Wrestling 2005

[nekkid]

OMG Lashley vs. Khali? That sounds aweful on paper for a free tv match. I don't think there is anything special about Lashley and we all obvioulsy know that Khali might be the worst ever. RVD barely got a decent match out of Lashley last week. But Lashley vs. Khali at 'mania?!?!!? All the rumors for matches at this years mania are just making me pissed off that I am actually going.

 

[Dillon]

TNA has told Konnan that they will not pay for his kidney transplant surgery which is going run him around $100,000 in the U.S. TNA has offered to loan him the money to have it done but he must pay it back. Konnan can get the surgery done in Mexico for much cheaper at around $35,000. The Roldan family who now runs AAA, has told Konnan that they plan on running several benefit shows to help him pay for the surgery. Konnan is the head booker for AAA.

Regarding the dropping of TNA paying for hotels, this only pertains to the talent. Everyone else from the announcers to bookers to production staff will still get their hotels paid for. The shuttle from the airport to the hotel rooms cost $24 while the hotel rooms at the Doubletree cost $69. However, the talents who's rooms are not being paid for are free to stay anywhere they wish.

 

[Dillon]

The following are the REPORTED official pay outs to fighters who competed on the December 30th UFC 66 "Liddell vs. Ortiz 2" show. Remember that in the case of main eventers, fighters receive undisclosed percentages of the PPV revenue. In the case of any fighter, they could have received any number of special bonuses UFC gives out that wouldn't be mentioned here.

-Chuck Liddell ($250,000) def. Tito Ortiz ($210,000)

-Andrei Arlovski ($145,000) def. Marcio Cruz ($5,000)

-Michael Bisping ($24,000) def. Eric Schafer ($4,000)

-Keith Jardine ($14,000) def. Forrest Griffin ($16,000)

-Jason MacDonald ($10,000) def. Chris Leben ($7,000)

-Thiago Alves ($22,000) def. Tony DeSouza ($7,000)

-Gabriel Gonzaga ($18,000) def. Carmelo Marrero ($5,000)

-Yushin Okami ($16,000) def. Rory Singer ($5,000)

-Christian Wellisch ($6,000) def. Anthony Perosh ($3,000)

Total disclosed: $767,000

 

[Dillon]

For the first time ever, the WWE has signed a third generation female talent, Nattie Neidhart. Nattie, of course is the daughter of Jim Neidhart and granddaughter of Stu Hart. It seemed to be only a matter of time before she would eventually be signed after being evaluated at Deep South Wrestling last year. For more information about her, you may visit her at her official website at www.nattieneidhart.cjb.net/

 

[nekkid]

Did you guys see IMPACT last night? That was one of the best shows I have ever seen. Russo rules

 

[_xyz_]

that's right, russo rules!

Vinces time is up ... Jarrets time is now

But the McMahons will buy tna if it's too successful

 

[phynix]

Yeah sure vince will buy a company that is full of talent that has either been fired/walked out/ or told thier not good enough for WWE progremming! Vince will wait and see how successful TNA becomes he won't panic but he'll do his best to insure that his talents doesn't end up in TNA. If TNA fails then vince will move in on the talent and take the best for WWE.

 

[Dillon]

Several stars in TV are unhappy about TNA’s decision to no longer pay for talent’s hotels and rental cars. Only a select few will continue to have these expenses paid by the company. This is the first time in a while that anyone backstage has been talking about TNA’s financial condition.

Spike TV has offered TNA a two-hour timeslot but right now the holdup is over money. Spike wants a multi-year exclusive commitment and TNA wants to get more money out of the deal.

Former enemies Jim Cornette and Vince Russo have been working together backstage at the Impact tapings after being brought together by Jeff Jarrett. At the production meetings Cornette usually sits over a couple seats from Russo, beside Don West and Mike Tenay. Some onlookers have even said that the meetings are almost as entertaining as Impact itself with Cornette openly challenging every idea from Russo that doesn’t make sense. The feeling is that Russo’s ideas need to be heavily edited like they were in his WWF days.

The judges for Kevin Nash’s X-Division PCS series at Final Resolution will be Disco Inferno and Bob Backlund.

Jeff Jarrett has been talking about trying to put together a program between Kurt Angle and Bob Sapp, who recently turned down a $1,000,000 per year deal from WWE.
I think like ECW and WCW.TNA is no match for the WWE.If TNA is so strong.When is it going to Monday Night?

 

[Dillon]

Vince McMahon mentioned the Donald Trump/Rosie O'Donnell feud this past Monday on Raw for a reason. The plan right now is to have a "Battle of the Billionaires" angle leading into the Royal Rumble between Donald Trump and Vince McMahon. The angle would culminate with Vince managing a wrestler who would face a wrestler that Trump would be managing. This isn't a done deal as of yet as both parties are still negotiating.

Believe it or not, NBC Universal approached WWE about putting this angle together back in November. Apparently, NBC is looking to improve the ratings for “The Apprentice,” which have been on the decline.

 

[nekkid]

How much financial backing does TNA have? I thought Dixie Carter had all this money. That is the only way that TNA will even be spotted on WWE's radar.

This past TNA show was IMO exactly how a wrestling show should be booked. It reminded me of the fast paced, great matches, and humor filled RAW's from the attitude era.

I hope TNA makes WWE programming better because it has honestly sucked for the last 3-4 years.

 

[Dillon]

The Pro Wrestling Torch is reporting that Rey Mysterio's contract with WWE is scheduled to expire in May or June of 2008.

When he returns to the company in mid-2007 following his knee surgery, the early word is that WWE management will start to press him to sign a new long-term renewal. Should Mysterio not agree to a new long-term deal, it is very possible that WWE could choose to "job him out" so to speak for a full year before TNA could step up with a deal.

Based on what is known at this time, TNA is very interested in signing Mysterio should he become available.

 

[phynix]

Ok here the plan we'll build up this monster of a star for nearly a year. He'll beat everyone from legends to out top guys even the champion wont be able to beat...until he gets a title shot and then we'll screw him ovber and mess up all our hard work and make the guy look like a total jobber!!

HHH agrivated his knee last night it is thought to be his quad again which was he torn over 5 years ago. Then it put him on the shelf from May to January!!! Probkem is back then I was pissed of HHH for being everywhere now he's one of the top guys they need him and he might be gone again??? could this be the end of DX as well?

 

[Dillon]

Donald Trump will be in L.A today taping an episode of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno so he will obviously not be at RAW. Look for a spoof of Donald vs. Rosie on RAW tonight. Neither will be there live.

Triple H will be flown to Birmingham for an appointment tomorrow with Dr. James Andrews today. The preliminary indication is that HHH tore his right quadriceps while executing a spinebuster in the DX vs. Team Rated RKO match at tonight's New Year's Revolution PPV in Kansas City. It is ironic that today is five years ago to the day of his televised return from a similar injury he had suffered on May 21, 2001, in San Jose.

 

[Dillon]

Triple H had his leg evaluated in Birmingham, AL today. The diagnosis is quadriceps tear on the opposite leg of his last injury. He will have surgery tomorrow and be out an estimated nine months. It took him eight months to recover from his last quad tear, but the estimated recovery time is nine months. At this point, he will miss WrestleMania which throws WWE's plans into a bit of a mess since a John Cena vs. Triple H WWE Title match was scheduled to headline the show. This also puts the DX angle in a state of confusion, as it seems unlikely WWE would continue it with just Shawn Michaels. Michaels has actually been a bit worn down and in need of time off himself recently, but with Triple H out, he will likely be asked to gut it out and maintain a fulltime schedule.

 

[Dillon]

The decision to move the Great Khali from ECW to Raw was made in the last twenty-four hours, following Triple H's injury. The WWE felt it was necessary to fill the void that Triple H now leaves.

As it was reported here last week, the original plan for Khali was to challenge Lashley for the ECW World Title at WrestleMania. Khali is scheduled to make a final appearance on ECW tomorrow night, by wrestling Tommy Dreamer, which should conclude their feud.

The revamped Gene Snitsky is expected to debut for ECW soon, and may be the one who fills the role that Khali leaves behind. As for Daivari, it remains unknown whether or not he will stay with ECW. Daivari did not appear on Raw tonight, so that may be an indication that he is staying with ECW.

Changing gears, The Donald Trump impersonator was played by Ace Steel, who is a regular with Ring of Honor. The Rosie O'Donnell impersonator was played by the Virginia-area independent worker Kylie McLane.

 

[Dillon]

As reported elsewhere, TNA management made a decision recently to stop paying for hotel rooms for their wrestlers. This decision was announced at the last TV tapings before the holiday break and it reportedly caused outrage among wrestlers.

BG James was one of the only wrestlers who spoke out about the decision. James reportedly called Jeff Jarrett, Dixie Carter and Terry Taylor over the matter and threatened to quit. James has had a history of doing this before with TNA and people within management didn't take him that seriously.

This new decision by TNA was done as a cost-cutting measure, which will end up saving the company around $120 per wrestler for a two night stay at a hotel in Orlando. TNA wrestlers are required to fly in a day early so flight delays can't cause a problem. What makes this situation interesting is that wrestlers who are paid $300 per shot with TNA, they will now have to pay out of their pocket for a hotel room that will usually run them $100-$120 a night. While some talent may opt to stay at a cheaper hotel and take a shuttle to Universal Studios, it will still take at least $100 out of every wrestlers pay. This definitely wasn't good news to those talent who are only getting paid $300 to begin with. It should be noted that some within TNA management pointed out that WWE wrestlers are required to pay for their own hotel rooms. In response, some TNA talent noted that the only difference is that WWE wrestlers get paid much more and can afford it.

 

[Dillon]

The following is an excerpt from an article on Sherdog.com:

HBO will televise three Ultimate Fighting Championship cards in 2007 and holds an option for three more broadcasts, respected boxing scribe Thomas Hauser reported Monday. According to the report on SecondsOut.com, HBO's UFC cards will air at midnight on to-be-determined dates.

Hauser's report confirms the long-rumored deal between HBO and UFC, though the agreement did not come without objections from HBO Sports President Ross Greenberg. "He did everything in his power not to televise mixed martial arts," Hauser wrote of Greenberg. "But in the end, he had no choice."

 

[Dillon]

A new wrestler by the name of George Murdoch debuted on the road at the 12/26 SmackDown house show in Hershey, PA. He is 6-8, 375 pounds and he hasn't even debuted on Deep South Wrestling's television show yet. He uses the name G. Rilla down in DSW and he is green to say the least. He started wrestling back in August. This was described as another Johnny Ace call to get him on to house shows due to the company's belief that they need to recruit physical freaks, and then teach them to be performers as opposed to recruiting performers. Murdoch was working as a bouncer at a night club in Los Angeles some time back. Tommy Dreamer saw him and told him that with his size, he should enroll in the UPW school for a few months and then send WWE a tape. Murdoch told Dreamer that he wasn't really interested, but Dreamer asked for his phone number anyways. Johnny Ace then called him and he was signed almost immediately. Murdoch is the 32nd person to be signed by the WWE that has either been trained or discovered by Rick Bassman's UPW promotion in California.

 

[Cman]

new thread

http://www.nudecelebforum.com/showthread.php?t=19759

 

[Cman]

Probably the STUPIDEST thing I've ever seen on RAW was the Trump / Rosie thing. It wasn't even entertaining.

Although, I did enjoy the "Battle of the Stereotypes" involving Cryme Time and the Southern guys, whatever their names are. That was pretty funny.

My advice to the WWE is not to have 2 stereotypes in the same match, because it makes you notice that aspect of it.