Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Sept 4, 2013 5:37:02 GMT -6
PRO WRESTLING NEWS:
--- The firing of Cody Rhodes is a work. He's leaving on a planned hiatus to get married and go on a honeymoon but apparently there isn't a lot of communication within creative so it ended up a rush job last night.
--- ROH announced that Jay Briscoe will appear at the September 20th Death Before Dishonor show to present the ROH title belt, which he still has possession of, to the winner of the tournament.
--- AJ Lee got a new tattoo on the back of her neck which is the day, month and year she won the WWE Divas Title for the first time. She's been a massive fan since childhood and WWE has video of her as a little girl crying when meeting Lita at a signing.
---Former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler popped up on TMZ after spending time at the Burning Man festival in Nevada. TMZ describes the event as a massive art festival in the middle of the desert which focusses on "radical self expression and self-reliance." Keibler attended with her rumored boyfriend Jared Pobre. Check out the story at TMZ.com.
---Dallas Page (DDP) was promoted for two events, October 4-5, 2013, in Columbus, IN (Foundation For Youth Building 812-348-4558) & Indianapolis, IN (TC Howe High School 317-217-1980) for Pro Wrestling Elite & Fighting Spirit Wrestling www.fightingspiritpro.com .Dallas was confirmed on July 18, 2013 through Show Business, Inc and SBI Bookings and a deposit & flight fee was required to promote him. No deposit nor flight fee was received so promoters were given until September 1, 2013. Neither promoter sent deposit nor flight fee by that date after promising to do so. Accordingly, the bookings for Dallas Page were canceled and he will not be at either event. If anyone bought tickets because Dallas Page was promoted by these promotions please contact Pro Wrestling Elite (Robert Davis rld.fsp.pwe@gmail.com 812-374-8639) and/or Fighting Spirit Pro (James fightingspiritpro@gmail.com 209-910-3377) .Dallas Page and I regret that he will not be at these events for the reasons noted. Both events are still being promoted at this time without Dallas Page.
---Work is underway on an autobiography of Beautiful Bobby Eaton.
---New York Wrestling Connection will be running a charity event on 10/6 at the NYWC Sportatorium in Deer Park, Long Island, raising money for a terminally ill child named Cole Rapini. Justin Credible, Joel Gertner, Matt Striker, Homicide, Jason Knight, Papadon and more will be appearing. For tickets, visit www.NYWCWeb.Wix.com/MarioTodisco.
---For those who have an affiliate of the MeTV network on their cable/satellite service, you'll be able to see Lisa Marie Varon(formerly known as Victoria in WWE and Tara in TNA) as she is guest star on the horror movie show Svengoolie on September 21st at 10PM eastern time, with 1958's Monster on the Campus as the featured film.
---Vendetta Pro Wrestling in Santa Maria, CA will feature a Luna Vachon Memorial Battle Royal at their 9/13 event at the Radisson Hotel.
---Impact Championship Wrestling has titled their next event on 9/14 in NYC as "Crisis on Queens Boulevard", a nod to DC Comics' old Crisis on Infinite Earths series. Tommy Dreamer vs. Dan Maff will headline the show. For more, visit www.ICWZone.com.
---UK wrestler Roger Green has released an EBook on his time in the business titled "Memoirs of a TV Wrestler." The official blurb for the book reads, "For nearly 20 years during the Sixties and Seventies Roger Green led a Jekyll and Hyde life – newspaper reporter by day and professional wrestler by night. After finishing his shift on the newspaper he would pack his kit and head off to wrestling halls around the country two or three times a week to battle it out with the stars of TV wrestling which had a following of 5 million viewers on Saturday afternoon ITV World of Sport. Roger, who wrestled at welterweight, appeared many times on TV against some of the household names of the period including the legendary Mick McManus, who died earlier this year, Jackie ‘Mr TV’ Pallo, Adrian Street, Bobby Barnes, and appeared once in the ring with Big Daddy as his partner in a mixed weight tag team match. In summer he frequently went to France and Spain to take on the continental stars. Memoirs of a TV Wrestler reveals the professional tricks of the trade, the men behind the masks, offbeat stories and incidents about some of the larger than life characters in the game and is written with both serious journalistic insight and humour. It’s a unique story that could only be told by someone who led such an unusual double life."
---Short Sleeve Sampson, who's worked just about everywhere, announced his intentions to retire with the following press release:
SHORT SLEEVE SAMPSON ACCEPTING BOOKINGS FOR FAREWELL RETIREMENT TOUR
Short Sleeve Sampson, one of wrestling’s most recognizable ‘Midget’ wrestlers and star of Hulk Hogans Micro Championship Wrestling announced on Monday that he will be embarking on a 40 city Farewell Retirement tour beginning October 1st. Sampson, who turned 40 last month, said wrestling has opened the doors to several new opportunities in other fields of entertainment that he has always wanted to pursue. Sampson said at the age of forty, he is still in the best shape of his life and now is the time to try new things.
Short Sleeve Sampson has had an amazing wrestling career appearing many times as himself as well as portraying several WWE parody characters on WWE RAW and WWE Smackdown. He has also appeared on several occasions for the Nashville based TNA. His career has also reached into TV and sitcoms appearing on shows such as Jerry Springer and NBC’s ‘Here & Now’ as well as ABC’s the Family Channel.
Sampson has been featured on several documentaries for CMT, History Channel, the Travel channel, A&E Network, and this fall he will be on National Geographic International. He has also done promotional work for Fox's Childs Play Movie and Universal Studio's Despicable Me appearing in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Short Sleeve Sampson has become by far one of the most loved and recognizable Midget wrestlers in the world. Sampson said it is because of wrestling and the fans that he is able to pursue his dreams and this is why he wants to set out on this Farewell Tour to say thank you to all the fans and promoters who have supported him over the years. Since he turned forty this year, he fills 40 is the magic number for the tour.
If you would like to book Short Sleeve Sampson’s Farewell Retirement Tour for your event, promoters are advised to contact immediately as these dates will fill up fast. To book Short Sleeve Sampson, you may contact him through his email at chaoticsampson@yahoo.comor thru his official facebook page www.facebook.com/shortsleevesampson
---WWE.com reported today that Christian suffered a concussion on the 8/26 edition of Raw, during his match with Randy Orton. He is still suffering from symptoms and when they clear up, WWE will be performing tests on him later this week at the Performance Center in Orlando, FL.
---People.com reports that WWE Superstar Titus O'Neil is dating reality TV star Omarosa Manigault. This is her first relationship since her fiancee, actor Michael Clark Duncan, passed away almost a year ago. Titus and Omarosa began dating after the two were introduced by mutual friend Jawn Murray at WWE's Superstars for Hope party in Beverly Hills during SummerSlam weekend. People adds that they make their long-distance relationship work by video-chatting often. Titus has flown Omarosa to WWE events to visit him while he's working.
---The dark match before the Smackdown tapings saw The Great Khali defeat local wrestlers Sheik Ariya Daivari and Craven Knyte. Sheik Ariya has been seen on TNA's Ring Ka King show and teamed with former WWE star Shawn Daivari, his older brother.
---WWE SmackDown spoilers from tonight's tapings in Minneapolis, Minnesota: * Triple H kicks off this week's SmackDown and is holding a town hall meeting for everyone to air their grievances. The locker room is out watching from the stage. Triple H, Vickie Guerrero and Brad Maddox are in the ring. Triple H talks first about how he fired Cody Rhodes on RAW and what's best for business. The Shield are also out, standing guard at the ring. Triple H wants nobody to be afraid for their jobs. He lets anyone step up and ask a question but nobody does. He says no butt kissing. Damien Sandow speaks up and says he supports Triple H firing Cody Rhodes. Triple H says Cody fired Cody. Kofi Kingston speaks up and says everyone is afraid and that's not best for business. Triple H talks about how the wrestlers' egos are out of control and says that's why Daniel Bryan isn't out here. Heath Slater speaks up but Triple H cracks jokes at him. Rob Van Dam says Cody getting fired wasn't cool and calls Triple H "dude." Ryback speaks up and doesn't like being called a bully. Ryback vs. Dolph Ziggler, Kofi Kingston vs. Curtis Axel and RVD vs. Randy Orton is announced for tonight. Also, Bryan gets to pick The Shield member that he wants to face tonight. Triple H gives Randy Orton a grand introduction. * Randy Orton vs. Rob Van Dam is up first. Alberto Del Rio is out for commentary. Another good, lengthy match. Orton dodged a Five Star frogsplash. Orton got the win with a RKO. During the match, Del Rio interfered and it was said he appeared to have injured his arm. After the match, Del Rio beat RVD down and left him laying. * Backstage segment with Daniel Bryan and Renee Young. Bryan says WWE officials told him not to attend the town hall meeting earlier. He leaves it up to The Shield to name which member he will face tonight. * A new vignette for Los Matadores airs. * Segment with the Divas. AJ Lee talks with Alicia Fox and Aksana about Total Divas. AJ would rather put her title up against one of them than one of the girls from the show. * Ryback vs. Dolph Ziggler is up next. Dean Ambrose is out on commentary. Ryback gets the win after Ambrose attacks Ziggler. Ambrose vs. Ziggler at Night of Champions is announced. * Kofi Kingston vs. Curtis Axel in a non-title match is up next. Axel comes out to a huge pop and a "welcome home" from the hometown crowd. Paul Heyman is with him. Kofi gets the win with a SOS. * Backstage segment with Renee Young and Paul Heyman talking about CM Punk. * Naomi vs. Brie Bella is up next. Cameron, Eva Marie and Nikki Bella are at ringside. The match ends with no winner as AJ brings out the other Divas and they face off against the Total Divas. * Jack Swagger and Antonio Cesaro come out with Zeb Colter as a Los Matadores vignette airs. Their opponents are The Usos. Cesaro and Swagger get the win. * Triple H is forcing Big Show to face 3MB in a handicap match. Show squashed all three members and hit the knockout punch on Heath Slater for the win. Slater was helped to the back by referees. * The Shield come out to a big pop and surround the ring. They have chosen Seth Rollins to face Daniel Bryan in tonight's main event. Good match. Bryan got the win after fighting off The Shield and hitting Rollins with the knee to the face. After the match, Randy Orton interrupts the celebration and attacks Bryan. SmackDown ends with Orton standing over Bryan with the WWE Title.
PRO WRESTLING EVENTS FOR THURSDAY SEPT 5,2013:
NXT @ NXT Arena in Tampa, Florida
ASW @ Big T Arena in Shelbyville, Tennessee
SBW @ Santino Brothers Academy in Bell Gardens, California
TWA @ Green Acres Flea Market in Alcoa, Tennessee
WWA4 @ WWA4 School in Atlanta, Georgia
XWW @ Club Hush in Charlotte, North Carolina
AAA @ Agustin Millan Gymnasium in Toluca, Mexico
IWRG @ Arena Naucalpan in Naucalpan, Mexico
NJPW @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan
Osaka Pro @ Umeda Nasci Hall in Osaka, Japan
Slam @ Grand Pier in Weston-Super-Mare, England
THE VIDEO STORE:
---Championship Wrestling From Hollywood Sept 2,2013-
---WWE Backstage Fallout Sept 3,2013-
---Canadian Wrestling Elite TV Episode #44-
--- The firing of Cody Rhodes is a work. He's leaving on a planned hiatus to get married and go on a honeymoon but apparently there isn't a lot of communication within creative so it ended up a rush job last night.
--- ROH announced that Jay Briscoe will appear at the September 20th Death Before Dishonor show to present the ROH title belt, which he still has possession of, to the winner of the tournament.
--- AJ Lee got a new tattoo on the back of her neck which is the day, month and year she won the WWE Divas Title for the first time. She's been a massive fan since childhood and WWE has video of her as a little girl crying when meeting Lita at a signing.
---Former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler popped up on TMZ after spending time at the Burning Man festival in Nevada. TMZ describes the event as a massive art festival in the middle of the desert which focusses on "radical self expression and self-reliance." Keibler attended with her rumored boyfriend Jared Pobre. Check out the story at TMZ.com.
---Dallas Page (DDP) was promoted for two events, October 4-5, 2013, in Columbus, IN (Foundation For Youth Building 812-348-4558) & Indianapolis, IN (TC Howe High School 317-217-1980) for Pro Wrestling Elite & Fighting Spirit Wrestling www.fightingspiritpro.com .Dallas was confirmed on July 18, 2013 through Show Business, Inc and SBI Bookings and a deposit & flight fee was required to promote him. No deposit nor flight fee was received so promoters were given until September 1, 2013. Neither promoter sent deposit nor flight fee by that date after promising to do so. Accordingly, the bookings for Dallas Page were canceled and he will not be at either event. If anyone bought tickets because Dallas Page was promoted by these promotions please contact Pro Wrestling Elite (Robert Davis rld.fsp.pwe@gmail.com 812-374-8639) and/or Fighting Spirit Pro (James fightingspiritpro@gmail.com 209-910-3377) .Dallas Page and I regret that he will not be at these events for the reasons noted. Both events are still being promoted at this time without Dallas Page.
---Work is underway on an autobiography of Beautiful Bobby Eaton.
---New York Wrestling Connection will be running a charity event on 10/6 at the NYWC Sportatorium in Deer Park, Long Island, raising money for a terminally ill child named Cole Rapini. Justin Credible, Joel Gertner, Matt Striker, Homicide, Jason Knight, Papadon and more will be appearing. For tickets, visit www.NYWCWeb.Wix.com/MarioTodisco.
---For those who have an affiliate of the MeTV network on their cable/satellite service, you'll be able to see Lisa Marie Varon(formerly known as Victoria in WWE and Tara in TNA) as she is guest star on the horror movie show Svengoolie on September 21st at 10PM eastern time, with 1958's Monster on the Campus as the featured film.
---Vendetta Pro Wrestling in Santa Maria, CA will feature a Luna Vachon Memorial Battle Royal at their 9/13 event at the Radisson Hotel.
---Impact Championship Wrestling has titled their next event on 9/14 in NYC as "Crisis on Queens Boulevard", a nod to DC Comics' old Crisis on Infinite Earths series. Tommy Dreamer vs. Dan Maff will headline the show. For more, visit www.ICWZone.com.
---UK wrestler Roger Green has released an EBook on his time in the business titled "Memoirs of a TV Wrestler." The official blurb for the book reads, "For nearly 20 years during the Sixties and Seventies Roger Green led a Jekyll and Hyde life – newspaper reporter by day and professional wrestler by night. After finishing his shift on the newspaper he would pack his kit and head off to wrestling halls around the country two or three times a week to battle it out with the stars of TV wrestling which had a following of 5 million viewers on Saturday afternoon ITV World of Sport. Roger, who wrestled at welterweight, appeared many times on TV against some of the household names of the period including the legendary Mick McManus, who died earlier this year, Jackie ‘Mr TV’ Pallo, Adrian Street, Bobby Barnes, and appeared once in the ring with Big Daddy as his partner in a mixed weight tag team match. In summer he frequently went to France and Spain to take on the continental stars. Memoirs of a TV Wrestler reveals the professional tricks of the trade, the men behind the masks, offbeat stories and incidents about some of the larger than life characters in the game and is written with both serious journalistic insight and humour. It’s a unique story that could only be told by someone who led such an unusual double life."
---Short Sleeve Sampson, who's worked just about everywhere, announced his intentions to retire with the following press release:
SHORT SLEEVE SAMPSON ACCEPTING BOOKINGS FOR FAREWELL RETIREMENT TOUR
Short Sleeve Sampson, one of wrestling’s most recognizable ‘Midget’ wrestlers and star of Hulk Hogans Micro Championship Wrestling announced on Monday that he will be embarking on a 40 city Farewell Retirement tour beginning October 1st. Sampson, who turned 40 last month, said wrestling has opened the doors to several new opportunities in other fields of entertainment that he has always wanted to pursue. Sampson said at the age of forty, he is still in the best shape of his life and now is the time to try new things.
Short Sleeve Sampson has had an amazing wrestling career appearing many times as himself as well as portraying several WWE parody characters on WWE RAW and WWE Smackdown. He has also appeared on several occasions for the Nashville based TNA. His career has also reached into TV and sitcoms appearing on shows such as Jerry Springer and NBC’s ‘Here & Now’ as well as ABC’s the Family Channel.
Sampson has been featured on several documentaries for CMT, History Channel, the Travel channel, A&E Network, and this fall he will be on National Geographic International. He has also done promotional work for Fox's Childs Play Movie and Universal Studio's Despicable Me appearing in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Short Sleeve Sampson has become by far one of the most loved and recognizable Midget wrestlers in the world. Sampson said it is because of wrestling and the fans that he is able to pursue his dreams and this is why he wants to set out on this Farewell Tour to say thank you to all the fans and promoters who have supported him over the years. Since he turned forty this year, he fills 40 is the magic number for the tour.
If you would like to book Short Sleeve Sampson’s Farewell Retirement Tour for your event, promoters are advised to contact immediately as these dates will fill up fast. To book Short Sleeve Sampson, you may contact him through his email at chaoticsampson@yahoo.comor thru his official facebook page www.facebook.com/shortsleevesampson
---WWE.com reported today that Christian suffered a concussion on the 8/26 edition of Raw, during his match with Randy Orton. He is still suffering from symptoms and when they clear up, WWE will be performing tests on him later this week at the Performance Center in Orlando, FL.
---People.com reports that WWE Superstar Titus O'Neil is dating reality TV star Omarosa Manigault. This is her first relationship since her fiancee, actor Michael Clark Duncan, passed away almost a year ago. Titus and Omarosa began dating after the two were introduced by mutual friend Jawn Murray at WWE's Superstars for Hope party in Beverly Hills during SummerSlam weekend. People adds that they make their long-distance relationship work by video-chatting often. Titus has flown Omarosa to WWE events to visit him while he's working.
---The dark match before the Smackdown tapings saw The Great Khali defeat local wrestlers Sheik Ariya Daivari and Craven Knyte. Sheik Ariya has been seen on TNA's Ring Ka King show and teamed with former WWE star Shawn Daivari, his older brother.
---WWE SmackDown spoilers from tonight's tapings in Minneapolis, Minnesota: * Triple H kicks off this week's SmackDown and is holding a town hall meeting for everyone to air their grievances. The locker room is out watching from the stage. Triple H, Vickie Guerrero and Brad Maddox are in the ring. Triple H talks first about how he fired Cody Rhodes on RAW and what's best for business. The Shield are also out, standing guard at the ring. Triple H wants nobody to be afraid for their jobs. He lets anyone step up and ask a question but nobody does. He says no butt kissing. Damien Sandow speaks up and says he supports Triple H firing Cody Rhodes. Triple H says Cody fired Cody. Kofi Kingston speaks up and says everyone is afraid and that's not best for business. Triple H talks about how the wrestlers' egos are out of control and says that's why Daniel Bryan isn't out here. Heath Slater speaks up but Triple H cracks jokes at him. Rob Van Dam says Cody getting fired wasn't cool and calls Triple H "dude." Ryback speaks up and doesn't like being called a bully. Ryback vs. Dolph Ziggler, Kofi Kingston vs. Curtis Axel and RVD vs. Randy Orton is announced for tonight. Also, Bryan gets to pick The Shield member that he wants to face tonight. Triple H gives Randy Orton a grand introduction. * Randy Orton vs. Rob Van Dam is up first. Alberto Del Rio is out for commentary. Another good, lengthy match. Orton dodged a Five Star frogsplash. Orton got the win with a RKO. During the match, Del Rio interfered and it was said he appeared to have injured his arm. After the match, Del Rio beat RVD down and left him laying. * Backstage segment with Daniel Bryan and Renee Young. Bryan says WWE officials told him not to attend the town hall meeting earlier. He leaves it up to The Shield to name which member he will face tonight. * A new vignette for Los Matadores airs. * Segment with the Divas. AJ Lee talks with Alicia Fox and Aksana about Total Divas. AJ would rather put her title up against one of them than one of the girls from the show. * Ryback vs. Dolph Ziggler is up next. Dean Ambrose is out on commentary. Ryback gets the win after Ambrose attacks Ziggler. Ambrose vs. Ziggler at Night of Champions is announced. * Kofi Kingston vs. Curtis Axel in a non-title match is up next. Axel comes out to a huge pop and a "welcome home" from the hometown crowd. Paul Heyman is with him. Kofi gets the win with a SOS. * Backstage segment with Renee Young and Paul Heyman talking about CM Punk. * Naomi vs. Brie Bella is up next. Cameron, Eva Marie and Nikki Bella are at ringside. The match ends with no winner as AJ brings out the other Divas and they face off against the Total Divas. * Jack Swagger and Antonio Cesaro come out with Zeb Colter as a Los Matadores vignette airs. Their opponents are The Usos. Cesaro and Swagger get the win. * Triple H is forcing Big Show to face 3MB in a handicap match. Show squashed all three members and hit the knockout punch on Heath Slater for the win. Slater was helped to the back by referees. * The Shield come out to a big pop and surround the ring. They have chosen Seth Rollins to face Daniel Bryan in tonight's main event. Good match. Bryan got the win after fighting off The Shield and hitting Rollins with the knee to the face. After the match, Randy Orton interrupts the celebration and attacks Bryan. SmackDown ends with Orton standing over Bryan with the WWE Title.
PRO WRESTLING EVENTS FOR THURSDAY SEPT 5,2013:
NXT @ NXT Arena in Tampa, Florida
ASW @ Big T Arena in Shelbyville, Tennessee
SBW @ Santino Brothers Academy in Bell Gardens, California
TWA @ Green Acres Flea Market in Alcoa, Tennessee
WWA4 @ WWA4 School in Atlanta, Georgia
XWW @ Club Hush in Charlotte, North Carolina
AAA @ Agustin Millan Gymnasium in Toluca, Mexico
IWRG @ Arena Naucalpan in Naucalpan, Mexico
NJPW @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan
Osaka Pro @ Umeda Nasci Hall in Osaka, Japan
Slam @ Grand Pier in Weston-Super-Mare, England
THE VIDEO STORE:
---Championship Wrestling From Hollywood Sept 2,2013-
---WWE Backstage Fallout Sept 3,2013-
---Canadian Wrestling Elite TV Episode #44-