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Tonight has Smackdown & ECW tapings in Sheffield, England, with Christian defending the ECW title against William Regal and John Morrison defending the IC title against Dolph Ziggler, as well as Undertaker vs. Chris Jericho in what may be their first ever singles match on television as TV bouts announced, plus Undertaker vs. C.M. Punk in a casket match as the dark match. Raw will run in Cardiff, Wales.

An update on the Hulk Hogan/TNA relationship is the lead story in this coming Monday's issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. We look at the real questions related to Hogan as far as running TNA, including what has been told to wrestlers he is recruiting about competition with Vince McMahon including a start date, as well as what those in TNA know and what Spike TV is saying.

We look at how history looks at this, as well as both the advantages and disadvantages of promoting pro wrestling in 2010. We look at when Hogan is likely to return, as well as the one example of Raw vs. Impact head-to-head historically and why that example changed a lot of minds about going to Mondays.

We look at Hogan's income and what it will take for him to stay in TNA, thoughts from people in the company, where things stand, people who look to be safe, those who aren't, as well as the track record of Hogan since the folding of WCW, and Eric Bischoff. We look at the good and bad of the first TNA rating since Hogan, Hogan's drawing power in WCW. We also look at the level of media interest and fan interest of the announcement of Hogan coming in and comparing it with other major events in TNA history, including what two wrestlers led to significantly more fan interest based on Internet responses than Hogan, as well as their effect on long-term business.

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We also have a look at the death of the Hustle promotion, the press conference talking about it, the hopes to revive it, as well as the unique list of major stars who performed for the promotion during its nearly six years of existence.

We also have a review of what is one of the best PPV shows of this year, the taped Dragon Gate "Untouchable" show, with match-by-match coverage and star ratings, including what was and wasn't good on the show.

We've got some updates on Survivor Series and even WrestleMania, ridiculous politics and Linda McMahon's campaign, notes on WWE PPV shows in 2010, notes on some guest hosts for Raw upcoming as well as how TNA ratings came up in WWE this past week.

We look at the HHH interview with Powerslam magazine and what does and doesn't make sense, as well, some notes on the 2010 Hal of Fame, an update on Edge's return, WWE movie notes, new DVD release and awards given the promotion.

We have notes on UFC's injuries and illnesses and how they affect and totally change the big show at the end of the year. We've got a detailed update on Brock Lesnar as well as a timetable of when he can possibly return, as well as what Paul Heyman was talking about regarding Lesnar turning down a movie role.

We've got updates on how UFC 104 looks to have done and comparing it with UFC 102. We also have tons of new UFC fights including the next probable Kimbo Slice match, as well as the lawsuit against a current member of the cast of Ultimate Fighter regarding a wrongful death. We have an update on UFC coming to a major market in 2010 and perhaps its first stadium show.

We also have more on DVR usage and how that affects Ultimate Fighter viewing this season as compared to last season.

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We also have an addendum to the Bill Miller Hall of Fame story, with a look back at the start of the Bruno Sammartino vs. Bill Miller feud and the unique angle, which included a rare pinfall loss by Sammartino in a singles match.

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-- CBS announced today that the Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers main event finished with 5.46 million viewers, the full show did 4.04 million, and they won the time period in males and adults 18-34. Median age for a viewer was 41 years.

-- They're doing an angle on WWE.com where Jamie Noble announced that he was, in fact, retiring from pro-wrestling after being powerbombed on the floor by Sheamus.

-- Paul Burchill vs. Hurricane in a mask vs. loser leaves town match has been bumped to next week in Philadelphia.

-- Ads in Australia for the Hogan tour claim it will be a two and a half hour show with ten bouts, and the card so far appears to be Hogan vs. Flair, Nasty Boys vs. Rock of Love, Orlando Jordan vs. Brutus Beefcake, and the Samoan Bulldozer (Umaga) vs. Mr. Ken Anderson. Thanks to Andrew Milgate.

-- The unnamed jobber on Raw last night was actually David Hintz, who not only got a lot of press last week for winning the LDN British Championship, but also is a legit footsman for the Queen. Thanks to John Atkins.

-- Audio interview with Edge and Eve up here. Thanks to Terri Bay.

-- Cryme Tyme vs. Hart Dynasty may be the dark match at Survivor Series.

-- "Canvasman - The Robbie Ellis Story" will hold its world premier in Portland, ME on March 2010 as part of The Maine Jewish Film Festival. We've had Robbie on the show talking his pretty extraordinary life, a link to which can be found right now in our audio archive. More info on the movie is up here

-- This is a great story. So DMX was supposed to have an MMA fight next month in Atlanta. Well, his people sent a contract to the promoters basically saying that DMX wins or he's not fighting. So the promoters axed him from the show and announced they were probably going to be filing suit. So today it came out that they have found a replacement for him in the fight -- COOLIO. Not making this up.

-- There is a story here about Impact debuting on Virgin 1 (free TV) in the UK.

-- Dave Meltzer has a look at Brandon Vera here

-- The venue for the Memorial Service for Adam Dykes (Adam Firestorm) has been changed and will now be held at the request of his widow at: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Quadra Chapel, 2990 Quadra Street, Victoria BC, at 2pm on Saturday November 14th.

-- Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero return to ROH for the December 18th and 19th shows, which include Final Battle. Briscoes vs. Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards for the ROH Tag Titles also takes place at Final Battle in New York City.

-- Story on Madman Pondo here. Do not click on this link if you are squeamish about blood.

-- Phil Strum has interviews with Ken Anderson and Dusty Rhodes up here.

-- If you haven't seen it yet, the comical New York Times Hulk Hogan book review.

-- There is an article here about Phil Collen, guitarist for Def Leppard, who at age 51 is still in great shape, sober, hitting the gym every day and even doing MMA training. He'll be featured in the next issue of FIGHT! Magazine.

-- Cowboy James Storm has offered up some ring gear, including tights and boots, to Wrestler's Rescue. If you want to bid on the items, please go here. They're still looking to raise enough money to buy an electronic voice box for Dr. Death Steve Williams.

-- Howard Brody will be on Between the Ropes Radio tonight (listen here), and The Mouthpiece Radio Show Saturday at 3:00 PM on Boston's 510 The Zone. He's plugging his new book "Swimming with the Piranhas".

-- TNA ran in Nashville last night at the Wildhorse Saloon and raised $130,000 for charity. Said to be a fun, laid-back show and all the babyfaces went over.

-- Which of these companies do you think will be the strongest on January 11, 2011
Strikeforce 46.2%
TNA 33.9%
Dragon Gate USA 10.2%
ROH 6.9%
Bellator 2.7%

What was the best of the recent major events?
CBS Strikeforce Fedor vs. Rogers 27.7%
Dragon Gate PPV 23.1%
WEC 43 Henderson vs. Cerrone 12.0%
TNA Bound for Glory Sting vs. Styles 11.1%
WWE Bragging Rights Cena vs. Orton Iron Man 9.5%
UFC 104 Machida vs. Rua 5.2%
UFC Fight Night Diaz vs. Guillard 4.9%
WWE Hell in a Cell 3.3%
UFC 103 Belfort vs. Franklin 2.2%
TNA No Surrender Styles vs. Angle vs. Sting vs. Morgan 1.1%

What do you consider the real main event at Survivor Series
Cena vs. HHH vs. Michaels 49.0%
Undertaker vs. Jericho vs. Show 33.5%
Batista vs. Mysterio 17.4%

-- Jimmy Cicero has a list of upcoming dates here. He's wrestling to promote autism awareness and all proceeds from t-shirt and merchandise sales and such will go towards that. He has two young children that were both born with autism.

-- NWS this Saturday night November 14th at 7:35pm at Basking Ridge's St. James Church Hall (184 South Finley Avenue, minutes from I-287) with Brutus Beefcake, Tito Santana and more.

-- Night of Infamy '09, Saturday, November 14th - 7pm, The CZW Arena, 7 W. Ritner St. - South Philly, PA.

-- I'll be wrestling again this Saturday night at the Tulalip Tribal Center in Tulalip, WA. More info is up at tulalipchampionshipwrestling.com.

-- Vinny, Craig, Matt Farmer and more on the Drunkcast this week.

-- Funkdafied Wrestling Federation, the Delaware-based affiliate of the Northeast's leading fan-friendly pro wrestling promotion National Wrestling Superstars, presents its annual "Toys For Tots" benefit show this Sunday afternoon November 15th at 3:30pm at the Christiana, DE Fire Company Hall, 2 East Main Street (just off Route 7, minutes from the junction of Routes 95 & 295 & 495).