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        We're looking for live reports from Raw in San Diego tonight, with Superstars matches, dark matches and anything else not evident from the live show.  We're also looking for reports from the Saturday night Raw show in Fresno.

 

        Raw tonight has Steve Austin as guest host.  Top matches are John Cena vs. Big Show, Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho (possibly for the last time) and HHH vs. Randy Orton.  There will also be the contract signing of the Bret Hart vs. Vince McMahon match, and most likely the final guy going into Money in the Bank will be determined on that show, if not the next night. 

 

        Impact tonight at 9 p.m. is a taped show:

*Amazing Red & Kazarian vs. Brian Kendrick & Christopher Daniels

*Team 3-D & Runt (Spike Dudley) vs. Nasty Boys & Jimmy Hart

*Kurt Angle & Pope D'Angelo Dinero vs. Mr. Anderson & Desmond Wolfe

*Angelina Love vs. Daffney

*Kevin Nash vs. Scott Hall 5:00 Challenge

*Hernandez vs. Beer Money with Jeff Jarrett as referee

*A.J. Styles vs. Jeff Hardy in a non-title match

        Was told the main event is very good.  Nothing else that special on the rest of the show other than Ric Flair does an insane interview to start the show.  It may have to be edited as Ric opened up his forehead from the night before (and the week before, and days before that) and puddles of blood were coming out and he was throwing the blood in the direction of the audience.  They were not happy at all with that, but he was Teflon on this one.

 

        ROH on HDNet at 8 p.m.

*Kyle O'Reilly vs. Tony Kozina

*The Set vs. Dark City Fight Club

*Colt Cabana vs. Eddie Edwards in the TV title tournament

*Delirious vs. Davey Richards in the TV title tournament

 

        Tuesday night will be Smackdown and NXT tapings at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

 

        In order to provide TNA with what they hope will be a better lead-in, the previously announced TNA Epics show has been moved to tomorrow night.  Instead, they are going to air a replay of UFC 108 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Spike as the lead-in for Impact.  

 

        The most complete look at what the numbers said on Monday night is our lead story in this coming Monday's issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.  We look through the spin, look at the pluses and minuses of TNA's full-time move to Monday, promotional mistakes, things that can be done that would immediately, at least for the short-term, increase the ratings significantly, at what went wrong.

 

        We look at why the tapings after Destination X are so important, as well as look at every segment of Raw and Impact on Monday, the gains and losses of viewers, and what that says about people switching channels. 

 

        We look at the departure of several people from TNA over the past week.

 

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        We also have a lengthy look at the life and career of Angelo Poffo, including a look at the early days of Randy Savage, and why it took Savage so long to become an international star.  We look at one of the most heated promotional wars of all-time, a television battle that makes the Bischoff vs. Vince war seem absolutely tame in comparison, including threats and realities of actual violence between the sides, including the filing of a multimillion dollar lawsuit.

 

        We look at the peak of Angelo's career, Randy Savage's beginnings in pro wrestling, the legend of the ICW/Jarrett feud, the debut in wrestling of Miss Elizabeth.  We look at the promoter who started signing away their talent, yet ended up giving what Randy Savage would later say was the career advice that ended up changing his life in giving up an angle that would have been between two of the biggest stars of the 80s.

 

        We look at Poffo setting the sit-up record, how he got started in wrestling, his role in the origination of the popularity of the manager character and his controversial WCW Hall of Fame induction.

 

        We also look at the career of Jens Pulver and his role in establishing lighter weight fighters, his interview that was one of the most memorable in MMA history, as well as his future, along with a rundown of WEC 47, with poll results, details on the show and how much all the fighters got paid.

 

        We also look at a new form of pro wrestling production that took place featuring some of the biggest stars of several different promotions that took place over the weekend.

 

        We also have a look at how the Royal Rumble did, comparisons with UFC 109 held a week later, a look at what the price increase meant and comparisons to how the Rumble has done in the two previous years.

 

        We update the lineup for WrestleMania, looking at where the top talent fits in, have more on Raw guest hosts, WWE web site stats, the return to Madison Square Garden, updates on Steve Austin, Bret Hart thrilled to meet a guest host, several WWE talents released talk about being gone, as well as injury updates.  We also have more on senior executives getting major cash for stock selling, cutting of a Playboy model, the story of Chuck Austin and his lawsuit against WWE, update on WWE scouting as well as a look at the house shows over the weekend, with business notes and highlights.

 

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--Jens Pulver talks the Miletich camp

 

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--DirecTV and Versus came to an agreement today ending their six-and-a-half month impasse.  It will return to the regular tier of programming.  There was a lot of pressure on DirecTV to make the deal with the NHL getting near playoffs.  This means DirecTV subscribers will be able to watch Sunday's UFC.  The agreement goes into effect today.

 

--UFC filed suit against two web sites, one called www.watchufc111.com and www.watchufc111free.com  Well, it's not like they weren't warned and weren't asking for it.  A Las Vegas judge also ruled putting an injunction on Moazzam Gandu of web site www.rage-streams.net who was sued last month from selling or distributing UFC broadcasts.

 

--Jim Ross signed a short-term WWE contract extension.  I would read that as he's involved in some form with WrestleMania since he said it would get them past WrestleMania.

 

--The scheduled WWE house show in Visalia this coming Saturday night has been canceled.  The weekend shows in Reno and Sacramento on Sunday are still on. 

 

--This past week they announced Money in the Bank would be ten men, so one slot left when the original plan was eight, then changed to nine too do the Drew McIntyre storyline.  However, as of yesterday, there was talk again of leaving it at nine men.  It'll be evident on tonight's show which way the decision went.

 

--Mick Foley appears tonight on The Daily Show on Comedy Central at 11 p.m.

 

--Rey Mysterio and C.M. Punk are booked to be in San Diego for Raw.  They are scheduled for a dark match.  

 

--They have three hours of Unleashed from 7-10 p.m. tomorrow night on Spike, with main events of Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva in hour one, Anderson Silva vs. Nate Marquardt in hour two and Ivan Salaverry vs. Joe Riggs in hour three.  Wednesday also has three hours of Unleashed from 7-10 p.m., with the main events being Georges St. Pierre vs. B.J. Penn, Matt Hughes vs. Joe Riggs and Randy Couture vs. Gabriel Gonzaga.  The second episode of UFC Prime Time on St. Pierre vs. Dan Hardy will air at 10 p.m. Wednesday, plus at 10:30 p.m. will be the Frank Mir vs. Shane Carwin countdown.  There is also a Pride marathon on Spike on Saturday from 1-6 p.m.  Next Sunday has the September 17, 2008 UFC show from Omaha headlined by Nate Diaz vs. Josh Neer at 1 p.m., followed by the February 7, 2009, show from Tampa headlined by Jeremy Stephens vs. Joe Lauzon on 3 p.m.

 

--The TNA Epics episode originally scheduled and advertised for tonight has been moved to 11 p.m. tomorrow night.  It features A.J. Styles vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Samoa Joe in what is generally considered the best match in the history of the promotion.  That match was nearly five years ago, by the way.

 

--The Vince McMahon "Sexy Bitch" yacht made the Drudge Report, so it's like a national news story today.  An interesting note is that in the original Hearst papers story, they never mention the name Vince McMahon, only the yacht was owned by "Linda McMahon's husband."  That's probably driving Vince more crazy that the reporter didn't know he was someone of significance than the fact his yacht is this week's political joke being made about his wife.  (thanks to Shilo Robinson)

 

--TNA officially announced its fanfest on 4/17 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with every major name except Sting, Hogan and Flair.  They are doing "An Evening with Legends" at 6 p.m. that night at the Ameristar Casino for $299 with Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair and St. Louis legends of the past.  No names were announced. Dory Funk Jr. is the only name we've heard confirmed.  They were wanting Dory, Terry, Jack Brisco (who recently passed away), Harley Race and others from that era.  Race would only come if Vince McMahon allowed him to.     

 

--Former TNA tag champ Andy Douglas announced his retirement on Saturday night, after losing a cage match to Chase Stevens in Nashville for Showtime All-Star Wrestling.  Show drew 800 fans:  Drew Haskins b Cody Melton, Jesse Emerson b Big Bully Douglas, Brian Christopher b Lani Kealoha (trivia note, that was Jimmy Snuka's ring name in the AWA when he and Don Muraco were a tag team), PG-13 b Derrick King & Drew Haskins, Mac Anthony b Hammerjack in a weapons street fight that was apparently a great match, Brian Christopher b Rick Santel-DQ, Jon Michael Worthington b Cody Melton, Chase Stevens b Andy Douglas to keep the SAW International title in a cage match.  The two hugged after and Douglas announced his retirement and Stevens told him that he was his best friend.  Next show will be 5/8. (thanks to Larry Goodman)

 

--Best TV show of the past week

Impact 28.1%

Smackdown 27.4%

NXT 18.5%

UFC Prime Time:  St. Pierre vs. Hardy 10.9%

Raw 8.3%

ROH 3.6%

Inside MMA 2.0%

AAA 0.7%

CMLL 0.7%

Superstars 0.0%

 

--Who do you expect to win this match?

Jon Jones 77.9%

Brandon Vera 22.1%

 

--What April show do you have the most interest in?

UFC 112 34.4%

WWE Backlash 16.7%

Strikeforce on CBS 15.7%

TNA Lockdown 15.4%

WEC PPV 10.8%

ROH Big Bang 6.9%

 

--CMLL tonight on The Fight Network (taped February 13, 2009, yes more than a year ago, at Arena Mexico) has Mascara Dorada vs. Virus, Mictlan & Valiente & Sagrado vs. Okumura & Felino & Misterioso Jr., and Hector Garza & Marco Corleone & Mistico vs. Mr. Niebla & Atlantis & Rey Bucanero (thanks to Stewart Allen)

 

--Mark Henry has a cameo in next week's episode of Celebrity Apprentice  

 

--Evolve results from Saturday night in Rahway, NJ before 150 fans:  Brad Allen b Chris Dickinson, Gran Akuma b Brodie Lee, Cheech & Cloudy b Flip Kendrick & Louis Lyndon, Kenn Doane b Caleb Konley, Kyle O'Reilly b Hallowicked, Chuck Taylor b Ricochet (good match), Claudio Castagnoli b Bobby Fish (great match), Mercedes Martinez b Sumie Sakai to keep the WSU title, Jimmy Jacobs b Johnny Gargano, Osirian Portal won four-way over Mike Quackenbush & Jigsaw, Hallowicked & Frightmare and The Colony, Ikuto Hidaka b Chris Hero in 28:24 in a very good match.  They announced Taylor vs. Castagnoli on 5/1 which is the next show.   Crowd was held way down by the rain.

 

--TJP missed the show because he was injured doing a show that afternoon for wXw in Philadelphia

 

--Because NXT aired at 3 a.m. in Canada late Saturday night, because of daylight savings time, several people DVRing the show didn't get it (thanks to Gary Will and Jason Hagholm)

 

--Davey Richards and Brian Kendrick were scheduled for a show yesterday in Sheffield, England.  It was announced Richards suffered a knee injury on Saturday and that Kendrick told them he didn't get his flight details in time. 

 

--NWA New Beginnings from yesterday in Charlotte before 450 fans:  Caprice Coleman b Damien Wayne, Cedric Alexander b Drew Haskins, Ryan O'Reilly b Ty Tyson, Chase Stevens b Caleb Konley, Zack Salvation b Jake Manning, Adam Pearce won NWA title in three-way over champ Blue Demon Jr. and Phil Shatter (thanks to Jeremy Polk and Michael Carpenter)  

 

--Capital City Championship Combat on Saturday night in Ottawa before 2400 fans:  B Machine b Cecil  Nix, Addy Star & Sexxy Eddy b The Rush & Rahim Ali, Jagged b Seth Seifer, Asylum b Chaz Lovely, Jae Rukn b Extremo, Michael Elgin b Manabu Soya, Kushida b Michael Von Payton, Twiggy & Beef Wellington b Josh Alexander & Mike Rollins, Tyson Dux b El Generico, Kevin Steen won three-way over Stupefied and Kiyoshi (thanks to Steven Ashe)

 

--XKL on Saturday night in Ypsilante, MI at the Convocation Center features Ricco Rodriguez, Jeff Monson and Corey Hill.  Rodriguez faces Bryan Ryan, Hill faces Mark Hoist for the XFL world lightweight title and Monson faces Scott Barrett.  It will air on Internet PPV at www.MMAActionLive.com

 

--Pro Wrestling Syndicate on 5/8 in White Plains, NY at Stepinac High School with Teddy Hart & Amazing Red vs. Jack Evans & Desmond Wolfe, A.J. Styles vs. Paul Birchill (new spelling), Jerry Lynn vs. Vampiro plus The Pope vs. Dan Maff, Jim Duggan vs. Doink the Osborne, Butterbean vs. Kevin Matthews, and Leticia Cline appears.  There will be a fan fest at 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. that day with all of those names plus Godfather, Shelly Martinez, Damian Demento, Manny Fernandez, Tito Santana, Gillberg, Brutus Beefcake, Greg Valentine, Nunzio, Dick Kroll, Ox Baker, Scotty Goldman, Rellik, Angelina Love and Traci Brooks.

 

--NWYC from Saturday night in Deer Park, NY:  Pat Buck b Spyder, Daemon Crowley b Joey Braggiol, Alex Reynolds b Benny Martinez, All Money is Legal b High Society, Papadon b John Silver, Syther b Stockade, Celtic Saints b Francis Kipland Stevens & Matias, Bruno Marciano b Manny Martinez, Dan Eckos won three-way over Quiet Storm and Tony Mamaluke, Big Time Rush DDQ Dirty Rednex, Tony Nese b Josh Daniels.  Next show is 3/27 at the St. Sebastian Parish Center in Woodside, NY (thanks to Ken Lippe)

 

--Pat Buck was announced as head trainer at NYWC.  Buck started at the school in 2001.  He worked from 2005-2009 in OVW training under Al Snow and Rip Rogers, and trained at FCW last year and worked as a referee.  They also will have a tryout with Norman Smiley, one of the WWE FCW coaches on 4/18 at their NYWC Training Academy in Deer Park, NY.  For more info you can call 631-667-6992 and contact Buck.

 

--A promo on the WWE Heroes Comic Book at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzY9cN9ee24

 

--Chicago Style Wrestling on 3/20 at Guiren Prep High School on Belmont Ave., in Chicago features Jimmy Hart   

 

--Irv Muchnick will be doing book signings for his Chris & Nancy book on 3/25 at 7 p.m. at Borders in Stamford, CT and 3/27 at 1 p.m. at Borers in Farmington, CT 

 

--Spike Dudley vs. Danny Demanto in a cage match headlines Friday night's NWS show in Edison, NJ at Herbert Hoover Middle School

 

--P.L. Myers and Bobby Heenan will be doing a book signing for "Gate to Gate" at the PCW show on 3/20 in Midlothian, IL at the Don Preston Center.  All net proceeds go to the Illinois Special Olympics and the Elmhurst YMCA Day Camp Scholarship fund.

 

--ROH is doing a discount for Friday night's show in Dearborn, MI.  If you show proof of residence in the city limits, you can get  $20 tickets to the show for $10

 

--NWA MSW on 3/20 in Rand, WV at the Rec Center

 

--The Pro Wrestling USA show on 3/18 in Hamburg, PA has been postponed indefinitely due to insurance issues.  Ticket holders can either get a full refund through paypal or hold their tickets for a rescheduled date.  

 

--Firestorm Pro Wrestling on 3/19 in Lakewood, OH at the Phantasy Theater featuring a 30 man Battle Royal