— 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.

On her Facebook page, former WWE Diva Tammy “Sunny” Sytch had some rather harsh things to say regarding Lacey Von Erich’s “less than stellar” TNA debut last week (many online have criticized the clothesline she delivered to Taylor Wilde upon jumping the ring).

Sytch’s original status update is as follows: “Tamara Lynn Sytch wants to know who else thought Lacey Von Erich’s TNA debut was less than stellar?? Man, she sucks!”

Here are further comments she made regarding the TNA newcomer under her status update:

Tamara Lynn Sytch: “i mean, shes so bad, WWE fired her from developmental after 4 months… I thought TNA prided themselves on girls who could WORK!”

Tamara Lynn Sytch: “hey, it’s not hard at all to LOOK hot…it’s a lot harder to know how to work”

Tamara Lynn Sytch: “nope, not a single ounce of jealousy Tim…just wondering where the business that I grew up loving has gone. Talent just doesn’t seem to matter anymore”

Tamara Lynn Sytch: “how can I be jealous of a disrespectful no-talent bimbo who is only in the business b/c she was born to a suicidal drug addict?”

Tamara Lynn Sytch: “no personal issue with her…it just aggrivates me when some get jobs and dont deserve it, when there are plenty of girls out there with looks and talent who should have those spots”

Tamara Lynn Sytch: “hey, I never relied on my looks for ANY job….think about it…I was one of the girls who was actually GOOD on the mike. I never said I was a wrestler…Im not. Never was. Never will be. do what I do for 20 years and you earn the right to critique the work of others…dont like it? Dont listen. Easy as that.”

Tamara Lynn Sytch: “i agree.. Trish started a whole new era of women’s wrestling.,I tell her that every time I see her…You see, I gladly give credit where credit is due…. but Lacey doesn’t know how to handle herself in the ring, or out of the ring among her peers either…trust me, she’s not a popular girl, for more reasons than one.”

Tamara Lynn Sytch: “ok…so if Uncle Kevin says do it, does that make you good? If your uncle told you to be a plumber, would you be good at it?”

Tamara Lynn Sytch: “no, ive seen her work on indies that Ive been on…there’s no helping that situation…she’s bad. Candice was better than her.”

Tamara Lynn Sytch: “I also heard she’s walking around the locker room like she owns the place… Just wait til Kong gets a hold of that!”

Tamara Lynn Sytch: “the only thing she has going for her is her looks…its sad”

— TNA Wrestling has signed two of their top young stars to new longterm contracts, according to ProWrestling.net. A.J. Styles and Matt Morgan, who both still had some time remaining on their previous TNA deals, recently signed new five-year contracts that will keep them with the company through 2014.

— Fans who are ordering TNA Bound For Glory on 10/18 will have to fork over an extra $10 more than the usual TNA PPV. Both Comcast and Time Warner Cable are listsing the event as $39.99. No word yet on whether the price change is permanent moving forward or if its just for TNA’s showcase event of the year.

— Thursday’s edition of TNA iMPACT! drew a 1.1 rating, on par with what the show has been doing in recent weeks.