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By This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it The New York Daily News reported today that Congress will be holding a hearing in mid-September on steroids and pro-wrestling. Believe it or not, this news was actually broken on the Nancy Grace show a week ago with Chyna. They threw it out at the top of the hour so quickly that I don't think anyone noticed it or realized what she was saying, and in fact I forgot about it pretty quickly as well. They are currently compiling witness lists.Dana White confirmed at the UFC conference call this morning that Ranata Babalu has been axed due to refusing to release a choke in a dark match against David Heath Saturday night. We'll have the full audio of the conference call up in the members area very soon. Update on John Graziano, involved in the Nick Hogan crash More on the Benoit estate battle Smackdown spoilers for this week Of the ten fighters tested at UFC 75, including all the main eventers (Couture, Gonzaga, St. Pierre and Koscheck), nobody tested positive for any drugs. Balls Mahoney will be on the final episode of Who Wants to be a Superhero? on September 6th. Floyd Mayweather Jr., Lou Ferrigno, who was part of the WBF in the early 90s, and Mark Cuban, the latter of whom once did an angle in OVW (seriously), are confirmed for the next season of Dancing with the Stars. WRESTLING TIE-INS. Therefore, coverage. Raw is taped this Sunday at the Nationwide Arena, after which the crew heads to South Africa. With Super Dragon and Bryan Danielson both out of BOLA due to injury, the revised line-up for this weekend looks to be:
Night One - August 31
Night Two - September 1 This is the second year in a row that Danielson has missed BOLA due to an injury suffered in ROH. Vinny and I will be down there for the entire weekend and will be doing updates on the website as usual, and likely a radio show or two as well if I can get it set up. The shows take place at the Burbank Armory, so if you are in the area please stop by and say hello! Tribute to the Troops 2007 is confirmed for December 24th on the USA Network. Nielsen is having major issues this week. Only number we have from Monday is that the Raw replay on USA did a 1.0 rating. MysteryShoXC on Saturday night did an 0.5 rating head-to-head with UFC and with almost no promotion whatsoever. Rock is negotiating to star in Escape to Witch Mountain, a remake of the 1975 Disney film. Shooting would start in 2008. Don't forget, if you're on Facebook, I'm looking to hit 1 million friends! I'm at, not surprisingly, "Bryan Alvarez". Randy Couture is the greatest man ever, and we'll tell you why. The cover story of this week's new 25,000-word Figure Four Weekly newsletter looks at his victory over Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 74 and why it was such an amazing feat. We'll look at the issues that Randy has to face ever day, how that compares to Gonzaga, and how Couture, once again, beat the odds and father time. We've gotten a ton of praise for this cover story in the past several days, which I greatly appreciate. We've got completely results and a full review of the PPV, including the dark match where Ranato Babalu lost his mind and refused to release a choke, and the much-anticipated Georges St. Pierre vs. Josh Kosheck fight. We've also got a look at the future, who is next for Couture and St. Pierre, the latest on Brock Lesnar and Fedor Emelianenko, injury updates including some serious, backstage and off-air notes from the show and the weekend, and tons more! We've also got an equally big cover story on the WWE's third biggest PPV of the year, SummerSlam. We'll review and recap the entire show, plus look at why some major plans changed, where they're going with all the champions, when certain decisions were made, and more. Other major stories include a look at Nick Hogan's car crash, what happened, rumors that night, how his passenger was doing at press time, Nick's driving record and recent tickets, WWE's latest response to Congress, what they are handing over and what they are not handing over, where I expect this to go, what Vince said when he was approached about the idea of an off-season, ROH star that Raw main writer is interested in, another ROH star John Lauranitis has wanted for awhile who shot down WWE this weekend, interest in former WCW World champion who hasn't wrestled regularly in years, new programming for 24/7, update on John Cena's father and where they may be going with this, who else might end up involved, Rey Misterio talks steroids, why this might bite him in the ass, MVP update, more international steroid news, Tommy Urbanski gets out of the hospital, how he's doing and how his recovery is going, the good news and bad news, his thoughts on Pacman, tons of notes from Brock Lesnar regarding UFC and Randy Couture, what MMA fans thought of it, what it actually was, how close he is to signing with UFC, payouts for the show, HBO update, Mirko Crocop's latest training regimen, the TUF VI competitors, Dana clamps down on steroids again, the changes he has made to payouts, tons of notes from several Dana Q&A's explaining exactly what's going on in UFC at the moment, latest on HEROs and their 154-pound tournament, another group looking to start up and lose millions, Ken Shamrock's son debuts in MMA and how he did, Hogan Knows Best update, tons of news and notes from Mexico including the latest on the CMLL and AAA big shows of the year, new Triple Crown Champion, full update on Bryan Danielson's serious injury this weekend, what happened and how long he'll be out of action, major Japanese legend coming in, ROH at the Manhattan Center notes, Vinny review MS/UWF 2-2, which he utterly raves about, plus full reviews of every major TV show including Raw, Smackdown, Human Weapon, Saturday Night's Main Event, Hogan Knows Best, TNA, Derby City Wrestling, and TONS more! Of course, as a member you also get full access to ALL new and archived radio shows dating back to 2005, plus all the new and archived (300-plus issues) Figure Four Weekly newsletters dating back to 2001. To sign up, please click here, or PayPal users can use the Quick Buy link at the top of this page to be online within 60 seconds. Rates start at just $7.99 per month (27 cents a DAY), so it's a steal. Thanks for your support! Our latest FREE radio show, the August 28 Bryan & Vinny Show, can be downloaded here. My newest Fight Network column is here with a look at SummerSlam. If you like the columns, they're about 1/25th the length of each issue of Figure Four Weekly, and we've got 300 back issues archived from 2002-today, all available 24/7 with an online membership to this site. See below for more info and ordering details. Lance Storm talks about VACATION. Also, his favorite show, Corner Gas, is starting in the US on WGN in September Some unfortunate past comments by young Nick How to handle Lesnar's UFC introduction Couture breaks arm in title win Brian Fritz's latest MMA column, looking at Couture's win and Brock Big interview with William Regal More advice from the best man ever Interview with Jimmy Jacobs about video games, including how the contra code got its name Tony Condello looking to bring in wrestling stars
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