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Saturday, February 13, 2010

Bret Hart, Vince McMahon reunited, and it feels so good


Bret Hart can only imagine what his late parents and brother Owen would think about his World Wrestling Entertainment return.

"They'd say that hell froze over," a chuckling Hart said.
Twelve years ago, the odds of that happening seemed greater than Hart ever working for WWE owner Vince McMahon again. The two had one of the bitterest splits in pro-wrestling history. Concerned the "Hitman" was going to leave for rival World Championship Wrestling while still holding the WWE title, McMahon ordered a surprise match finish that allowed Shawn Michaels to defeat an unknowing Hart via submission when referee Earl Hebner abruptly called for the bell. Hart was so furious that the bout didn't unfold as planned that he legitimately floored McMahon off-camera with a backstage punch.
The hard feelings that stemmed from the 1997 "Survivor Series" were real, but time has healed those wounds. Hart and McMahon gradually rebuilt their relationship to the point that the former suggested a storyline for the two to work together again. Hart and McMahon are now weaving "Survivor Series" fallout into a storyline that will culminate with a March 28 match at "Wrestlemania 26" in Glendale, Ariz.

"I want to move on," Hart said Tuesday night in a telephone interview from his home in Calgary, Alberta. "I made a big fuss out of all that happened. I wrote a book about it. There was a documentary ('Wrestling with Shadows'). I held out (from WWE) for a long time because of my pride. In the end, I think I made my point.

"Some people feel it wasn't the right thing for me to go back. But there's only one person in Bret 'The Hitman' Hart's shoes and it's me ... This is a lot of fun for me. It sure beats shoveling snow."

Hart's return is even more remarkable considering he had a stroke in 2002, two years after suffering a career-ending concussion in WCW. Hart, 52, said he has physical limitations and that the 64-year-old McMahon "isn't exactly Kofi Kingston." But Hart said he can still "move around enough" to get a quality match out of McMahon and participate in limited tussles on "Monday Night Raw" (9 p.m. EST, USA Network).

"I'll never put on the performance I want to have, but I'll be able to do enough to entertain and give a good show," said Hart, one of the industry's top in-ring technicians during his storied 25-year career. "I'm very careful about what I do and allow myself to do and what can be done to me. WWE has gone through great effort to ensure all that and make sure I'm comfortable with everything.

"I don't want to go out there in a wheelchair like (Hulk) Hogan. I know people watching me are saying, 'He's not exactly a cheetah out there.' But at same time I do remember being in a wheelchair when I had my stroke. The thought of doing what I'm doing right now is beyond everything I imagined."
Hart believes Hogan's signing with TNA Wrestling and that company's plan to run head-to-head competition on Monday nights has given McMahon additional motivation to make their angle work.

"Vince is just as focused and involved as I remember him ever being," Hart said. "This whole (storyline) seems to have lit a fire under him. He's very competitive.
"My guess is TNA and Hogan can't be much of a factor, but Vince doesn't like anyone messing around on his turf. He doesn't want this to become any kind of WCW rivalry like before. He wants to be king."

McMahon isn't the only WWE fixture with whom Hart has made amends. He also has reached out to Michaels and Paul "Triple H" Levesque, both of whom had long-standing problems with Hart that were exacerbated by "Survivor Series" and the aftermath. Hart describes his current relationship with Levesque as "very cordial but not overly friendly." There is more of a thaw with Michaels, who publicly buried the hatchet by hugging Hart last month on "Raw."
"When I came back, I didn't know if the whole thing with Shawn would erupt again," Hart said. "The truth is, Shawn has been real good with the whole thing. You can tell this is a weight lifted off his back, my back and I think even Vince to a certain degree. It feels like a new start."

"Survivor Series" will never be completely forgotten. "Wrestling with Shadows" will be re-released this summer along with an accompanying DVD on Owen Hart, who fell to his death in 1999 during a WWE ring entrance gone awry. Hart's 2007 autobiography, "Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling," which chronicles "Survivor Series," also will be released in paperback later this year.
By that time, Hart might not still be working with WWE. Hart's current agreement runs only through "Wrestlemania" and the induction of his late father, Stu, into WWE's Hall of Fame that same weekend (WWE will be releasing a three-disc Hart family DVD in early April).

Hart, though, didn't dismiss the possibility of staying with WWE in some capacity for the long haul.

"I'm trying to turn a negative into a positive," Hart said. "I think this is good for wrestling fans. I know for a lot people this whole thing seems quite real. If I can deliver realism in today's wrestling

TNA in Norfolk, Va.: Kurt Angle vs. A.J. Styles with Ric Flair involved, Jarrett vs. Daniels, Angle advertises Impact on Mondays "real soon


TNA house show reportFebruary 12, 2010Norfolk, Va. at the Ted Constant CenterReport by Ed Carr, Torch VIP member
I arrived in the building to the voice of Don West explaining that Ric Flair was signing autographs, but he was gone by the time I got to the table. Not a packed house, but a decent crowd. Jeremy Borash handled MC/ring announcer duty.


(1) Generation Me (Max & Jeremy) defeated Lethal Consequences (Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed) with their 450/moonsault combo. Nice athletic spots that popped the crowd. Good opener.(2) Jesse Neal defeated Homicide with a facebuster type move. Neal came out with the American flag, but still had his heel look from the last time he was on TV. Norfolk is a big Navy town and he was introduced as a former Navy sailor to a huge pop. The crowd chanted "USA" at Homicide even though he was introduced as being from Brooklyn, N.Y., but he played into it like a true heel. (3) TNA Knockouts champion Tara & Angelina Love defeated the Beautiful People (Velvet Sky & Madison Rayne & Lacey Von Erich) in a handicap match when Tara pinned Madison after a Widow's Peak. A man named Chase was introduced as Tara's manager. Not sure if this will play out on TV or just a local thing.


(4) "TNA Founder and The King of the Mountain" Jeff Jarrett defeated Daniels after the Stroke. Daniels did the old heel stalling to start out. Jarrett was over huge and you could see him smiling about it. Daniels was great as he hit three successful shoulder blocks and demanded the referee raise his arm in victory. Jarrett made a comeback and hit his finisher for the win. After the match, Jeff thanked the crowd for their support.(5) Beer Money (James Storm & Robert Roode) defeated British Invasion (Brutus Magnus & X Division champion Doug Williams) with the Driving While Investing (DWI). Beer Money received the biggest pop up to this point and had one side of the arena chanting "Beer" and the other "Money." As a side note, there was a guy wearing a blue amateur style singlet with one strap pulled down imitating the Big Show, but he looked more like Adam Pearce. You had to be there to see it.(6) "The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero defeated Desmond Wolfe with DDE double knee smash. The Pope just has this charismatic aura about him that makes you want to cheer him. On the opposite side, Desmond portrays the cocky heel very well so. They played off each other very well. Earl Hebner was introduced as the referee for the main event, but some guy with a headset told JB that Hebner was suspended by Hulk Hogan. Security came into the ring and escorted Earl out of the building while the crowd chanted, "Na na na na, hey, goodbye." Slick Johnson replaced him as the ref.


(7) TNA World Hvt. champion "The Phenomenal" A.J. Styles (w/Ric Flair) defeated Kurt Angle after a belt shot to retain the TNA World Title. This match got the most heat of all and they even had the formal ring introductions by JB. Loud "Whooos" for Flair every time he interfered. He even grabbed the house mic and yelled, "Shut Up!" The crowd just whoo'ed again. Funny. There were also dueling chants of "Let's Go Kurt" and "Let's go A.J." dueling chants. A.J. hit the Pele kick, his back flip into inverted DDT, and his springboard forearm smash. Kurt hit his overhead belly-to-belly and three consecutive German suplexes, but when he tried his running belly-to-belly while his opponent is on the tope rope, he slipped and almost came down on his head. They were able to adjust in mid-air. The finish saw Angle apply the anklelock, but Flair pulled the ref out of the ring. Angle chased Flair into the ring, but Ric gave him two low blows. The crowd chanted "No more babies." Angle made a comeback and had Ric in the anklelock when A.J. hit him with the title and made the cover. A.J. had this great look on his face as he clutched the title like he thought he would never hold it again. After the matched, Kurt thanked the military members in attendance and thanked everyone for watching Impact on Thursdays and to continue watching on Mondays real soon.JB informed the crowd that it was not over. The babyfaces would be coming around the ring to sign autographs and take pictures while Ric Flair would be in the ring taking pics for $20. Flair came out and said no matter how hard he tried to get everyone to boo him, they wouldn't. He talked briefly about his history in Norfolk and then proceeded to take pictures in what was a long line. Even though there is a PPV in two days, none of the wrestlers looked like they were phoning it in. Everyone put in a good effort and the crowd was hot throughout the show.

Friday, February 12, 2010


With the release of WWE’s fourth quarter 2009 financial data earlier today, we have details on the performance of the company’s four Q4 PPVs. For the three months ending December 31, 2009, WWE’s PPV revenue rose from $15.9 million in 2008 to $16.3 million in 2009.
The overall increase in Q4 PPV buys is attributed to a the success of WWE’s new gimmick-themed PPVs, which out-performed their 2008 counterparts. However, this year’s Survivor Series took a sharp hit, which kept the revenue increase to only $400,000 for the quarter over 2008.

Here’s the data

Hell in a Cell did 283,000 buys, up 7% from No Mercy 2008 (261,000).

Bragging Rights did 181,000 buys, up 15% from Cyber Sunday 2008 (153,000).

Survivor Series totally bombed. The show did 235,000 buys, down 26% from 2008 (319,000)

Tables, Ladders & Chairs did 228,000 buys, up 15% from Armageddon 2008 (193,000)

John Morrison Not Injured, WWE Returning to Canada





John Morrison worked the SmackDown/ECW live event last night in Ecuador, teaming with Matt Hardy in the first match of the night. Morrison and Hardy defeated The Hart Dynasty. Morrison appeared to be fine as his injury reported earlier this week is obviously a work. Sources report that yesterday when Morrison talked about his ankle being broke in three places on his Twitter page, he was simply "joking" and "playing with the fans."


WWE returns to the Molson Centre in Barrie, Ontario, Canada on Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 7:30 PM. Tickets go on sale Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at 10 AM. * The WWE Raw house show on May 15th, 2010 will be held at the K-Rock Centre in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. * WWE returns to the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on May 15th, 2010 at 7:30 PM. Tickets go on sale March 20th, 2010 at 10 AM. * WWE returns to the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario, Canada on Sunday, May 16th, 2010 at 5 PM. Tickets go on sale Saturday, March 13th, 2010 at 10 AM.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Intercontinental Champion Drew McIntyre and smackdown rating





WWE Intercontinental Champion Drew McIntyre will debut a new theme song on this week's SmackDown.


The January 22nd episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown scored a 2.2 broadcast rating with 3.463 million viewers

How much wwe pay for Bret heart to retrun to raw


There is speculation that Bret Hart is being paid $500,000 for the current
storyline in WWE plus a big WrestleMania bonus

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

TNA News: Hulk Hogan interview - talks about Monday night timeslot, admits to mistakes in TNA


Hulk Hogan claims TNA isn't to the point yet of having a Monday night timeslot locked in with Spike TV, but he feels their "positive energy" every day that tells him they're getting closer to working out a deal.Hogan is pulling back the reigns on what he said in January about wanting desperately to be on Monday nights after he says he's learned more about how the TV industry works."We're pushing hard for Mondays, trying to get there, a lot of variables, but it looks like it's much better than it did yesterday," Hogan said on the Monday Night Mayhem radio show yesterday. "I'm just starting to figure this crap out right now dealing with networks, ad sales, cross-overs, going to the top of the hours, quarter-hours."Hogan said they've been "getting good news" for the last week as they push hard for Monday nights, but now he's shifting the heat to the "smart marks" - his scapegoat term the past week - for pushing for Monday nights."There's stuff that's already been scheduled, there's budgeting issues, there's shows for the new season, so it's not like 'Okay, let's go live on Monday nights.' Nothing is that easy. A lot of the fans, a lot of the 'smart marks' are saying 'we should go live Monday nights.' They have no idea what it entails, I'm just now having people sit me down after 30 years of wrestling and go 'Guy, you know what it's all about to work the match and be on the road.' Now you're dealing with the economy, the network, and the way the audience flips and changes the channel," Hogan said. "Right when you think you have it figured out what attracts the right demo, it starts to mold, and manipulate, and shape."Hogan did admit TNA can't just "plug in the old NWO" and do the same storylines again like they did in WCW. He said they're learning from their mistakes a month into running TNA and figuring out how to present the product."It's not a cookie-cutter thing...you just lock down like you did when you ran against Vince (McMahon) with Ted Turner (in WCW). I thought that would work just to work it in and make a crack, but things are different than they two-three months ago because of the economy," Hogan said. "When you figure in the networks and the head of Viacom, and they're watching the minute by minute numbers for 18-34 (year olds), it's not like you could just plug in the old NWO and do it like we did when we punked Vince out. It's ever-changing moving parts, so we did learn from our mistakes; like when you get successful sometimes, you can get too full of yourself."Hogan also gave a nod to the ratings dip this past Thursday on Impact when they lost approximately 350,000 viewers after the all-time ratings peak on Thursday nights on January 28."We have learned from our mistakes, and we are learning, almost like on the job training, because some of the stuff that worked two weeks ago, didn't work last week, so we're digging in and have our ears and eyes to the ground," he said.

Chance Career In Huge Organization Part 7


Contunie The Hot Jobs For Huge Organization All Over The World And There Is Some Emails For This

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

USA Network Wants RAW To Go 3-Hours Every Week


There is talk within WWE of making RAW three-hours each week if TNA moves to Monday nights for good. There has also been talk of keeping the guest host storyline booked if TNA goes to Mondays. This is something being talked about a lot lately among certain circles in the company.Apparently the idea for RAW to go three-hours came from USA Network and they are pushing it hard, but Vince and Stephanie McMahon are both said to be against it

What Maryse Said on RAW Last Night, Inoki-WWE HOF Update


- Jon sent word that Maryse's message in French on last night's RAW to Gail Kim read like this: "You smell like garbage, it's terrible, I can smell you from 100 feet away, I pity you, youre a little girl, your a nobody, your a nobody." - Apparently there was an acceptance party in Japan last night for legend Antonio Inoki going into the WWE Hall of Fame this year.