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The book covers the life stories of Lou Thesz, Wahoo McDaniel, Elizabeth, Fred Blassie, Road Warrior Hawk, Andre the Giant, Curt Hennig, Johnny Valentine, Davey Boy Smith, Terry Gordy, Owen Hart, Stu Hart, Gorilla Monsoon, The Sheik and Tim Woods. To get all of those biographies as back issues of the Observer would be a $60 value today. This is a collection of some of the best Observer articles of the past several years in a hardcover, full-color format that is 239 pages. There is also a foreword by Bret Hart. The book price is $12.95 plus $3.50 for shipping costs in the U.S., $10 for shipping costs to Canada and $12 for shipping costs outside North America. You can order the book the same way you order the newsletter. --For last week on cable, Fox News beat out USA for No. 1, with both doing a 2.4 prime time average. Syfy was No. 19 at 0.9 and Spike was No. 23 at 0.7. The two hours of Raw last week fell to No. 11 and No. 15. In 18-34, they were No. 7 and No. 10 and 18-49 they were No. 4 and No. 5. --Chris Jericho talks the release of his album, which came out yesterday, at http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/01/25/chris-jericho/fozzy/ The sales didn't show up in the Hits radar screen for the first day, which charts albums expected to sell 10,000 in the first week. It's No. 278 on amazon.com and No. 16,687 at Barnes and Noble --Joe Lieberman, who at one time was an officer in the PTC, a staunch WWF enemy a decade ago, talks about supporting Linda McMahon for Senate, because the McMahons had donated money to his election campaigns in the past. Story is at http://washingtonindependent.com/74733/lieberman-for-linda-mcmahon Lieberman is an independent who is talking about joining the Republican party. Lieberman noted that Richard Blumenthal, the Democratic foe McMahon would face if she won her primary, had supported Ned Lamont against Lieberman in a 2006 election. --UFC announced the complete lineup for the next show on 2/6 in Las Vegas as follows: Prelims Mostapha Al-Turk vs. Rolles Gracie Tim Hague vs. Chris Tuchscherer Brian Stann vs. Phil Davis Phillipe Nover vs. Robert Emerson Live on Spike at 9 p.m. Melvin Guillard vs. Ronny Torres Mac Danzig vs. Justin Buchholz PPV at 10 p.m. Matt Serra vs. Frank Trigg Demian Maia vs. Dan Miller Mike Swick vs. Paulo Thiago Nate Marquardt vs. Chael Sonnen Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman --UFC announced today a deal to broadcast PPV on the Internet in China through Sohu.com, a Chinese Kung Fu Internet channel --Short story with not much to it on Bobby Lashley fighting Saturday night at http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mixed-martial-arts/story/1446966.html He said he wants to fight Fedor Emelianenko in two or three fights. I think he may just be saying that because that doesn't sound like the best of ideas. --Poll on Raw for Monday Excellent 9.3% Good 40.2% Average 21.3% Fair 7.2% Poor 22.0% 13.1% of those responding didn't see the show --Poll on ROH Monday night Excellent 37.0% Good 31.5% Average 11.1% Fair 3.7% Poor 16.7% 67.5% of those responding didn't see the show --How do you think the Royal Rumble will do on PPV this year? Better than last year 43.0% About the same as last year 30.1% Worse than last year 26.9% --Vince Russo claimed he pulled Awesome Kong off Bubba the Love Sponge. He also bragged about doing three straight 1.3 ratings with only 16 minutes of wrestling on the last show. Can you imagine five years ago if a TV show had Hogan, Flair and Kurt Angle on it and someone bragged about it doing a 1.3 rating? "How can something so trivial mean so much to somebody that they would actually sit there and count how many minutes of fake wrestling were on a fake wrestling show in the course of two hours. That just put everything in perspective for me." He also said that Orlando Jordan carries himself like a star, which is rare in this business. --Odds for Saturday Marius Zaromskis +180 to +220 Nick Diaz -220 to -312 Cris Cyborg -500 to -833 Marloes Coenen +325 to +475 Melvin Manhoef -165 to -222 Robbie Lawler +149 to +160 Greg Nagy +250 to +289 Herschel Walker -325 to -365 Bobby Lashley -850 to -985 Wes Sims +550 to +575 In other words, people expect Lashley to destroy Sims very quickly. --For next week, Randy Couture's numbers range from -386 to -550. Demian Maia's against Dan Miller from -340 to -500, and Nate Marquardt over Chael Sonnen -350 to -525. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira is being favored over Cain Velasquez for 2/21 while Wanderlei Silva is favored over Michael Bisping. Jon Jones is a pretty strong favorite over Brandon Vera and numbers for GSP over Dan Hardy range from -685 to -800, while Frank Mir is the established favorite over Shane Carwin. --As noted earlier, Rob Terry beat Eric Young today in Cardiff, Wales to win the TNA Global heavyweight title --RVD talks the upcoming Wrestling Reunion convention, talks about his wife beating cancer and he thinks people are talking about TNA three times as much as before at http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2010/01/27/12625791.html --WWE announced shows on 9/9 and 9/10 in Aberdeen, Scotland, 9/11 in Minehead, U.K., and 9/12 in Skegness, U.K. Tickets go on sale Friday for these shows. They also have another U.K. tour scheduled for November. --Business Week had a listing of the 100 most powerful athletes in sports based on performance, marketability and earning potential. Tiger Woods, LeBron James, Phil Mickelson, Albert Pujols and Peyton Manning were top five. Manny Pacquiao was No. 72, Fedor Emelianenko was No. 82, Floyd Mayweather was No. 91, Shane Mosley was No. 93 and Brock Lesnar was No. 96. 0 --Bellator announced the debut of season two on 4/8 will be at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, FL. The show will air live on Fox Sports Net in much of the country. --Today's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10027/1031292-455.stm has a story talking about Pittsburgh iconic personalities mentioning both Bruno Sammartino and former studio wrestling host Bill Cardille. --Friday's Best of Pride Fighting championship show has slightly changed, as the matches will be Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Mauricio Shogun Rua, Quinton Jackson vs. Ricardo Arona (famed power bomb from hell), Akira Shoji vs. Gilbert Yvel and Mark Coleman vs. Masaaki Satake. --Perez Hilton rips on Linda Bollea for writing a book at http://perezhilton.com/2010-01-26-linda-hogan-bollea-pens-a-tell-all The opening line in the story was funny: "We would have been shocked if the report had said she had read a book, but to write one, we are downright flabbergasted." --TCW from Saturday night in Russellville, AR before a sellout 500 fans: Apoc b Steve Anthony, Prince Al Farat b Scott Murdoch, Antonio Garza b Mike Jackson, Kid J b Lil Bruiser, Johnny Dotson b Alan Steele, Matt Riviera & Jeff Jett b Bobby Eaton & Greg Anthony, Tim Storm b Al Snow-DQ --A correction, the Real Championship Wrestling show on 1/16 in Baltimore drew in the 300-400 range as opposed to the 200 in the initial report we received (thanks to Joe Burrows) --Sunday in Guadalajara: Templario b Baron de Jalisco, Katana b Meteoro, Astaroth & Saturno b Acertijo & In Memoria, Hierro & Palacio Negro b Mr Trueno & Rey Trueno, Metro & Stuka Jr. & Valiente b Cancerero & Polvora & Raziel-DQ, Shocker & Volador Jr. b Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero (thanks to Kris Zellner) --HPW on 2/6 in Columbus, IN at the 4-H Fairgrounds --Georges St. Pierre autograph session from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday at the Affliction Clothing Store at 1655 Meridian Ave., in Miami Beach --A rare Jeff Hardy autograph session will be 2/19 in Edison, NJ at the Menlo Park Mall from 6-8 p.m. Jeff Hardy and Shannon Moore will both be appearing. --Sheamus has several scenes in the movie "The Escapist" that just came out on DVD, including a major fight scene. The movie stars famous U.K. actor Bran Cox. (thanks to Bob Johnson) --A brief note on two brothers suffering from Cuchenne Muscular Dystrophy getting to meet HHH at Raw on Monday in Columbus, OH is at http://www.wmfd.com/newsboard/single.asp?Story=39524 --Platinum Championship Wrestling on Friday night in Avondale Estates, GA at the Academy Theater --Ring of Fire on 3/5 at the Omaha Civic Auditorium featuring former UFC fighters Alvin Robinson, Luke Caudillo, Justin Wren and Junie Browning. The Internet presale with the code word "Fight" began today. --NWA Main Event TV tapings tomorrow night in Nashville at 413 Veritas St. --CHIKARA has added Vin Gerard & Stigma & Colin Delaney for the annual King of Trios tournament 4/23 to 4/25 in Philadelphia at the Arena. --NWS on 2/20 in Bloomfield, NJ at the High School features Tammy Sytch, Jim Duggan and James "Nunzio" Maritato --Matrix Fights on 2/27 at the Arena in Philadelphia headlined by LeVon Maynard vs. Matt Makowski |
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