Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Aug 8, 2013 21:05:24 GMT -6
PRO WRESTLING NEWS:
---Goto & Tenzan out of G-1.It's been reported in Japan that Hirooki Goto and Hiroyoshi Tenzan are both out of the rest of the G-1 Climax series. Their matches on the next three shows will all become forfeit losses. Goto and Prince Devitt were both tied for first place in the A block at the time of the injury with 4-2 records.Tenzan had gone 3-3 after his win earlier today over Tetsuya Naito.
---Rock's Title Belt that never made it to tv-
instagram.com/p/cuVacWgFOe/#
---What if Eric Bischoff bought WCW in 2001?-
forums.wrestlezone.com/showthread.php?p=4576369#post4576369
---WWE legend Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart revealed during a recent interview that there will be eight total episodes of the WWE “Total Divas” reality show this season. Check out the complete interview at VOCNation.com.
---The official WWE website is currently running a featured article on the infamous “Ribera Steakhouse” in Japan. The article features comments from such WWE Superstars and other pro wrestling stars as John Cena, Chris Jericho, CM Punk, Antonio Cesaro, Wade Barrett, Justin Roberts, William Regal, Colt Cabana, Tommy Dreamer, Road Warrior Animal and Stan Hansen. Check out the complete article online at WWE.com.
---Best wishes to Harley Race this week. Race, 70, suffered a dislocated hip in a fall. The hip wasn't broken, but it had to be reset and he's in a lot of pain. He had to cancel appearing in St. Louis this weekend at a legends event at the St. Louis Grizzles baseball game Saturday night.
---WWE is looking for a new Account Executive in Digital Sales.
---Impact podcast with Jeremy Borash, Christy Hemme, Gail Kim, Bobby Roode and Chris Sabin at youtu.be/2RMIPBsoBi4 Sabin talks his favorite video game and Kim talks about her favorite food.
---The Spin Cycle with Borash, Kenny King, Eric Young, Petey Williams and Brian Hebner is at
---An interview with Jim Ross about Dwayne Johnson is at www.contactmusic.com/story/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-driven-to-become-star_3803259 Ross was promoting his own man show series later this month in the U.K., and said he didn't believe Johnson had wrestled his last match.
---Bellatrix vs. Shimmer on 10/6 in Norwich, England with Courtney Rush vs. Liberty, Cheerleader Melissa vs. Saraya Knight, Mercedes Martinez vs. Miss Mina, LuFisto vs. Destiny, Christina Von Eerie vs. Skarlett and more.
---Video of Antonio Thomas is at vimeo.com/71714706
---Legends radio with Ahmed Johnson and Gentleman Ed Francis at www.spreaker.com/user/mxpw/080713_legends_radio
---Bruce Prichard is taking indie booking dates at showbis@aol.com He's based in Houston. He can't appear as Brother Love.
---To order the new book on the history of Memphis wrestling memorabila, programs, photos and other history written by Jim Cornette and Mark James is up at amzn.to/17wmtp9
---Doph Ziggler on ESPN radio in Hartford talking improv comedy skills, how he started in stand-up comedy and Johnny Manziel at www.979espn.com/pages/thebowershow.html?article=11557750
---Absolute Intense Wrestling on 8/30 from Turners Hall in Cleveland with Ethan Page vs. Michael Hutter (formerly Derrick Bateman) vs. Eric Ryan vs. Colin Delaney, plus B.J. Whitmer vs. Louis Lyndon and Uhaa Nation vs. Josh Alexander.
---Ed, Cutrer and Craig talk with Lance Storm at www.blogtalkradio.com/cutrer/2013/08/03/over-the-top-radio-260-w-lance-storm
---Funkdafied Wrestling on Friday night in Long Branch, NJ at the Holy Trinity Church; Saturday night in Island Heights, NJ at the Volunteer Fire Company Hall, and Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in New Castle at the Nur Shrine Temple.
---Former wrestler Ed Jones and his wife are raising money at public.serviceu.com/PaymentForm/15591/?OrgKey=a724bfb0-33c4-447d-9df8-ccdadd445df9 for a mission through their church to Managua, Nicaragua next week, taking supplies down, training leaders.
---World's Best Wrestling on 8/9 at the Hamilton County Fair in Cincinnati.
---Des Delgadillo talks with John Lister about U.K. wrestling at thingsdessays.net/2013/08/08/throwback-vibes-summerslam-1992/
---Ricky Steamboat will be appearing at Legends of the Ring convention on 10/5 signing autographs. For more info go to www.legendsofthering.com
---John Finnegan has been keeping track of all U.S. pro wrestlers records for TV bouts and PPV bouts. When Mark Henry beat Ryback on Raw Monday, it was his 100th win since Finnegan started keeping track in November 2006. He's the 9th guy to have 100 TV wins in that time period, with C.M. Punk, John Cena, Randy Orton, Sheamus, Kane, Jeff Hardy, Kofi Kingston and Big Show. The Miz now has 96 and Alberto Del Rio and Dolph Ziggler have 95.
---EWLS Wrestledown 2013 on 8/29 in Oshawa, ONT at the Octaviens Hall at the Best Western.
---Our friends at Highspots.com have released a new shoot interview DVD with former TNA star Jessie Sorensen. As a matter of full disclosure, I conducted the interview while in Charlotte, NC over the weekend and it's a 2 hour, 20 minute discussion about his career, his injuries, his release, whether he's insane for returning to the ring and more. If you are an Elite subscriber, it's similar to the interviews I usually conduct here, but only on video - an off the cuff conversation. If you check it out, I'm curious as to what you think. The DVD is shipping now at www.highspots.com.
---There will be two reunions at the upcoming Big Event convention in Flushing, NY this November. Jacques and Raymond Rougeau will be appearing for the first time together at a signing and all four members of the Boriquas - Savio Vega, Miguel Perez, Hurricane Castillo Jr. & Jose Estrada will also be appearing together. Scott Hall, Kevin Nash and a lot of other names are also set for the convention.
---Wrestling will return to the former TNA Asylum aka the Nashville Fairgrounds for the first time since Crossfire Entertainment folded. Matt Riviera's Traditional Championship Wrestling will debut there on 9/6 with Tommy Dreamer vs. Doug Gilbert in a Street Fight on top, plus The Rock N' Roll Express, Bobby Eaton, Rob Conway, Dan Severn and Lance Hoyt appearing. For more, visit TCWwrestling.com.
---ECW documentary "Barbed Wire City" is holding a sale this week on Video Downloads, marking the price down to just $9.99. You can check it out and more about the film at www.BarbedWireCity.com. Francine was recently interviewed for a planned director's cut.
---Ricky Morton has opened his own wrestling school named "School of Morton." For details, visit Facebook.com/SchoolofMorton.
---TNA President Dixie Carter posted her second batch of #AskDixie questions today. Here are a few highlights:
If Monty Brown will ever return to TNA: "Monty Brown is still one of my favorite TNA stars from our early days. He was able to transition from the NFL to the ring and showed good charisma. Monty is now retired and currently lives in Michigan."
If The Great Muta will ever appear for TNA: "It was wonderful to have Muta visit last week at our TNA offices in Nashville. There are a lot of exciting business opportunities in Japan, and some incredible talent as well that I'd love to showcase on Impact. We have a great home on Nippon Television G+ Sports every Saturday night and hope to bring IMPACT to Japan in the future."
If there are any public signings for their upcoming Norfolk show: "Absolutely! You can meet meet Magnus, Mickie James and Jeremy Borash on Wednesday, August 14th from 4-6pm at Direct Auto Insurance 875 East Little Creek Road in Norfolk"
---ITV confirm that World of Sport wrestling will not be returning to its TV channels
Spokesman tells Mirror Online that there are no plans to televise an event being filmed in conjunction with ITV Studios in November
Grappling's TV glory days: Kendo Nagasaki holds his opponent in a headscissors, 1979
Grappling's TV glory days: Kendo Nagasaki holds his opponent in a headscissors, 1979
World of Sport wrestling will not be returning to ITV - despite speculation that the grunt and groan could once again feature in the broadcaster’s television schedules after a 25 year absence.
Fans expressed hopes on Twitter and internet forums for a return to the glory days of British grappling on telly after it was announced that a London-based wrestling events company had “been contracted by WOS Wrestling Ltd for ITV’s all-new ‘World of Sport Wrestling’”.
LDN Wrestling, billed as “Europe's number 1 wrestling promotion” in its Twitter biography, claimed on its website that a comeback event held at Croydon’s Fairfield Halls in November would be “taped for ITV”, featuring appearances from the likes of legends Kendo Nagasaki and Johnny Saint.
wrestling
LDN Wrestling said event would be "taped for ITV"
A separate press release detailed that WOS Wrestling Ltd and ITV Studios Limited “have come to terms to resurrect ITV's iconic World of Sport Wrestling”.
However, ITV has confirmed that the show will not be broadcast on any of its TV channels.
A spokesman said: "We have no plans to televise this event.
ITV Studios is one of a number of production companies owned by ITV plc that creates shows for a variety of channels – including those owned by the BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5 and BSkyB.
Coronation Street, Emmerdale, University Challenge, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, The Jeremy Kyle Show and This Morning are among the thousands of hours of programming the subsidiary produces every year.
While grapple mag Fighting Spirit reported on its Twitter account that there was the possibility that the November taping could serve as a pilot for future programming on "any TV channel", it remains unclear whether any taping could be transmitted on another of the broadcaster's platforms.
wrestling
On which platform could pilot air?
Last year, WOS Wrestling Ltd - in conjunction with ITV Broadcasting Limited - began distributing old episodes of World of Sport , which aired on ITV for 30 years between the mid-1960s and 1980s, on iTunes.
And, according to the same press release that announced the 'resurrection', “numerous World of Sport trade marks rights” were sold “to ITV Studios Limited with an agreement to provide new World of Sport Wrestling for ITV” in June.
Asked whether WOS hoped to sell programming to other channels or maybe even stream content online, John Chapman, managing director of WOS Wrestling Ltd, clarified: “ITV Studios Limited have instructed a third party production company to film and produce the footage (as they normally do with their TV shows).
“The footage shall be the property of ITV Studios Limited; where ITV Studios Limited broadcast the footage shall be their decision.”
A tweet issued from the @woswrestling account last night stated that “the event is not yet scheduled for broadcast”.
---As reported on last week, DirecTV dropped the recent "TNA One Night Only: TNA 10 Reunion" PPV special that debuted on 8/2. According to a report by Dave Meltzer, the decision was made "last minute" by DirecTV to drop the show and all going forward.To have all the shows completely pulled going forward by DirecTV indicates a low number of purchases for the events that started airing back in April.
---8/8 NJPW G-1 Climax Day 7 Results: Kanagawa, Japan
1. YOSHI-HASHI & Takashi Iizuka def. Captain New Japan & Tomoaki Honma
2. B Block: Yujiro Takahashi def. Kota Ibushi
3. B Block: "Machine Gun" Karl Anderson def. Yuji Nagata
4. A Block: Katsuyori Shibata def. IWGP Jr. Champion "The Real Rock & Rolla" Prince Devitt w/Bad Luck Fale
5. A Block: IWGP World Champion "The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada w/Gedo def. Tomohiro Ishii
6. A Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Lance Archer
7. B Block: Toru Yano def. Tetsuya Naito
8. B Block: Minoru Suzuki def. Shelton "X" Benjamin
9. A Block: "The Unchained Gorilla" Togi Makabe def. IWGP Tag Team Champion Satoshi Kojima
----------
A Block Current Standings (with forfeit losses of Goto included)
10 points: Shibata
8 points: Goto, Devitt, Tanahashi, Makabe, Okada, Smith Jr
6 points: Kojima, Ishii
4 points: Archer
B Block Current Standings (with forfeit losses of Tenzan included)
10 points: Nakamura
8 points: Nagata, Takahashi, Anderson, Suzuki
6 points: Yano, Benjamin, Naito, Tenzan, Ibushi
---Goto & Tenzan out of G-1.It's been reported in Japan that Hirooki Goto and Hiroyoshi Tenzan are both out of the rest of the G-1 Climax series. Their matches on the next three shows will all become forfeit losses. Goto and Prince Devitt were both tied for first place in the A block at the time of the injury with 4-2 records.Tenzan had gone 3-3 after his win earlier today over Tetsuya Naito.
---Rock's Title Belt that never made it to tv-
instagram.com/p/cuVacWgFOe/#
---What if Eric Bischoff bought WCW in 2001?-
forums.wrestlezone.com/showthread.php?p=4576369#post4576369
---WWE legend Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart revealed during a recent interview that there will be eight total episodes of the WWE “Total Divas” reality show this season. Check out the complete interview at VOCNation.com.
---The official WWE website is currently running a featured article on the infamous “Ribera Steakhouse” in Japan. The article features comments from such WWE Superstars and other pro wrestling stars as John Cena, Chris Jericho, CM Punk, Antonio Cesaro, Wade Barrett, Justin Roberts, William Regal, Colt Cabana, Tommy Dreamer, Road Warrior Animal and Stan Hansen. Check out the complete article online at WWE.com.
---Best wishes to Harley Race this week. Race, 70, suffered a dislocated hip in a fall. The hip wasn't broken, but it had to be reset and he's in a lot of pain. He had to cancel appearing in St. Louis this weekend at a legends event at the St. Louis Grizzles baseball game Saturday night.
---WWE is looking for a new Account Executive in Digital Sales.
---Impact podcast with Jeremy Borash, Christy Hemme, Gail Kim, Bobby Roode and Chris Sabin at youtu.be/2RMIPBsoBi4 Sabin talks his favorite video game and Kim talks about her favorite food.
---The Spin Cycle with Borash, Kenny King, Eric Young, Petey Williams and Brian Hebner is at
---An interview with Jim Ross about Dwayne Johnson is at www.contactmusic.com/story/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-driven-to-become-star_3803259 Ross was promoting his own man show series later this month in the U.K., and said he didn't believe Johnson had wrestled his last match.
---Bellatrix vs. Shimmer on 10/6 in Norwich, England with Courtney Rush vs. Liberty, Cheerleader Melissa vs. Saraya Knight, Mercedes Martinez vs. Miss Mina, LuFisto vs. Destiny, Christina Von Eerie vs. Skarlett and more.
---Video of Antonio Thomas is at vimeo.com/71714706
---Legends radio with Ahmed Johnson and Gentleman Ed Francis at www.spreaker.com/user/mxpw/080713_legends_radio
---Bruce Prichard is taking indie booking dates at showbis@aol.com He's based in Houston. He can't appear as Brother Love.
---To order the new book on the history of Memphis wrestling memorabila, programs, photos and other history written by Jim Cornette and Mark James is up at amzn.to/17wmtp9
---Doph Ziggler on ESPN radio in Hartford talking improv comedy skills, how he started in stand-up comedy and Johnny Manziel at www.979espn.com/pages/thebowershow.html?article=11557750
---Absolute Intense Wrestling on 8/30 from Turners Hall in Cleveland with Ethan Page vs. Michael Hutter (formerly Derrick Bateman) vs. Eric Ryan vs. Colin Delaney, plus B.J. Whitmer vs. Louis Lyndon and Uhaa Nation vs. Josh Alexander.
---Ed, Cutrer and Craig talk with Lance Storm at www.blogtalkradio.com/cutrer/2013/08/03/over-the-top-radio-260-w-lance-storm
---Funkdafied Wrestling on Friday night in Long Branch, NJ at the Holy Trinity Church; Saturday night in Island Heights, NJ at the Volunteer Fire Company Hall, and Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in New Castle at the Nur Shrine Temple.
---Former wrestler Ed Jones and his wife are raising money at public.serviceu.com/PaymentForm/15591/?OrgKey=a724bfb0-33c4-447d-9df8-ccdadd445df9 for a mission through their church to Managua, Nicaragua next week, taking supplies down, training leaders.
---World's Best Wrestling on 8/9 at the Hamilton County Fair in Cincinnati.
---Des Delgadillo talks with John Lister about U.K. wrestling at thingsdessays.net/2013/08/08/throwback-vibes-summerslam-1992/
---Ricky Steamboat will be appearing at Legends of the Ring convention on 10/5 signing autographs. For more info go to www.legendsofthering.com
---John Finnegan has been keeping track of all U.S. pro wrestlers records for TV bouts and PPV bouts. When Mark Henry beat Ryback on Raw Monday, it was his 100th win since Finnegan started keeping track in November 2006. He's the 9th guy to have 100 TV wins in that time period, with C.M. Punk, John Cena, Randy Orton, Sheamus, Kane, Jeff Hardy, Kofi Kingston and Big Show. The Miz now has 96 and Alberto Del Rio and Dolph Ziggler have 95.
---EWLS Wrestledown 2013 on 8/29 in Oshawa, ONT at the Octaviens Hall at the Best Western.
---Our friends at Highspots.com have released a new shoot interview DVD with former TNA star Jessie Sorensen. As a matter of full disclosure, I conducted the interview while in Charlotte, NC over the weekend and it's a 2 hour, 20 minute discussion about his career, his injuries, his release, whether he's insane for returning to the ring and more. If you are an Elite subscriber, it's similar to the interviews I usually conduct here, but only on video - an off the cuff conversation. If you check it out, I'm curious as to what you think. The DVD is shipping now at www.highspots.com.
---There will be two reunions at the upcoming Big Event convention in Flushing, NY this November. Jacques and Raymond Rougeau will be appearing for the first time together at a signing and all four members of the Boriquas - Savio Vega, Miguel Perez, Hurricane Castillo Jr. & Jose Estrada will also be appearing together. Scott Hall, Kevin Nash and a lot of other names are also set for the convention.
---Wrestling will return to the former TNA Asylum aka the Nashville Fairgrounds for the first time since Crossfire Entertainment folded. Matt Riviera's Traditional Championship Wrestling will debut there on 9/6 with Tommy Dreamer vs. Doug Gilbert in a Street Fight on top, plus The Rock N' Roll Express, Bobby Eaton, Rob Conway, Dan Severn and Lance Hoyt appearing. For more, visit TCWwrestling.com.
---ECW documentary "Barbed Wire City" is holding a sale this week on Video Downloads, marking the price down to just $9.99. You can check it out and more about the film at www.BarbedWireCity.com. Francine was recently interviewed for a planned director's cut.
---Ricky Morton has opened his own wrestling school named "School of Morton." For details, visit Facebook.com/SchoolofMorton.
---TNA President Dixie Carter posted her second batch of #AskDixie questions today. Here are a few highlights:
If Monty Brown will ever return to TNA: "Monty Brown is still one of my favorite TNA stars from our early days. He was able to transition from the NFL to the ring and showed good charisma. Monty is now retired and currently lives in Michigan."
If The Great Muta will ever appear for TNA: "It was wonderful to have Muta visit last week at our TNA offices in Nashville. There are a lot of exciting business opportunities in Japan, and some incredible talent as well that I'd love to showcase on Impact. We have a great home on Nippon Television G+ Sports every Saturday night and hope to bring IMPACT to Japan in the future."
If there are any public signings for their upcoming Norfolk show: "Absolutely! You can meet meet Magnus, Mickie James and Jeremy Borash on Wednesday, August 14th from 4-6pm at Direct Auto Insurance 875 East Little Creek Road in Norfolk"
---ITV confirm that World of Sport wrestling will not be returning to its TV channels
Spokesman tells Mirror Online that there are no plans to televise an event being filmed in conjunction with ITV Studios in November
Grappling's TV glory days: Kendo Nagasaki holds his opponent in a headscissors, 1979
Grappling's TV glory days: Kendo Nagasaki holds his opponent in a headscissors, 1979
World of Sport wrestling will not be returning to ITV - despite speculation that the grunt and groan could once again feature in the broadcaster’s television schedules after a 25 year absence.
Fans expressed hopes on Twitter and internet forums for a return to the glory days of British grappling on telly after it was announced that a London-based wrestling events company had “been contracted by WOS Wrestling Ltd for ITV’s all-new ‘World of Sport Wrestling’”.
LDN Wrestling, billed as “Europe's number 1 wrestling promotion” in its Twitter biography, claimed on its website that a comeback event held at Croydon’s Fairfield Halls in November would be “taped for ITV”, featuring appearances from the likes of legends Kendo Nagasaki and Johnny Saint.
wrestling
LDN Wrestling said event would be "taped for ITV"
A separate press release detailed that WOS Wrestling Ltd and ITV Studios Limited “have come to terms to resurrect ITV's iconic World of Sport Wrestling”.
However, ITV has confirmed that the show will not be broadcast on any of its TV channels.
A spokesman said: "We have no plans to televise this event.
ITV Studios is one of a number of production companies owned by ITV plc that creates shows for a variety of channels – including those owned by the BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5 and BSkyB.
Coronation Street, Emmerdale, University Challenge, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, The Jeremy Kyle Show and This Morning are among the thousands of hours of programming the subsidiary produces every year.
While grapple mag Fighting Spirit reported on its Twitter account that there was the possibility that the November taping could serve as a pilot for future programming on "any TV channel", it remains unclear whether any taping could be transmitted on another of the broadcaster's platforms.
wrestling
On which platform could pilot air?
Last year, WOS Wrestling Ltd - in conjunction with ITV Broadcasting Limited - began distributing old episodes of World of Sport , which aired on ITV for 30 years between the mid-1960s and 1980s, on iTunes.
And, according to the same press release that announced the 'resurrection', “numerous World of Sport trade marks rights” were sold “to ITV Studios Limited with an agreement to provide new World of Sport Wrestling for ITV” in June.
Asked whether WOS hoped to sell programming to other channels or maybe even stream content online, John Chapman, managing director of WOS Wrestling Ltd, clarified: “ITV Studios Limited have instructed a third party production company to film and produce the footage (as they normally do with their TV shows).
“The footage shall be the property of ITV Studios Limited; where ITV Studios Limited broadcast the footage shall be their decision.”
A tweet issued from the @woswrestling account last night stated that “the event is not yet scheduled for broadcast”.
---As reported on last week, DirecTV dropped the recent "TNA One Night Only: TNA 10 Reunion" PPV special that debuted on 8/2. According to a report by Dave Meltzer, the decision was made "last minute" by DirecTV to drop the show and all going forward.To have all the shows completely pulled going forward by DirecTV indicates a low number of purchases for the events that started airing back in April.
---8/8 NJPW G-1 Climax Day 7 Results: Kanagawa, Japan
1. YOSHI-HASHI & Takashi Iizuka def. Captain New Japan & Tomoaki Honma
2. B Block: Yujiro Takahashi def. Kota Ibushi
3. B Block: "Machine Gun" Karl Anderson def. Yuji Nagata
4. A Block: Katsuyori Shibata def. IWGP Jr. Champion "The Real Rock & Rolla" Prince Devitt w/Bad Luck Fale
5. A Block: IWGP World Champion "The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada w/Gedo def. Tomohiro Ishii
6. A Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Lance Archer
7. B Block: Toru Yano def. Tetsuya Naito
8. B Block: Minoru Suzuki def. Shelton "X" Benjamin
9. A Block: "The Unchained Gorilla" Togi Makabe def. IWGP Tag Team Champion Satoshi Kojima
----------
A Block Current Standings (with forfeit losses of Goto included)
10 points: Shibata
8 points: Goto, Devitt, Tanahashi, Makabe, Okada, Smith Jr
6 points: Kojima, Ishii
4 points: Archer
B Block Current Standings (with forfeit losses of Tenzan included)
10 points: Nakamura
8 points: Nagata, Takahashi, Anderson, Suzuki
6 points: Yano, Benjamin, Naito, Tenzan, Ibushi