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Impact tonight is headlined by Kurt Angle vs. Booker T in a non-title match. I didn't read the spoilers or I have long since forgotten, but what they need to do is have Booker win so we'll have approximately 10 number-one contenders (Christian who should get a rematch, Tomko who pinned Kurt, Samoa Joe who has been promised a title shot, and probably a few I am missing).MMA fighter dies after sparring
There is a press conference Monday at the Staples Center where Floyd Mayweather will announced whatever the WrestleMania main event is going to be. I expect an angle to set up a tag because I still find a singles match to be a very bad idea.
In what will be an interesting experiment, Yahoo will now be offering the UFC PPVs online. You still must pay $44.95 to watch it on your computer screen, which seems like a dealbreaker to me unless you cannot get it any other way. The upside is they will give you 24 hours of unlimited archive viewing that you can't get with cable or satellite.
Raw was way up to a 3.98 rating with 5.5 million viewers this week. ECW did a 1.4 and two million viewers.
Motor City Machine Guns will be working the April 18th and 19th ROH cards in Chicago and Detroit.
There is a big interview up with Rob Van Dam here.
Albert Ching writes: In case you hadn’t heard, just passing along that former TNA backstage interviewer extraordinaire Leticia Cline is a contestant on CW’s “Beauty and the Geek” this season, starting March 11. No word on if before each one of her segments the host will say TO THE BACK.
Steve in Jersey writes: I just checked out your news update today and I think you might want to double-check the Vince dividend item. As I understand it, the increase is only for Class A shareholders (shmucks like you and I) and not for Class B shareholders (the family). So unless Vince is able to purchase public stock in addition to his private holdings, he's going to have to live with his mere $12 million from the normal 24 cents this quarter.
I can report that Lance Storm survived his knee surgery today, thankfully. He posted about it yesterday (pre-surgery) here.
Mike Moreno and Jermaine Wilson both failed drug tests for marijuana on the February 16th Total Combat show in San Diego.
TNA Lockdown on the 29th takes place in Lowell, MA at the Tsongas Arena.
There is an e-card with Bas Rutten here promoting the upcoming film NEVER BACK DOWN.
There is an ROH video wire up here featuring highlights from the Roderick Strong FIP match this past Friday that people said was the stiffest in company history.
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