexos Latinos for a brief interview regarding his wrestling background and training regime. When asked why he wears a mask, he replied, “The mask adds a certain mystique to my image. It makes people wonder who I really am and gives additional interest to Mistico.” He adds that it’s difficult for him to see through the mask since he can’t see half the time.

The interview, which is in Spanish, can be accessed here.

— Tickets for WWE’s Raw live event on December 29, 2011 at the Verizon Center in Washington D.C. go on sale September 24 via Ticketmaster.

Matt Hardy Reportedly Arrested AGAIN For Another DWI

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Former WWE and TNA wrestler Matt Hardy has reportedly been arrested again during the past week in Raleigh, North Carolina on another DWI charge. He is scheduled to appear in court on November 30.

Hardy’s arrest has been confirmed with police officials, according to prowrestling.net.

To clarify – this is a separate incident from last month’s DWI in Moore County, North Carolina.

Matt Hardy tweeted on Tuesday @MattHardybrand:

“For the first time in my life, I was framed.. 0, 0, and O.. I’m truly appalled. This will not go down without a fight! Looks like I’ve got a bull’s eye on my head.”

Matt did not clarify what he was appalled about or being framed for – but it appears now we now.

(Source: prowrestling.net)

Triple H Talks About SmackDown Moving To Tuesdays, His Future

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The Miami Herald has published Part 2 of their interview with Triple H, which you can read at MiamiHerald.com in its entirety. Here are some highlights of what Triple H said about:

His Future Inside & Outside Of The Ring:

“In the ring, listen, it’s a young man’s business. I love being able to get in there occasionally and still perform. We [WWE] have the greatest fan base in the world, the most rabid fan base in the world. Anytime I can get out in front of them and perform, as long as they still want to see me, I’m excited to do it, but at the same point, I don’t want to be doing it everyday.

I enjoy the [TV] role I have right now, with being able to go out on the show, but to be quite frank, I enjoy the behind the scenes just as much. To me, it’s just as thrilling to help a young guy like a Sheamus or a Miz or somebody like that, help them with something and then see them go out there and do it and be successful, see it click for them. It’s just as exhilarating to me as being out there and doing it myself. So that part of it is a thrill for me to be behind the scenes and hopefully watching the business continue to thrive.”

SmackDown Moving To Tuesdays?

“I’m sure if you ask Syfy, they would say, ‘Yes.’ I think that’s certainly on the board. The beautiful thing about WWE is we truly are a fluid product, because we’re live, and we can do it from just about anywhere. We can moves things around and switch things around, and it’s what makes us such a valuable partner to people and networks like USA and Syfy. If USA or somebody needs a number to help them get over the hump in the ratings war, we can do a special and put them over the top. We can do a Tuesday live show and give somebody a kick. We can do all these different things, and that’s a very valuable commodity. I’m sure they’re looking, as well as everybody else is looking, to use that commodity in the best possible way they can.”

*SPOILERS* TNA Impact Wrestling Results For 9/22

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Credit to TNAInsider.com for these spoiler results from Tuesday’s TNA Impact Wrestling tapings, airing September 22nd:

* Sting came out to start the show, clipboard in hand. He says he beat Ric Flair last week like he said he would and now gets his shot at Hulk Hogan. To make things fun, let’s bring Hogan out. Hulk Hogan joins Sting in the ring and says that this is insane and he’s not medically cleared to wrestle. Sting laughs at that and says come on Hogan. He shows a video package of Hulk using a chair multiple times on him and says he looks fine in this video. Hulk kicks the bottom rope and then holds his back as if it hurts. Sting says this match is happening whether he likes it or not.

Eric Bischoff’s music hits and comes out immediately saying this isn’t happening. Sting punches Bischoff in the face and knocks him out. Sting gets face to face with Hogan and says he’ll see him at Bound For Glory and stares him down. When Sting leaves the ring, Bischoff is coming to and Sting knocks him out again.

* Backstage, Karen Angle tells Mickie James and Brooke Tessmacher that they’re wrestling tonight and the winner goes on to face Velvet Sky. Karen asks Brooke if she’s wearing that to the ring. Brooke says she is and Karen says good, she doesn’t want her wearing any of her revealing clothing or any of her girations. She then turns to Traci Brooks (who is wearing a shirt that has a big hole in the middle to show off her cleavage) and says she needs to dress more professionally and she looks like she works in a whore house. Frankie Kazarian comes up and has some unkind words for Karen Angle and leaves with Traci.

* Mickie James b. Brooke Tessmacher with the Last Kiss Goodnight

* Ink Inc. are backstage and they are talking to each other, when at some point they are joined by a controversial girl with a pass to ask for an autograph, Moore and Neal are happy to put their signatures on a book, which happens to be a copy of the Book of D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F.

* TNA Champion Kurt Angle comes to the ring and invites Bobby Roode out with him. Angle says he’s not the one that Roode has to worry about, his partner is. James Storm comes to the ring and gets in Roode’s face. He asks if Roode thinks he’s out here because he sold out to Immortal and turned his back on him. Roode says no, he knows him better. Storm says he’s his own man and makes his own rules and does what he wants. And he says the problem isn’t with Roode, the problem is with Angle. He gets in Angle’s face and says he doesn’t listen to what he says and that if Angle wants a fight, he’s got one, with him, tonight. Sorry about your d— luck.

* For the X Division Title, Austin Aries beat Jesse Sorenson with a schoolboy

* Christopher Daniels comes to the ring and says he will not face Bobby Roode like Kurt Angle wants. He is his own man and showed that when he beat AJ Styles. AJ Styles comes to the ring and asks what Daniels’ problem is. Chris said he doesn’t have one as he beat AJ and is moving on to bigger things. After an exchange of words, Daniels and Styles begin brawling. Security tries to break it up but they keep breaking free. They fight to the backstage area and invade the Direct Auto Insurance office that’s set up. They eventually come back to the ring and Kazarian comes out to break things up. While Kazarian is calming down Styles, Daniels kicks him square in the groin. Daniels takes off while Styles is on the mat in agony.

* James Storm vs. Kurt Angle went to a no contest as two referees got knocked out.

Hogan To Make Major Announcement, Xplosion Matches Taped

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— Hulk Hogan stated this morning on Twitter that he will be making a ‘huge’ announcement at tonight’s Impact Wrestling taping (airdate September 29).

He wrote, “Got a huge announcement tonight at the IMPACT Tapings. HH.”

— The following matches were taped last night in Orlando, Florida for upcoming episodes of TNA Xplosion:

* Eric Young defends the TNA Television Championship against Doug Williams

* Alex Shelley vs. Gunner

— Mickie James has an autograph signing scheduled for Pro Championship Wrestling in Chicago, Illinois on Saturday, October 22. Visit www.pcwwrestling.net for more information.

source: PWInsider.com

Lethal Says Hogan Wanted To Bring Savage To TNA Last Year

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Jay Lethal participated in an interview with WorldWrestlingInsanity.com. Highlights from the interview are as follows:

As most fans know, Ring of Honor is embarking on a new chapter. Recently bought into by Sinclair Broadcasting, the company is set to make its TV debut with Sinclair on September 24th. Returning to the Ring after over six years, Lethal quickly captured their TV championship. As James Guttman points out, joining ROH during such an exciting time has to be great for any star. But for someone like Jay, who was there early on, the homecoming has to be sweeter. As Lethal explains to ClubWWI.com members, it is…

“Now that I’ve been back, how has it changed? I can tell you, the only two things that have changed are a few faces because a couple of Ring of Honor guys are still there from when I was there and Sinclair backing them. I am very big on promoting the fact that Ring of Honor has always had one of the best wrestling products out there. It’s just their only flaw was that they were unable to get this product out to the masses. Now they actually have that opportunity with Sinclair Broadcasting Group having bought out the company and being the new engine in the car, so to speak.”

James then mentions that Aaron Wood, a writer for WorldWrestlingInsanity.com, is flying into New York from Scotland this weekend and the top of his priority list was to attend the Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor iPPV on Saturday. Guttman along with other site writers Matt Dawgs and Canadian Bulldog will be there too (https://www.rohwrestling.com/news/new-york-ny-sept-11th/). As such a pull factor for viewers – even from across the globe – Ring of Honor’s momentum seems to be going strong. It leads JG to ask a question he’s asked others. With all the talk of TNA challenging WWE, is the idea of ROH challenging TNA more believable? Is TNA’s race against ROH actually closer than the one they have with WWE? As someone who’s worked for both, Lethal tells ClubWWI listeners his thoughts and why…

“Not only is that believable to me, but it’s very conceivable, I think, to many of the fans out there, especially Ring of Honor fans – although they may be a little bit biased. But so am I because I’ve worked for both companies. I was just recently let go by TNA and I’d hate to make it sound like I’m very bitter, but I wasn’t the only one let go. There were a handful of my friends. Not just friends, but also great wrestlers were let go and I just don’t understand the reasoning behind it… As a company, if you have anybody on your roster, you’d want to find what they do well and feature that one thing.

“I think that’s one thing that TNA isn’t doing. That’s one flaw that they’re lacking for the bottom half of their show, anyway. Ring of Honor, from top to bottom, their whole product is about wrestling. We’re not trying to focus on storylines and talking and all the boring this and that. Our main focus, which is pretty cool – we’re going to get wrestling fans, because we’re about wrestling – but another aspect that we’re reaching for that WWE and TNA doesn’t seem to be reaching for is that UFC fan. UFC fans are driven by competition. Because that’s what UFC is. It’s real. It’s a competition. And that’s what we’re trying to center our Ring of Honor product on. I definitely think that we have a great chance in overtaking TNA, if they’re not careful.”

Jay speaks about specific friends let go from TNA and his feelings overall about the company’s strengths and weaknesses. For him, though, his biggest strength in Total Nonstop Action wasn’t a creative decision as much as his own impression skills. As “Black Machismo”, Jay was known for his spot-on Randy Savage impersonation. But the question that James always wondered was whether Savage was ever approached to come in. It would make sense, right? Well, during the ClubWWI.com discussion, Jay says it wasn’t a consideration and seemed to be more along the lines of thinking that Randy wouldn’t do it if asked. That is, until Hulk Hogan arrived and had an idea that sounds like many other ideas credited to him…

“Hogan came in and a couple of months from Hogan being there, he actually said he was talking with the Macho Man and working it with him to come in. Hogan actually sat me down and explained the whole thing he wanted to do too. He wanted to film vignettes of me going to Hogan, me getting Hogan pissed off, and Hogan yelling at me. Then the next time you see me, I’m at a bar and I’m talking to somebody and you can’t really see him because they’re in the shadows. But they have that Savage hat on.

“Eventually you hear Savage say that we’re getting Hogan right where we want him. We’re getting under his skin. We got him, got him, got him. So it was going to be one of those things where I’m trying to get under Hogan’s skin because that’s what Savage has me doing. Then Savage comes in and it was going to be a big attack on Hogan. That was the original plan from what I was told. I don’t know if that was ever really going to happen, but that’s what Hogan told me personally.”

James Guttman remarks that it’s funny how many of Hulk Hogan’s TV ideas usually involve people attacking Hulk Hogan. They laugh and go on to discuss Savage’s original TNA run in 2004 and more. Follow Jay on Twitter at @thelethaljay. And remember, Jay Lethal is just one of hundreds of stars available as soon as you sign up to ClubWWI.com. Over one hour with Jesse Ventura. Over two hours with Jerry Lawler. And over a thousand hours of audio – all ready to listen to right now.

Ratings Are In For Monday’s WWE RAW SuperShow

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The ratings are in for Monday’s episode of WWE RAW – and it might be time to hit the panic button.

After last week’s Labor Day edition of RAW drew only a 3.0 rating, you can bet WWE and the USA Network were hoping this week’s show would rebound. Unfortunately – RAW was up against Week 1 of the NFL’s Monday Night Football franchise – and took quite a beating.

Monday’s WWE RAW Supershow from Ontario, Canada did an alarming 2.71 cable rating with only 3.86 million viewers.  This was the lowest rated non-holiday RAW in almost a year and the worst rating RAW has done up against Week 1 of Monday Night Football in the past 5 years.

Not only is Monday’s 2.7 rating a bad sign heading into Sunday’s Night of Champions pay-per-view, but it shows that WWE’s audience is not very engaged int the current product and RAW might have a rough time this fall up against Monday Night Football.

Video: Jeff Hardy’s Latest Project Revealed

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Matt Hardy posted the following video to Youtube this week – looking at his brother Jeff’s latest art project. The video caption reads, “Go deep inside Jeff Hardy’s mind, abilities, and artwork”

Details On Edge Appreciation Night, Former WWE Stars Appear

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Following tonight’s SmackDown taping at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, WWE held a ceremony honoring Edge.

Seven-time WWE Women’s Champion Trish Stratus kicked off “Edge Appreciation Night” by introducing “The Rated-R Superstar.” Photographs of Edge’s most memorable WWE moments aired on the big screen, including a video montage featuring comments from John Cena, Bret Hart, CM Punk, The Miz, Josh Mathews, Vickie Guerrero, Randy Orton and Jim Ross, among others. Edge broke into tears while the video aired.

Christian interrupted the festivities to say that he and Edge are closer than friends as they were like brothers. He adds that a great way to show appreciation for Edge is to bring out the people closest to him. Edge’s mom Judy appeared, as did his trainers Steve Hutchinson and Sweet Daddy Siki, former WWE Superstar Rhyno, WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart and the WWE locker room.

Edge spoke and notably said to Hart, “Bret, you and Owen were the two I looked up to as Canadians.” The ceremony concluded with a five-second pose “for the benefit of those with flash photography.”

source: ProWrestling.net

Masters Wonders Why JTG Is Employed, Chimel Misses Shows

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— Commenting on his recent release from WWE during an interview with Wrestling101.com, Chris Masters says he didn’t receive the opportunity he feels he deserved.

“We didn’t part on bad terms, for me personally this time was very different from the first time I was released. I do feel like I worked my ass off and they should’ve at least given me another shot,” Masters said.

“The Masterpiece” also wonders why WWE opted to keep certain talents employed over him.

“I look at other guys on the roster and I don’t mean to mention names but people like JTG and a handful of other guys and you think, “your going to keep this guy but your going to get rid of me?”

— Justin Roberts filled in for Tony Chimel at tonight’s SmackDown taping in Toronto, Ontario, who missed the event. Chimel also missed this past weekend’s SmackDown live tour; Eden Stiles handled ring announcing duties.

WWE Profiles Stacy Keibler, Gunn & Ziggler Praise Each Other

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— Hollywood is abuzz after photographs surfaced of actor George Clooney and his rumored love interest, Stacy Keibler. The official WWE website has posted an article profiling the former WWE Diva with the sub-headline reading: “Who is this long-legged beauty, and how did she launch her career with WWE?”

Keibler stated two years ago during an interview with The Baltimore Sun that she had her management team inquire WWE about guest hosting the November 30, 2009 episode of Monday Night Raw emanating from her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, but were ignored.

— Billy Gunn praised Dolph Ziggler on Twitter, who has drawn comparisons to the former WWE Superstar over the years.

“I think your doing a great job,” Gunn wrote to Ziggler. “Big fan of your work.”

Ziggler replied, “Thanks a lot, was always a big fan of yours!”

Update On Sin Cara – Contains Spoilers

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The original Sin Cara (a/k/a Mistico) returns to television on this week’s episode of WWE SmackDown.

At tonight’s taping in Toronto, Ontario, the new Sin Cara (a/k/a Hunico) lost to Daniel Bryan by disqualification when he wouldn’t stop his assault of the Money in the Bank briefcase holder. The original Sin Cara confronted his impostor and the two had a staredown.

It was reported two weeks ago that the original wrestler would be returning to feud with his impostor, who had turned heel on SuperSmackDown.

Additional Superstars Matches Taped, Watson Appears On NXT

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— Matches taped tonight in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars are as follows:

* Ezekiel Jackson vs. Tyson Kidd

* Brodus Clay vs. Mike Palmer

— WWE developmental wrestler Percy Watson appears on tonight’s episode of NXT: Redemption as he partners with Titus O’Neil in a tag team match against Derrick Bateman and Tyson Kidd. The NXT Season 2 contestant returned to WWE programming on last week’s episode of WWE Superstars as he and O’Neil lost a tag team match to Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks.

Other matches slated for NXT include:

* A.J. vs. Maxine

* Darren Young and JTG vs. Matt Striker and William Regal

Rowdy Roddy Piper Says His Neck Surgery Was A Success

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WWE Hall of Famer Rowdy Roddy Piper’s emergency surgery on Monday afternoon to repair a broken neck was a success.

The legendary superstar tweeted the following on Tuesday afternoon:

“Haven’t slept since Saturday. The Tweet I just posted I messed up. Doctors put me on slab Monday at 12 noon.

the doctors operated for 6.5 hours. I woke at 1 am Tuesday. At 3 am Tuesday I walked half the hospital hall ways by myself.

Broken neck is fixed. Have to stay in Hospital 10 days. I think I can get OT done in 5 days.

when I can walk better going to the kids cancer ward. Bravest people in the world. Will be in Orlando in 3.5 weeks.

also have a surprize for all of you. In 4 weeks. Your going to love it! Hot Rod”

Ric Flair Appearing On The Cleveland Show, Xplosion Matches

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— Ric Flair appears as an animated version of himself on the season premiere of The Cleveland Show taking place September 25 on FOX.

The plot for the episode reads: “Cleveland is upset when he finds out that his best friend Peter Griffin came to Stoolbend and did not call him to hang out. In an effort to bond with the guys, Cleveland takes them on a camping trip hosted by guest star Ric Flair.”

— Matches taped last night in Orlando, Florida for upcoming episodes of TNA Xplosion were Mickie James vs. Madison Rayne and Magnus vs. Jesse Sorensen.

— Velvet Sky said on Twitter that she has a Women’s Shirt coming out soon. The only other Knockout TNA has released apparel of is Mickie James.

The Hardy Boys Close To Reuniting, ODB Not Booked For Impact

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— Air Extreme Wrestling has announced that they are in discussions with Jeff and Matt Hardy to appear for the promotion’s upcoming tour of Mexico.

Eduardo Soto Ramirez, owner of AEW, said in the press release that Jeff is keen to perform in Mexico while negotiations with Matt slowed following his recent automobile accident. He adds that Matt is considering leaving the professional wrestling industry to pursue other endeavors.

The tour, which takes place October and November, will feature a slew of former WWE talent including Paul London, Shelton Benjamin, Charlie Haas, Mr. Aguila, Juventud Guerrera, Zach Gowen, Marco Corleone, Brian Kendrick, Kristin Astara, Miss Jackie and Nikki Roxx. Matt’s girlfriend Reby Sky has also been announced for the tour.

— ODB stated on her Twitter account yesterday that she will not be on hand for this week’s Impact Wrestling tapings.

“Not gonna b at impact tapings this week,” she wrote. “#bammmmm.”

TNA Star Says Whether Sarita Really Had Facial Paralysis

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On Twitter, Matt Morgan noted being asked by a fan if Sarita was legitimately stricken with facial paralysis after reading online that it may not be true. “The Blueprint” adamantly says her health issue was legitimate, but only temporary.

“Fan asks me if Sarita “really had partial facial paralysis”, I asked why would he ask this. Answer? He READ IT ONLINE it may be not true! RU serious? Let me clear THAT crap up,” Morgan wrote.

“Not only was Sarita’s face partially TEMPORARILY paralyzed, but fact she STILL didn’t miss a beat makes her one if, if not THE, toughest woman wrestler (or guy) that I’ve ever worked with! That took so much confidence and courage, yet idiots with apparently NO REAL wrestling headlines wanna just print up unfounded fodder? And at a talent who should be commended’s expense? Ugh…”

He continued, “Not a rant. More just defending what I first-hand watched w/MY OWN EYES, my co-worker work through. That’s all.”

The nine-year veteran has resumed appearing without the protective mask in Mexico, but not for TNA. She donned the mask at Sunday’s No Surrender pay-per-view.

“Dr. Lucha” Steve Sims, who has extensively covered lucha libre for several years, stated on recent episodes of the Figure Four Daily podcast that he was very skeptical over her claim of facial paralysis. Figure Four Weekly editor Bryan Alvarez believed her claim to be completely bogus as he went on a rant on the July 27 show questioning why she would continue to wrestle in spite of her apparent condition.

Why Ryder Missed RAW, Air Boom On SmackDown, TLC

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– After Zack Ryder did not appear on Monday’s RAW Supershow, the WWE website noted that Ryder was scheduled to team with Jerry Lawler again in a rematch against Otunga and McGillicutty, but was injured last week on SmackDown after being attacked by Mark Henry.

Ryder actually wrestled prior to RAW against Drew McIntyre in a match taped for Thursday’s Superstars show.

– Jerry Lawler suffered a busted nose on RAW last night in the match where he teamed with Sheamus to take on Michael McGillicutty and David Otunga.

– WWE Tag Team Champions Air Boom are scheduled to be in action at tonight’s SmackDown tapings from Toronto.

– This year’s Tables, Ladders and Chairs pay-per-view takes place on December 18th from the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland on December 18th. WWE announced on RAW last night that tickets go on sale this Saturday, September 17th.

Edge On Next Week’s SmackDown, Update On Rene Dupree

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— The official website of the Nutter Center is advertising Edge for next Tuesday’s SmackDown taping at the venue.

Their statement reads: “For the first time ever in Dayton, see WWE’s COO Triple H and a special appearance by WWE Superstar Edge!”

Also advertised for the event is “Apex Predator” Randy Orton vs. “World’s Strongest Man” Mark Henry for the World Heavyweight Championship.

— Former WWE star Rene Dupree, who now competes for All-Japan Wrestling, is suffering from a herniated disk and will be sidelined indefinitely.

— This week in the top 100 Australian pay TV programs, WWE SmackDown ranked No. 55 with 28,000 viewers while Raw ranked No. 60 with 27,000 viewers.

source: PuroresuSpirit.com

TNA Pushing Velvet Sky For DWTS, Knockout Turns 30, More

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— TNA Wrestling is asking fans to vote for Velvet Sky to appear on the next season of Dancing with the Stars.

Their statement reads: “Vote for Velvet Sky to appear on the next season of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars! Dancing with the Stars Season 13 is right around the corner. You can help the IMPACT WRESTLING Knockout make it on the upcoming cast by making your voice heard at ABC.com!”

More details are available here.

— TNA returns to Windsor, Ontario, Canada on Sunday, Nov. 6 at the WFCU Centre. Tickets go on sale Friday, Sept. 23. talent advertised for the event include Mr. Anderson, Rob Van Dam, Jeff Jarrett, AJ Styles and James Storm. Fans who purchase a $50 ticket will receive a special meet and greet with wrestlers.

— TNA Knockout Angelina Love celebrates her thirtieth birthday today.

*Spoilers* Bound For Glory Main Events Announced

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At Monday night’s TNA Impact Wrestling tapings from Orlando (airing this Thursday night), two main events were announced for TNA’s upcoming Bound For Glory pay-per-view next month.

In a spoiler for Thursday’s Impact, Sting defeated Ric Flair at the tapings to earn the right to face Hulk Hogan at Bound For Glory.

The card should take shape after tonight and tomorrow night’s tapings.

TNA World Heavyweight Title Match
Kurt Angle (c) Robert Roode

Grudge Match
Sting vs. Hulk Hogan

*SPOILERS* For Thursday’s TNA Impact (Sting vs. Flair)

What Happened After RAW Went Off The Air

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After last night’s RAW, Bret Hart worked as the special referee for a WWE Title match between Alberto Del Rio, John Cena and CM Punk.

Del Rio punched the original referee before the match and said if he doesn’t have a referee, he doesn’t wrestle. This brought out The Hitman to referee.

The match ended in a DQ when The Miz and R-Truth ran out to interfere. Cena, Punk and Bret teamed up to clean house. The big finish came when Bret Hart put the Sharpshooter on Miz, which the crowd went nuts for.

Backstage, the WWE website filmed footage of John Laurinaitis talking to WWE’s sound technicians to find out who was cutting off CM Punk’s microphone during the final segment of RAW. Laurinaitis did not find out who was responsible, but received a phone call while backstage and assured the person who was calling him that he was on top of it.  UPDATE: The video has been deleted, we’ll post the link again if it gets put back up.

*SPOILERS* For Thursday’s TNA Impact (Sting vs. Flair)

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Credit to TNAInsider.com for the following spoilers…

* Mixed Tag Team Match: D’Angelo Dinero, Ms. Tessmacher & Tara defeated Mexican America

* Fortune come out and celebrates Bobby Roode’s bound for glory series win and his title shot at Bound For Glory next month. Kurt Angle comes out and informs Roode he will be facing Kazarian tonight.

* Velvet Sky defeated Angelina Love

* Both sting and Ric Flair cut promos in the ring hyping their match for later on tonight

* Samoa Joe defeated Matt Morgan in a No Surrender rematch.

* Bobby Roode defeated Kazarian. Kazarian submitted to Roode’s cross-face

* Bully Ray & Jerry Lynn defeated mr Anderson

* Sting defeated Ric Flair. Immortal attempted to attack sting but the attack backfires. Hogan and Sting have a stare-down after the match.

Edge’s Role On This Week’s SmackDown, Mendes Continues Rant

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— Edge is advertised to host the Cutting Edge with World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton and Mark Henry on this week’s episode of SmackDown. The episode is being taped tomorrow at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

— Rosa Mendes posted several messages on Twitter over the weekend disparaging the ‘Rookie Divas’ of WWE, writing: “Awwwww u guys are mad @ me. You love AJ because she looks ordinary just like you. Divas are not suppose to look ordinary. If i’m making people upset, I don’t really care. I’m sick of seeing the Divas division ruined by these rookies. Sexy, smart, powerful! Stay in FCW and stop shopping at Target chicas! One rookie looks 12 with a crater face, one looks like she is 40 and the other one looks like she needs to go on Jenny Craig. You know who you are! Lol”

Mendes revealed who she has problems with this afternoon: “Just so everyone is clear the rookies are AJ, Kaitlyn, Aksana and Maxine. You know the new girl on NXT, with the huge overbite. Lol.”

— The 2011 SummerSlam pay-per-view broadcast is now available on iTunes.

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