SUN. UPDATE: TNA PPV PREVIEW; WWE INJURY UPDATE; STORM TALKS TEST; HUGE HAIR MATCH TONIGHT
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We'll be having live coverage of the show on the site starting at 8 p.m., and Bryan and I will be back with Wrestling Observer radio tonight after the show, covering both the show and the latest pro wrestling and MMA news.
We're looking for reports on last night's Raw show in Lubbock, last night's Smackdown show in Beaumont and last night's TNA show in Cincinnati, as well as today's Raw show in San Angelo, TX and today's Smackdown show in Waco.
Tonight's TNA lineup:
*Taylor Wilde & Roxxi & The Governor vs. Angelina Love & Velvet Sky & Madison Rayne
*Samoa Joe vs. Scott Steiner
*Abyss vs. Matt Morgan in thumb tacks match
*Awesome Kong vs. Sojo Bolt for Knockouts title
*Beer Money vs. Team 3-D for tag titles
*Booker T vs. A.J. Styles for legends title
*Alex Shelley vs. Chris Sabin vs. Jay Lethal vs. Consequences Creed vs. Suicide in Ultimate X
*Sting vs. Kurt Angle for TNA title with Jeff Jarrett as referee and Mick Foley as enforcer
When looking at the show, it looks like the last two matches are going to have to carry it. The undercard neither looks awful, nor good. At least the build for the matches has been better than usual for TNA, and I expect better numbers than they've gotten since, well, January anyway. But if the last two matches don't deliver big, it could make for a long night. Some also depends on how much latitude 3-D will get for gimmicks (probably as much as they want) so that match should be okay. Robert Roode may have to carry things because James Storm is suffering from shingles, which is why he hasn't worked the house shows this weekend, but as of this morning was going to work the PPV. Another question is how motivated Booker is with Styles, which is a big question.
Monday will have Raw live and ECW taped from San Antonio, with Undertaker & Shawn Michaels vs. JBL & Vladimir Kozlov on Raw. They will be doing the final two-show Smackdown taping on Tuesday in Corpus Christi.
TNA also tapes both Monday and Tuesday in Orlando for the next two weeks of Impact.
Spike TV is running UFC from 6-10 p.m. with Roger Huerta vs. Leonard Garcia (very good), Clay Guida vs. Marcus Aurelio, one hour of old Royce Gracie matches (against Keith Hackney, Ken Shamrock, Gerard Gordeau, Jason DeLucia, Kimo and Ron Van Clief), Andrei Arlovski vs. Cabbage Correira, Arlovski vs. Paul Buentello, Ken Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz, Mike Swick vs. Steve Vigneault, Renato Sobral vs. Chael Sonnen, Sobral vs. Mike Van Arsdale and Chuck Liddell vs. Randy Couture (third match).
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--Update from WWE is that Rey Mysterio was not hurt seriously last night in Lubbock. My impression is he'll be wrestling today in San Angelo, but even if not, he's not expected out of action for any length of time.
--"Race to Witch Mountain" starring Dwayne Johnson will be No. 1 at the box office for the weekend. The current estimate is it will do $25-26 million, well ahead of "Watchmen," estimated at $18.07 million in its second weekend out.
(thanks to Barry Werner)
--The WWE house show scheduled for 7/18 in Hershey, PA has been moved up to 6/14 (thanks to Devin Cutting)
--Today is Rey de Reyes in Guadalajara at the bullring, for AAA, headlined by Mesias defending the AAA heavyweight title against Chessman, plus Konnan vs. Vampiro with Arturo Rivera's hair up against the hair of Joaquin Roldan, as well as the one night tournament. CMLL is running head-to-head in the same city with Mistico & Volador Jr. & Dos Caras Jr. vs. Atlantis & Negro Casas & Heavy Metal, plus Maximo vs. El Texano Jr. in a hair vs. hair match.(thanks to Kris Zellner and Steve "Dr. Lucha" Sims)
--The Miz is all over gossip sections today. Apparently he was hugging and whispering with Lauren Conrad of "The Hills" at a Star Magazine party in Los Angeles
--As a replacement for the canceled Joe Riggs vs. Jake Shields match on 4/11 (moved to Shields vs. Robbie Lawler could headline a show in May), Strikeforce currently plans on a heavyweight match featuring Brett Rogers. No opponent has been finalized for Rogers.
--Poll on Impact
Excellent 18.4%
Good 25.7%
Average 13.2%
Fair 11.0%
Poor 31.6%
37.9% of those responding didn't see the show
--Poll on Smackdown
Excellent 18.2%
Good 37.1%
Average 24.2%
Fair 8.3%
Poor 12.1%
35.9% of those responding didn't see the show
--What is the best city for MMA?
Las Vegas 62.9%
Tokyo 13.9%
Montreal 13.1%
San Jose 4.5%
Other 5.6%
--Shane Douglas did his first match in more than five years on Friday night in Roselle, NJ: He worked heel, pinning Little Guido, and then turned himself face in a promo after the match and claimed he regretted throwing the NWA title belt in the garbage 15 years ago. Danny Inferno, Don Montoya and Dave Greco then hit the ring and all claimed Douglas ruined their careers because when he did that, he killed the NWA (actually WCW did that) and killed a lot of careers. Douglas said he was sorry and then Inferno punched Douglas and claimed this is for Dennis Coraluzzo and they did a beatdown until Danny Doring and Guido made the save to set up a six-man tag on 6/5 between the former ECW wrestlers and the Coraluzzo crew.
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33 years ago in Augusta: Mr. Wrestling II beat The Spoiler in a lumberjack match
27 years ago in Augusta: Ron Bass beat Tommy Rich to win the National title
--Gene Snisky (Formerly Snitsky), Joe Legend, Vito and Orlando Jordan headlined a Nu Wrestling Evolution tour from 3/25 to 4/3 in France.
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