Kurt Angle has landed another acting gig and will be starring in a straight-to-DVD independent zombie movie, titled “River of Darkness.” It gets better.

Set to be released some time next year on DVD, the synopsis at DreadCentral.com reads:

Unspeakable evil has fallen on a quiet river town. Sheriff Logan [Angle] is thrust into a chilling nightmare of death and mayhem that paralyzes the town. He then learns of the community’s seedy past and the evil that has risen from purgatory to exact revenge on the town. He is confronted by the spirits of old river squatters, “The Jacobs Boys,” who possess the very essence of evil.

The zombie Jacobs boys will be played by none other than Kevin Nash and Psycho Sid Vicious. WOW.

The movie will also feature an appearance by Ray Lloyd, better known to WCW fans as Glacier.

Earlier this week, we picked up on the story that CM Punk was booked to lose his World Heavyweight title at Hell in a Cell just weeks after winning it due to a backstage altercation with the Undertaker. Undertaker reportedly confronted Punk  on WWE’s recent European tour about dressing sloppy and not carrying himself like a World champion on the road. Punk was said to be confrontational towards then Undertaker, explaining not all champions (he mentioned John Cena by name) dress the part at all times.

There’s now a another story going around regarding CM Punk’s backstage demeanor.  According to F4WOnline.com, Punk caught heat with WWE officials for openly expressing the belief that he felt it was too soon for him to drop the World Championship.

While most believe the original story (Punk having an “attitude” when Undertaker confronted him about not dressing like a champion), both stories generally point to the same thing: Punk’s perceived attitude problem was a factor in him being dropping the World Heavyweight title so soon.

Punk getting punished because of his perceived attitude has generated two different reactions from the locker room. Punk has a reputation as being “aloof” and rubbing many people the wrong way, so those people were naturally pleassed to see him get put in his place. There are also wrestlers that feel Punk’s actions weren’t bad enough to warrant taking the title off him, especially since the Undertaker’s is in rough physical shape and does not work most house shows.

SpikeTV issued the following press release on Tuesday afternoon:

Spike TV and TNA Wrestling To Present Special Programming In October

‘Global Impact 2’ Premiere Thursday, October 8 at 11:00 PM, ET/PT, ‘Super iMPACT!’ Premieres Thursday, October 15 Starting At 9:00 PM, ET/PT, Spike TV

NEW YORK, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ — Spike TV goes to the mat with Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling with two special programming events in October.

On Thursday, October 8 at 11:00 PM, ET/PT, immediately following the regular weekly telecast of TNA “iMPACT!,” Spike will present “Global Impact 2,” a one-hour special featuring an international showdown between TNA Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling from the world-famous Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.

“Global Impact 2” matchups include “Main Event Mafia vs. New Japan Main Event” featuring Kurt Angle, Kevin Nash, Mashahiro Chono and Riki Choshu vs. Giant Bernard, Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii and Karl Anderson; “IWGP Tag Team Championship Match” with Team 3D going up against Togi Makabe and Toru Yano and “IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match” featuring the Motor City Machineguns vs. Yujiro and Tetsuya Naito.

The following week, on Thursday, October 15, Spike will present a three-hour (9:00 PM – Midnight, ET/PT) super-sized installment of “iMPACT!” as the superstars of TNA make their final preparations before TNA’s “Bound For Glory” pay-per-view event taking place that weekend.

The main event on Spike that evening will feature two of the biggest stars in TNA, as “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles wrestles for the first time since becoming TNA World Champion in a Grudge Match against the leader of the Main Event Mafia, Kurt Angle. Also, “The Boss” Bobby Lashley takes on “The War Machine” Rhino in a Stretcher Match. “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan takes on Booker T. from the Main Event Mafia. “Super iMPACT!” will also give wrestling fans a behind-the-scenes look at some of the biggest stars in TNA as a preview of the AJ-Sting, Mick Foley-Abyss, Lashley-Samoa Joe and Matt Morgan-Kurt Angle matches at “Bound For Glory.” Viewers will see the warriors away from the ring, training, with family, with unprecedented access.

“Cross The Line” to TNA Wrestling. TNA Wrestling is the most innovative experience in professional wrestling today. Join TNA World Heavyweight Champion “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles, “The Boss” Bobby Lashley, Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle, “The Icon” Sting, Mick Foley, the lovely and lethal TNA Knockouts and the no-limits X-Division inside the six-sided ring of “TNA iMPACT!” every Thursday night (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) only on Spike TV.

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— Regarding Lacey Von Erich’s disparaging remarks towards former TNA performer Angelina Love in an interview with the Miami Herald last week, she is claiming they were done in-character, reports f4wonline.com. She has contacted the newspaper asking if they could retract her statements considering they were misconstrued. However, it should be noted that the rest of the interview was done out of character.

In case you missed it, Von Erich said the following about Love: “[Angelina] wasn’t a good fit for it in my opinion. I thought that everybody was going to be, `Oh no. Angelina is gone,’ but not one person said that. Nobody really missed her that much. I feel like I can fill the shoes that I’m supposed to. TNA told me this role was made for me, and I feel the same way. I’ve never met Angelina before in my life. After what some people have said, I don’t know if I want to.”

Von Erich would change her tune by praising the ex-Knockout on her Twitter account. She wrote: “I hope everyone enjoyed the show last night! Angelina Love was amazing in the beautiful people and I hope I do it justice! P.S. Don’t believe rumors! I think Angelina will be missed in TNA and hope we can work together someday!”

— Former TNA Knockout Angel Williams (a.k.a. Angelina Love) wrote the following note on her MySpace account regarding recent online reports airing her in a negative light. Williams wrote: “Its amazing how the net focuses on the negatives & makes up their own…..never had an enemy, never had a fight. All times were great.”

While a number of negative reports concerning Williams have surfaced since her departure from TNA last month, it should be noted that we didn’t get a single negative report on her during her near two-year tenure in the organization. It would appear that her former co-workers are coming out of the woodwork to bash her now that she’s gone.

Check out the promotional poster for the 2009 WWE Survivor Series.

This year’s event takes place on Sunday, November 22nd from the Verizon Center in Washington, DC.

Looks like DX will be around for at least a few more months:

UPDATE: Check out this TV commercial for WWE Survivor Series also featuring the DX army:

The following news items are compiled from several live reports sent in from fans who attended Monday’s Raw from the Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre, PA:

Dark Match: Jamie Noble defeated Heath Slater after reversing a powerbomb into a pin. Slater is a former FCW Heavyweight champion. He came out with a microphone and cut a cocky promo on his way to the ring. Solid match.

WWE Superstars Taping:

— Ted DiBiase wrestled Evan Bourne in what was said to be a great match.

— It was also announced that Cryme Tyme will face the Hart Dynasty on this week’s show. That match will be taped at Tuesday’s ECW & SmackDown tapings.

Live Notes:

— The arena was almost completely full. Roethlisberger and his teamates got a ton of media attention during the week and there was a big event “buzz” ini the arena.

— Randy Orton made two entrances. After Raw went to commercial, he checked the Divas out as they left and he made his way to the back. A minute later he came out again.

After RAW Went of the air:

— After Raw went off air, DX and the Pittsburg Steelers posed in the ring for a few minutes before slapping some hands at ringside. They then posted at the top of the ramp before heading to the back.

— Big Show then emerged from the ring announcers area and made his way to the back jawing with some fans.

— The scheduled dark match main event between Cena & DX vs. Oron & Legacy never took place.

— A source close to Jeff Hardy stated that Hardy is in “good spirits” and feels that his pending criminal case will go in his favor.

— There is backstage talk that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will host the first WWE Raw of 2010 from Dayton, Ohio on January 4. Johnson’s next feature film “Tooth Fairy” hits theaters on January 22.

— Scenes of the Pittsburgh Steelers and DX were shown during the opening of Monday night’ Sportscenter on ESPN. They showed clips of the Steelers players getting in their stance againt the Big Show and clips of Ben celebrating with DX. Jerry Lawler was heard saying, “There is your Sportscenter moment!”

— It is being reported that Gail Kim busted one of her breast implants at a recent Raw live event. She now joins WWE Divas Champion Mickie James, who was recently on the sidelines recovering from the same injury.

Sources: PWInsider.com, F4WOnline.com

On Monday, it was reported that A.J. Styles and Matt Morgan have signed new 5-year contract extensions with TNA Wrestling.

Matt Morgan wrote a message o his Twitter page (Twitter.com/TNAMattMorgan) responding to a fan who asked if news about his new contract was true. Morgan responded,  “Have no clue how you would know that, but yes that’s true. Signed it last week and am looking forward to five more improving years.”

A.J. Styles on the other hand may not have signed a new contract. The same source who broke the original story (ProWrestling.net) now says the Styles deal is not finalized. Styles is currently in the second year of a deal he signed over a year ago.

— Next week’s Raw Guest Hosts in Indianapolis, Indiana will be Access Hollywood’s Nancy O’Dell and actress Maria Menounos.

— WWE has announced two big matches for Bragging Rights on October 25th. New WWE Champion Randy Orton will defend the gold against John Cena in a 60 Minute Iron Man Match. There will be no disqualification, no countout and John Cena will have to leave Raw if he doesn’t capture the title. As previously reported, there will also be a RAW vs. SmackDown tag team match at the end of the night comprised of all the winning Raw wrestlers from that night’s bouts facing all the winning Smackdown wrestlers from the PPV.

— The early Summerslam buyrate estimated by World Wrestling Entertainment according to the WWE Corporate website is 375,000-380,000. By comparison, SummerSlam 2008 drew close to 500,000 buys.