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We're also looking for reports from the Raw show in Lyon, France (two shows), Smackdown in Hamburg, Germany, Smackdown in Dublin, Ireland, and Smackdown in Belfast, Northern Ireland, plus TNA in Wayne, NJ tonight and Scranton, PA tomorrow.
Tomorrow is UFC live from Manchester and Dave will be doing a running play-by-play on the front page starting about 10 AM PST/1 PM PST.
Smackdown tonight has:
* Undertaker vs. Chris Jericho in a non-title match
* Morrison vs. Ziggler for the IC Title (not making this up)
* Truth vs. CM Punk
* Finlay vs. Drew McIntyre
* Natalya vs. Mickie James
* Rey and Dave do a contract signing for the PPV
-- Weigh-ins and line-up for UFC tomorrow in Manchester:
Prelim fights
Roli Delgado (156) vs. Andre Winner (155)
Jared Hamman (204) vs. Alexander Gustafsson (203)
Dennis Siver (155) vs. Paul Kelly (156)
Matt Riddle (171) vs. Nick Osipczak (170)
Shannon Gugerty (155) vs. Terry Etim (155)
John Hathaway (170) vs. Paul Taylor (170)
Live fights:
Aaron Riley (155) vs. Ross Pearson (156)
Matt Brown (170) vs. James Wilks (169)
Denis Kang (185) vs. Michael Bisping (186)
Dan Hardy (171) vs. Mike Swick (170)
Brandon Vera (204) vs. Randy Couture (204)
-- Dave and I had a new Observer Radio up right now talking notes from the weigh-in, the St. Pierre Q&A, Impact and Ultimate Fighter, and more.
-- The article Dave wrote on Randy Couture is up here. Randy feels he's the best fighter he's ever been despite coming off two straight losses.
-- Dave has another article on the weigh-ins here.
-- Dixie Carter sent out a message on Twitter today saying Billy Corgan may be this coming week's guest celebrity booker. I mean, seriously, of all the concepts to steal from Raw.
-- Final Resolution will take place December 20th from the Impact Zone.
-- TUF Wednesday night did a 1.7 rating and 2.4 million viewers. No show next week, then the week after they'll do two new episodes back-to-back to build to the finale.
-- Footage of Jericho getting pelted with DX glow sticks in the UK is up here, at least for the time being.
-- Don't forget if you have an iPhone or iTouch our brand new Figure Four Weekly/Wrestlingobserver.com App is available right now for FREE in the iTunes store. Please click here for more information, and who to contact with ideas, suggestions, or if you notice a bug. Thanks to everyone who has downloaded and given good feedback so far!
-- Regarding the Ric Flair at Wal-Mart picture yesterday, there was no altercation. He was having something applied to his lip for a cold sore by his wife (or having tobacco spit wiped off, which is the other story), and the police there are the police that are at any celebrity appearance. It's a non-story. Flair is in Australia right now with his new wife promoting the Hogan tour.
-- Add Cablevision in New Jersey to the list of those that charge the same price for SD and HD PPVs.
-- Apparently the Baltimore Wrestling Expo this weekend has been canceled.
-- Ivan Trembow has a great list up here of the 30 most-watched MMA fights in US TV history based on minute-by-minute ratings.
-- Butterbean filed suit today against Universal Pictures Company, Inc., NBC Universal, Inc., and Illumination Entertainment over the new movie, Despicable Me, which has an animated character that the Bean believes to be a representation of himself, and of which he was not paid anything.
-- WWE on Dinner Impossible did an 0.8.
-- Short interview with Edge here.
-- 'World's smallest extreme athlete' wants recognition for sport, not size
-- North Wales wrestling legend Orig Williams dies. Stephen Lyons has an article on him on the front page right now.
-- Alex Marvez has a big interview with Samoa Joe up here which includes his thoughts on a number of subjects including Hulk Hogan heading to TNA. He's not overly concerned. He also plugs the PPV Sunday.
-- A look at how Linda McMahon is faring in the Connecticut polls is up here.
-- Lance Storm has a new blog up here trying to make heads or tails of the DX skits on Raw (good luck) and talking about a new booking job he's got.
-- For those in the area, I will be wrestling tomorrow night for Tulalip Championship Wrestling at the Tulalip Tribal Center, Tulalip, WA, 7:00 PM bell time. I'll probably have some copies of Death of WCW there as well if anyone would like to purchase one. The website for the show is tulalipchampionshipwrestling.com. If you'd like to order a signed copy of the book through the mail, you can click here.
-- CLEVELAND ALL-PRO WRESTLING returns to Belindas Nite Club, friday nite at 7pm. The show is headlined by Mitch Ryder vs The Stro and Malia Hosaka vs Jessicka Havok. Info is at myspace.com/capw or call 216-536-2969
-- CZW Night of Infamy '09, Saturday, November 14th - 7pm, The CZW Arena, 7 W. Ritner St. - South Philly, PA
-- Dutch Mantell is the new booker for Showtime All-Star Wrestling.
-- All-Star Wrestling will be featuring two legends of the ring, former WWE Royal Rumble winner “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan and Tennessee legend “Superstar” Bill Dundee making their way ringside on Saturday, November 28, 2009, at the ASW Arena in Lewisburg, Tennessee.
-- Northern Lights Wrestling returns to the Northern Lights Arena (The Eagles Club in St. Paul, MN, 287 Maria Ave) on Nov. 14th at 7:00pm with NLW Champion The Black Stallion in the main event.
-- TNA’s Daniels will be a guest on Sirius / XM’s “The Busted Open” show Friday, November 13 at 4:30pm ET. “The Busted Open” radio show airs on Sirius 127, and XM 242. Visit Sirius.com for more information.
-- VPW Presents: Fans’ Choice 2009 from V.F.W. Post 4927, 31 Horseblock Road, Centereach, NY 11720. Tel. 631-585-7390. Saturday, November 14, 2009
-- Slammin' Stan 19 with Kurt Brown and Dr. Lucha Steve Sims is up now at stantheembryo.com talking lucha, Konnan, and more.
-- Florida Championship Wrestling Superstar Darren Young is hosting a Holiday Food Drive during the FCW Wrestling live event at the Plant City Armory on November 20th. Darren is urging fans to bring a canned good or non-perishable food item for the Metropolitan Ministries food bank. Fans participating will receive an FCW Universe Fan Bag.
-- Liberty Wrestling Organization, Friday Night, November 20th, 2009, Elmwood Park American Legion, 1 Legion Place, Elmwood Park , NJ. Doors 6:30 pm. Bell Time 7:00 pm
-- Jersey All Pro Wrestling Women's Division Champion Sara Del Rey will be in action tonight at the TNA event being held at the Wayne PAL Building 1 PAL Drive, Wayne, New Jersey 07470, near Routes 23, 46, 80, 280 and 287.
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