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Bound for Glory, which is TNA's version of WrestleMania, takes place Sunday night in Atlanta, GA, hometown of the late WCW. Line-up courtesy Dr. Keith:
SUNDAY~! TNA Bound For Glory - Sunday October 14, 2007 - The Arena at Gwinnett Center, Atlanta, GA
1. TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match: Kurt Angle vs. Sting
2. TNA X Division Championship Match: Black Machismo Jay Lethal vs. Christopher Daniels
3. TNA World Tag Team Title Match: Team Pacman (Ron Killings & Adam Pacman Jones) vs. AJ Styles & Tomko
4. Ultimate X Match: The Latin American Xchange (Homicide y Hernandez) vs. Triple X (Elix Skipper & Senshi)
5. Must Be A Winner: Samoa Joe vs. Christian Cage (Special Enforcer: Matt Morgan)
6. Two out of Three Tables Match: The Steiner Brothers (Rick & Scott Steiner) vs. Team 3D (Brother Ray & Devon)
7. TNA Women's Championship - Knockouts Gauntlet Match: participants include Christy Hemme, Gail Kim, Ms. Brooks, Jackie Moore, Roxxy Laveaux, ODB, Talia Madison, Shelley Martinez, Angel Williams, Amazing Kong
8. Sixteen Man fight for the right (reverse battle royal) Match - winner gets a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship: Robert Roode, James Storm, B.G. James, Kip James, Lance Hoyt, Jimmy Rave, Chris Harris, Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley, Kaz, Eric Young, Petey Williams, Junior Fatu, TBA, TBA, TBA
9. Monsters Ball: Abyss vs. Rhino vs. Black Reign vs. Raven
We'll be covering the show in-depth Sunday. Lance Storm and I will be hosting Wrestling Observer Live from 5-7 PM PST/8-10 EST with likely a TNA guest in the second hour. Show airs on Sports Byline USA and Sirius Satellite Radio channel 122, and you can also listen live using the "WOL" link in the upper right-hand corner of the main menu on this site. We'll be taking your calls on MMA (obviously with the Couture deal) and pro-wrestling at 1-800-878-PLAY, as well as your e-mails at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Vinny and I will also be up late Sunday night for subscribers with a full recap of the PPV, including any backstage notes we might get.
Saturday night is the debut of Mark Cuban's HDNet Fights. We won't be doing a review since I don't have the channel, but if you watch it we'd love a recap for the front page of this site. The line-up, courtesy the Fight Network:
HDNET Fights
Saturday, Oct. 13
American Airlines Arena
Dallas, Texas
Jeff Ford vs. Erik Paulson
Anthony Lapsley vs. Drew Fickett
Chris Bowles vs. David Roberts
Jason House vs. Freddie Espiricueta
Pete Spratt vs. T.J. Waldburger
Justin Eliers vs. Matt Thompson
Jay McCown vs. Justin Howard
Sunia Filikitonga vs. Joel Traves
Liam McCarty vs. David Morris
Hans Marrero vs. C.B. Dollaway
Cuban has flat-out stated he has interest in the Russian M-1 promotion, which signed Fedor last week in one of the straws the broke the camel's back as it regards the relationship between Randy Couture and UFC.
ProElite and Mark Burnett are teaming up to produce an MMA-themed reality show. From the press release: The currently untitled initial series centers on former football and baseball stars, Herschel Walker and Jose Canseco, respectively, who together with a group of other former pros, train as a team to cross over into the sport of mixed martial arts. These athletes will fight with select EliteXC fighters in each episode with the series finale featuring a famous celebrity athlete match up. Additionally, episode highlights and interactive features for the shows produced will reside on ProElite.com. The show is co-created by Herschel Walker and Prem Akkaraju, who will also serve as a co-executive producer.
Kevin Kay, who gave the OK to the original Ultimate Fighter, has been promoted to president of Spike TV.
Kimbo Slice signed with EXC a few days ago and the company is talking with Tank Abbott, so there is a chance of the fight taking place there. Thank God.
Condemned was sixth in DVD rentals this week.
ECW did a 1.2 this past Tuesday night.
More to come, but apparently WWE released Robert Gibson, who was working as a trainer in OVW.
Irv Muchnick on the Galashuns radio show here. We're told people have seen the new Benoit book in stores this weekend.
There is an interview with Matt Hughes talking about, among things, The Book of Esther, here.
There is an interview with the Olsen Twins of Chikara here.
FHM has been doing features on eliminated Diva Search contestants here
ROH announced this week that they will be running March 27th and 28th in Orlando in association with WrestleMania weekend.
Nicholas Cage is in talks to star in a movie called "The Wrestler". Movies about wrestling always make me cringe, although the original Wrestler was maybe the best wrestling-related theatrical movie there's ever been.
Smackdown World Title match at Cyber Sunday will now just be Batista vs. Undertaker with Mick Foley, Steve Austin or JBL as referee.
A completely insane No Mercy PPV headlines this week's new 26,000-word Figure Four Weekly newsletter. We'll discuss the show in great depth, not only all the matches with star ratings, but also all the backstage machinations and such. What happened when Cena went down? What did WWE know when Vince McMahon appeared on ECW to talk No Mercy? When was the meeting to decide what to do? Why was the decision made to go with Randy Orton at the end? What were some of the arguments for what they ended up doing, and what were some of the alternatives that would have worked just as well, and perhaps better? Was there interest in the show? Was it a bad idea to hotshot the title and was this reminiscent, of, say, the ECW deal with Tommy Dreamer, Tazz and Mike Awesome? Did it hurt the belt? What other options were suggested, and what stars have been talked about in regards to moving from Smackdown to replace Cena? What are the chances of that happening? Why was CM Punk's match so short, and what was the story with Punk and Tony Atlas in ECW? A huge article looking at where WWE is today and where they're going in great detail. We've also got another cover story on the official death and final end of PRIDE, why it happened, who is to blame, and who should not be blamed. It's a sad story, but it's what has happened. We've got the latest in the Phil Astin case, what he's being accused of, what he's actually been charged with contrary to popular belief, latest on Congressional hearings, latest on superseding indictments, and another major TV outlet looking to do a major story on this. We'll talk about Raw's tanking ratings and what it means for the future, including how USA Network is reacting to it and steps they are taking. There is a battle of sorts going on here that could have major ramifications on the business. We have the latest on Cena's surgery and how long he'll be out, more notes on the Condemned, changes in developmental and wrestlers fired, update on Chris Jericho, the return of Tough Enough???, a storyline proposed by of all people Lilian Garcia, WWE Films news, what happened with Roddy Piper and why that Cyber Sunday deal fell through, Major Brothers have heat, Rock's movie notes, tons of notes on both the two-hour debut of Impact and the Kurt Angle DUI arrest, including what he was doing at the time, why cops went to his house, what he was doing when they talked to him, why he was taken to the hospital, why his license has been suspended, what his lawyer is saying publicly, TNA's reaction, and much more. We have two-hour debut ratings, funny notes from a Pacman interview, amazing notes from a Dixie Carter interview, notes on TNA in high-def, a big match signed for UFC in Newark, why this fight was signed and not another one, the rest of the card, update on Tito Ortiz, drug test failure in UFC and his penalty, Shogun undergoes surgery, Unleashed and TUF ratings, Serra talks Joe Scarola, update on Silva, changes in sports betting with UFC on the rise, the doom of UFC on HBO, what happened and what both sides are saying about it, a big UFC show in the Northwest that fell through, Nate Quarry talks back surgery, Strikeforce payouts and some weirdness about them, Tank Abbott vs. Kimbo Slice, why it fell through and whether it'll eventually take place, indy wrestler passes away, former New Japan champion attempts suicide, how he's doing at press time, new IWGP Champion, TNA to the Tokyo Dome?, tons of notes on Jonny Fairplay vs. Danny Bonaduce, lawsuits and such threatened, what the DA said about the case, tons of notes from a convention that went horribly awry, who was going to kill the promoter, notes on the San Francisco Cow Palace show, former OVW star on national TV, RVD talks health care and more, tons of notes from Mexico and ROH including notes on a new ROH Champion and results of both major shows this weekend (including the fourth PPV taping), Vince reviews some Mid-Atlantic from 1978 as well as Derby City Wrestling, which also sometimes appears to have been booked in 1978, and I have full reviews of every major TV show including Raw, Smackdown, TNA, Derby City Wrestling, Ultimate Fighter, Human Weapon and TONS more! Of course, as a member you also get full access to ALL new and archived radio shows dating back to 2005, plus all the new and archived (320-plus issues) Figure Four Weekly newsletters dating back to 2001. To sign up, please click here, or PayPal users can use the Quick Buy link at the top of this page to be online within 60 seconds. Rates start at just $7.99 per month (27 cents a DAY), so it's a steal. Thanks for your support!
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