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        As part of a week with tapes of old shows, Spike will be airing the September 17, 2008, show from Omaha headlined by Nate Diaz vs. Josh Neer and Clay Guida vs. Mac Danzig tonight at 7 p.m.  Tomorrow night's show will be the February 7, 2009, show from Tampa, headlined by Joe Lauzon vs. Jeremy Stephens and Josh Neer vs. Mac Danzig.

        Versus is airing the annual Match of the Year television special at 8 p.m. Eastern time, with the consensus big three matches from WEC this year, to encourage people to vote for one of them as match of the year, with Urijah Faber vs. Mike Brown, Takeya Mizugaki vs. Miguel Angel Torres and Ben Henderson vs. Cowboy Donald Cerrone.  Seriously, you can't go wrong watching this one.
 
        Part one of what will be a two part feature on the death of Edward "Umaga" Fatu is one of the lead stories in this week's issue of the Observer.  The major Umaga feature will come out in two weeks.
 
        We do look at his biggest career moment, what his plans were in wrestling going forward, WWE & TNA looking at him, and the beginnings of the Anoa'i family wrestling dynasty when he was just a child.
 
        Our major feature in the issue is a story on Hulk Hogan and TNA, including a lot of exclusive information regarding what changes Hogan has been telling people he's going to make, who is in, what the status of the big players being talked to is, a look back at the beginning of the original Monday Night Wars and how this is different.  This is probably the most complete business analysis of what did happen, what is similar, and what is different.
 
        We look at what Hogan is pitching people who are coming in, Hogan's ideas regarding changes in the television product, what famous pro wrestling feud is being talked about being revived for the last time, updates on where Rob Van Dam, Ric Flair, Ken Anderson and others stand.  We also look at both sides of the issue of TNA moving to Monday.  We look at the one head-to-head Raw vs. Nitro episode and how the audience reaction was completely different from similar situations in the Monday Night Wars.  We look at Hogan's value in 2010, both where it is there and where it is likely overrated.  We look at what TNA needs to do, top talent not available on the first night, what the non-wrestling competition will be, and the realities of Hogan's first WCW run and where he was and wasn't strong.  We look at how the situation is similar and different, comparisons of WCW then and TNA now.  We look at the different stages of TNA on Spike and more.

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        We also look at the Strikeforce signing of Dan Henderson, the reaction by Dana White, what matches are being talked about for him, is Henderson a draw, what led Henderson to leaving, notes on what Henderson had asked for in talks, and more.
 
        We also look at the drawing power of Kimbo Slice, where his fight stood on the all-time viewing record, the announcement of Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell as coaches of Ultimate Fighter, what other alternatives there were, the Jones vs. Hamill finish, and how every fight on the show gained and lost audience so you can see what fights people wanted to see and what fights people didn't care about.  We also have how much every fighter earned on the show.
 
        We have a lot of thoughts about the issues of concussions in pro wrestling stemming from the test results of the brain of Andrew Martin.  We have an update on the Linda McMahon campaign as well as the coverage of the campaign, looking at different articles, and the McMahon camp's going on personal attacks instead of addressing issues.
 
        We've got more on John Cena's next movie, an interesting contract story, updates on a former champion who was being talked with about returning, more on upcoming celebrity hosts, the Tribute to the Troops show, the fines for pot usage, as well as details of the weekend house shows.
 
        We also have an update on a Hall of Fame active wrestler recovering from heart surgery and look at what famous historical thing from the 70s is being copied in a storyline.
 
        We also look at the latest WWE PPV numbers, with one success and one gimmick that wasn't a success.  We look at the lessons of Bragging Rights and what is showed about certain types of angles these days, and Hell in a Cell.  
 
        We also have coverage of the record setting K-1 World Grand Prix, including what the business notes say both good and bad, why this show had less appeal in Japan than other years, the storylines and why this show came off perfect for the future.
 
        We also look at the last big show of the year for Pro Wrestling NOAH, the 30th annual Real World Tag League tournament, and CMLL's final big event of the year.
 
       We also have a look at the ratings for all the major pro
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    We also have our usual weekly features such as the results of the
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Also in this week's issue:
 
--Perros Del Mal anniversary show
 
--New Japan Tokyo Dome update
 
--New Japan's last major show of the year
 
--What legend will be going on tour doing talk shows throughout 2010
 
--Former WWE and ECW wrestler opens overseas promotion
 
--More from the Hulkamania tour and why that promoter and WWE are at major odds over what may be the biggest new business opportunity of 2010
 
--Update on the arrest of Greg Gagne's daughter Gail
 
--Notes on the best book category in the awards
 
--Notes on a pro wrestling documentary scheduled for next year
 
--A K-1 fighter does an angle with a former WWE star
 
--A 60s legend and all-time great in his country has perhaps his final match
 
--Update on Bobby Heenan
 
--Former WWF star turned promoter does a unique buildup for some upcoming shows
 
--TNA's main feud shaping up
 
--Angle injury
 
--New TNA television show notes
 
--A look at the weekend TNA house shows
 
--A look at TNA television over the next few weeks
 
--Update on Brock Lesnar
 
--A major UFC vs. WWE head-to-head battle, which involves one of the most looked forward to WWE events of the year
 
--What two major events may affect the business of this year's WrestleMania
 
--Lots of new UFC matches
 
--Updates on UFC ticket sales at upcoming shows
 
--Several fighters cut by UFC
 
--Update on the Strikeforce show in San Jose including complete TV lineup
 
--A look at Herschel Walker as he prepares for his MMA debut
 
--Fedor Emelianenko gets new exposure
 
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*November 17, 1997 (full details of everything leading to the most famous
wrestling match finish of modern times at the Survivor Series plus a
history of in-ring double-crosses)
 
*December 21, 1998 (the complete Vince McMahon-Bret Hart conversation
right before the Survivor Series match so you'll know exactly what was
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everything that was said between the two about the match that was going
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and Sex, Lies and Headlocks)
 
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networks)
 
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great numbers and what needed to have been done to save them)
 
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and friends)
 
*July 28, 2003 (Part 2 of the history of the WWF vs. WCW war and the
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*August 25, 2003 (2003 Hall of Fame issue with huge profiles on the
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*September 22, 2003 (Part 3 of the history of the WWF vs WCW war with the
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*October 27, 2003 (The fascinating life of Stu Hart plus the story of
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*January 19, 2004 (2003 Awards issue)
 
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*February 23, 2004 (History of Guerrero family with Eddy's win over Brock
Lesnar)
 
*March 1, 2004 (History of WWF continues with the period that brought the
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*March 8, 2004 (History of Wrestlemania, its greatest matches and best
and worst shows as voted both by wrestlers and non-wrestlers and
Wrestlemania history books)
 
*July 5, 2004 (A look behind the scenes and Ric Flair's book and his
background with Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan)
 
*July 12, 2004 (A look at more on Ric Flair's book and his comments on
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*August 16, 2004 (History of the Olympians in pro wrestling)
 
*August 23, 2004 (2004 Hall of Fame issue and biggest issue of the year
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*November 15, 2004 (the full story of what happened between Kurt Angle
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--We will have two separate audio shows up on the site later today, one with Bret Hart and the other with Lance Storm
 
--Raw Monday night did a 3.3 rating.  ECW last night did a 1.0 rating.
 
--ESPN won the cable ratings race this week with a 2.4 prime time average to 2.1 for USA.  Syfy was No. 15 at 0.9, making it the first time in history that ECW drew a rating below the weekly average for the station, which explains why ECW is starting to use wrestlers from other brands again.  Spike was No. 20 at 0.8.  Last week's Raw was No. 6 and No. 7 behind two NFL games, The Closer, Men of a Certain age and ESPN's presentation of the Heisman Trophy.  However, either hour was top ten in 18-34.  The hours were No. 5 and No. 7 in 18-49   
 
--Ring of Honor is airing a $4.99 Internet PPV tonight at 7 p.m at http://www.gofightlive.tv headlined by Bryan Danielson vs. KENTA and Naomichi Marufuji vs. Nigel McGuiness.  They have some of the best shows in company history up on PPV every night this week leading to Final Battle at 7:30 p.m. live on Saturday night from New York.  Tomorrow night's show at 7 p.m. has Mitsuharu Misawa vs. KENTA in one of Misawa's last great matches, and Takeshi Morishima vs. Bryan Danielson
 
--U.K. ratings on cable for the week ending 12/6 saw Raw do 58,000 viewers live.  Smackdown was moved for the week from Sky Sports 3 to Sky Sports Xtra, so the first airing drew only 24,000 viewers and Saturday night replay did 16,000 (thanks to Ian Hamilton)  
 
--UFC and Versus today both officially announced that Versus would be holding two Fight Night caliber UFC events in 2010.  No first date was announced for the shows.  White said that WEC and UFC on Versus would be kept as separate organizations.
 
--Spike TV also announced today that there would be ten one-hour live specials that would be airing prelim matches prior to the start of the PPV shows.  Both the 1/2 and 2/6 PPV, the first two of next year, were confirmed as having at least two prelim matches on Spike live before the PPV portion of the card begins.  Given that UFC did 13 PPV shows last year, that means most, not but all of the cards will have some prelim fights live on  Spike.    
 
--Strikeforce officials confirmed today that the next show on CBS would be in April or May.  Sherdog.com yesterday broke the story of an April CBS show.  While not official, a match being targeted for the show would be Jake Shields defending the middleweight title against Dan Henderson.
 
--Bobby Lashley and Dan Henderson are being brought in by Strikeforce on Saturday afternoon to San Jose for a press conference regarding both men's recent signings.
 
--WWE sent out their usual post-PPV survey about TLC, trying to find out why people may not have bought the show.  Keep clicking on more surprises and watch the booking make even less sense.
 
--UFC will replay the Best of 2009 three-hour special on Spike from 9 p.m. to midnight on Friday night  
 
--All drug tests from the 12/5 UFC show came back negative.  Those tested were Roy Nelson, Brendan Schaub, Matt Hamill, Jon Jones, Kimbo Slice, Frankie Edgar, Matt Mitrione, John Howard and Mark Bocek.
 
--A story on the author of WWE Battlemania, the new company comic book, Keith Champagne, at http://www.newsarama.com/comics/091216-WWE-Heroes-Interivew.html  He talked about growing up watching Adrian Adonis, Jesse Ventura and Andre the Giant

--The TNA New Year's Eve all-women's two hour Impact as part of a four-hour block will be a one-night eight-woman tournament. 

 
--TNA sent out a release today announcing Bobby Lashley appearing on the company's U.K. tour from 1/23 to 1/30, but that makes no sense because Lashley debuts for Strikeforce on 1/30 in Sunrise, FL, and he'd be beyond insane to do a week of pro wrestling matches in Europe leading to the show.  Not that people in Japan haven't done that in the past.
 
--The Linda McMahon campaign is promoting her connection to pro wrestling this week because President Obama is appearing on Tribute to the Troops Saturday night.  They sent out the following statement:  "The President's involvement with WWE underscores what we've been saying all along-WWE is broadly recognized as a company that for years has made tremendous contributions to the community, to the state of Connecticut and to men and women in uniform.  It creates hundreds of jobs, it promotes literacy, it makes dreams come true for hundreds of children through Make-A-Wish, and every year it helps boost morale among our troops."
 
--Dwayne Johnson will be giving the commencement speech at the University of Miami tomorrow.  Johnson graduated from the college and also played on their football team, and has been a big supporter of the school, making large donations in recent years.
 
--People did not like Raw on Monday night
Excellent 5.3%
Good 8.3%
Average 6.8%
Fair 8.3%
Poor 71.3%
        12.7% of those responding didn't see the show.  Maybe the worst showing of any TV show of the year
 
--Poll on ROH
Excellent 42.6%
Good 27.8%
Average 16.7%
Fair 1.9%
Poor 11.1%
        64.5% of those responding didn't see the show
 
--Who would you expect to win a four-man tournament of the UFC's top heavyweight contenders
Frank Mir 41.2%
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 33.1%
Shane Carwin 13.8%
Cain Velasquez 11.9%
 
--An interview with Total MMA author Jonathan Snowden is at http://www.startribune.com/yourvoices/
 
--Brew City Wrestling on Friday night from West Allis, WI:  Mickie McCoy b TW3, UAT b Brandon Hayze & Dave Tydell, Dinn T. Moore & Mason Quinn & Jet Bennett NC Brandon Blaze & Dave Demone & Nick Colluci, Sam Hayne b Ian Gauger, Derek St. Holmes b Erico, Justin Dredd & Link b Steve Stone & Metal Head Mauler.  
 
--Pro Wrestling Blitz on Saturday night in Joliet, IL at the VFW Hall headlined by Rasche Brown vs. Tony Scarpone
 
--In Your Face Wrestling on 2/6 in Ballston Spa, NY at the Community Center
 
--A correction from Monday's report.  HDNet has always been on Verizon FIOS, all they did was add HDNet to their video-on-demand service
 
--Black Diamond Wrestling on Friday night in Brilliant, OH at the Buckeye North Middle School  
 
--Promociones TG Power runs the Auditorio in Tijuana on Friday night with El Hijo del Rey Misterio vs. TJ Extreme in a mask vs. hair match.  I guess Mr. Extreme is getting shorn at the end of the night.
 
--The Super Sky Team of Mistico & Volador Jr. & La Sombra headline tomorrow night in Xalapa, Mexico against The Trio of Terror, Averno & Mephisto & Ephesto (thanks to Kris Zellner)
 
--3XW on 1/1 in Des Monies at the Social Club with Rory Fox vs. Jeremy Wyatt
 
--There will be a World of Martial Arts exhibition on 5/22 and 5/23 at the National Exhibition Center in Birmingham, England
 
--The Sydney Daily Telegraph ran a positive piece in today's paper about UFC 110 on 2/21, which included an interview with former pro wrestler turned UFC fighter (we're closing in on 100 former pro wrestlers having competed in UFC) Christopher Haseman.  There was a big crowd last night for Joe Stevenson, George Sotiropolous and Michael Bisping in a Sydney DVD store. (thanks to Dan Lennard)
 
--New England Championship Wrestling has its first TV taping for Comcast SportsNet, which will air nationally on DirecTV and other systems starting in January.  The taping is Saturday night in Quincy, MA.
 
--WAR on 1/16 in Lima, OH at the UAW Hall headlined by Steve Stone vs. Brian Beech
 
--Some notes from WWE Classics on Demand.  During the Legends Roundtable that talked about managers, the forbidden "WWF" term was mentioned twice without being edited, once by Michael Hayes and another by Joey Styles.  They also had a funny Prime Time Wrestling gaffe.  It was an MSG match where Tito Santana & Rick Martel beat The Islanders, and then they came back to studio with Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan.  Monsoon brought up Heenan throwing a tantrum at ringside after his team lost.  The problem?  Heenan wasn't at the match and in the commentary, Monsoon, doing the play-by-play, early in the match noted Heenan not being there.
 
--MVP was on Opie & Anthony today promoting Saturday's Tribute to the Troops show  
 
--Pro Wrestling Revolution on 1/30 at O'Connell High School in San Francisco (and no, Roller skating is not a part of the curriculum there) headlined by Shocker, Strongman and Lady Apache from CMLL as well as TNA's Alissa Flash.  
 
--NWA MSW on 12/19 in Alderson, WV at the Community Center
 
--The presale for the 3/6 WEC show in Columbus, OH at the Nationwide Arena headlined by Brian Bowles vs. Dominick Cruz plus Miguel Torres and Jens Pulver in separate fights, starts 10 a.m. tomorrow through Friday night at 10 p.m. at Ticketmaster using the password WORLD
 
--CHIKARA debuts in Detroit in June
 
--Shonie Carter was on Judge Mathias today.  A promoter was suing him for no-showing.  He had never signed a contract so the judge threw the case out (thanks to Emily Miner)
 
--Scotty 2 Hotty and Kid Kash in a music video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5ahSkkY9A8
 
--GOUGE on 1/23 in Wake Forest, NC at the Sports Factory
 
--FCW's first road shows of 2010 will be 1/9 in Eustis, FL at the Lake County Fairgrounds Expo Hall, 1/15 in Fort Myers at the Harborside Events Center, 1/16 in Crystal River, FL a the Armory and 1/22 in Plant City, FL at the Armory
 
--Sin City Fight Club plays 1/16 at the Atlanta Symphony Hall headlined by former UFC fighter Diego Saraiva
 
--Firestorm Pro Wrestling on 12/30 at Phantasy Niteclub with Colt Cabana, Necro Butcher and Waylon of the Cleveland rock band Mushroomhead making his pro wrestling debut