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Results from last night's TNA tapings are up elsewhere on this site. They tape again tonight for next week's show.

The recently-released Daivari will be our guest on tomorrow's members-only Figure Four Daily, so if you have questions please post them in the radio show section of the BOARD. Sunday's guest on Wrestling Observer Live will be Bret Hart. I believe Dave Meltzer will be co-hosting that show with me. For those that missed this past Sunday's show with guest-host Lance Storm, you can download it here. Thanks to cutrer as always!

Also a note that one edition of Five Star Radio (already up), Figure Four Daily, The Adam & Mike Big Audio Nightmare, the Karl Stern Show, and the Dr. Keith Lipinski Show will be available FREE for everyone this week, so check back regularly throughout the week! A great chance for freeloaders to see what else you're missing by not being a member!

Chris Jericho and others are doing a charity auction for kidney research. You can learn more here.

Speaking of Jericho, Smackdown is at the Nassau Coliseum tonight and he's doing a book signing nearby. I'm thinking he won't debut there. For those wondering, yes, it's going to happen eventually. Unless they really piss people off, the longer they wait the bigger it will be. I know some people were very pissed about last night, but the "promises" that he would debut there were no different than the "promises" that he was going to debut in any number of places on any number of days. We wrote months back that there would be red herrings everywhere. Unless they flat-out tell you he'll be there a certain day and then he's not there, you can't get too upset about this.

Mike Sawyer and Oliver Copp have a new show with an interview with Brad Imes up here.

The trailer for FIST OF THE VAMPIRE, starring, among people, Blue Meanie, is up here. The Meanie Figure Four Daily from last week, which got some very good reviews, is up for members in our archive right now.

The appeal hearing for a bunch of fighters, including Sean Sherk and Phil Baroni, takes place Wednesday.

More indy results from the past few days courtesy DAN~!

CHIKARA “New Star Navigation” results from Barnesville, PA: Jigsaw & Hydra def. Shane Storm & UltraMantis Black in a Parejas Increibles (Incredible Partners) match; Soldier Ant def. Crossbones; Tim Donst def. Icarus; Brodie Lee def. Worker Ant; Incoherence (Delirious & Hallowicked) def. The Osirian Portal (Amasis & Ophidian); Helios def. Chuck Taylor to win the CHIKARA Young Lions Cup; Fire Ant def. Dragon Yuki; Cheech & Cloudy def. The Olsen Twins, in the process earning a tag title shot; Lince Dorado def. Mitch Ryder. Added to the 11/18 show in Philadelphia is Lince Dorado vs. Mitch Ryder in a mask vs. hair match.

PWG “European Vacation” results from Portsmouth: Joey Ryan def. Spud; Zebra Kid def. Austin Aries; The Kartel def. The Hated Heroes (Aviv Maayan & LT Summers); Bryan Danielson def. Martin Stone to retain the PWG Title; Andy Simmonz def. James Tighe to retain the IPW:UK Title; Human Tornado def. Pac; Davey Richards & Super Dragon def. El Generico & Kevin Steen in the MOTN to win the PWG Tag Team titles when Richards pinned Steen. Steen challenged Dragon & Davey to a rematch tomorrow in Germany with a partner of his choosing, and if he doesn’t regain the titles he’ll leave PWG.

IWA-MS “Queen of the Death Match” (ever popular) results from Plainfield, IN: 6 women showed up so the format was switched around. In the first round, LuFisto def. BB Walls and Roxie Cotton, and Storm def. Mickie Knuckles and Misty Heat. The two winners faced each other in their own bracket, while the losers were paired off. In the next round, Mickie Knuckles def. BB Walls, and Roxie Cotton def. Misty Heat. LuFisto def. Storm to advance to the finas, and Mickie Knuckles def. Roxie Cotton to join her. LuFisto finally def. Mickie Knuckles with a Burning Hammer to win the tournament. And you thought TNA was complicated. CJ Otis def. Deranged in a non-tournament match.

Pro Wrestling Unplugged results from Philadelphia, PA: Z-Barr (w/Sunny) def. Lucky; TJ Cannon def. Bruce Maxwell; Annie Social def. Amy Lee; There was a BATCAVE~! Segment involving Larry Zbyszko and Larry Winters (of ECW “fame”). Winters crowned himself the legend of hardcore; The Dream Team def. Gangrel & Helter Skelter; Sandman NC Tyrone when Sandman went crazy with his cane and began drinking profusely; Aramis def. KJ Hellfire; All Money Is Legal def. Adam Flash & John McChesney; Trent Acid def. Justice Pain in the 2001 CZW tribute match; The Bosom Buddies (Drew Blood & Teddy Fine) def. The Best Around (TJ Cannon & Bruce Maxwell) to win the PWU Tag Team titles; Devon Moore def. Too Cold Scorpio to win the PWU Title. Larry Zbyszko was the referee. He took a bump and Moore cheated to win. Announced for the next show is Scorpio vs. Moore in a steel cage.

The end of Randy Couture's relationship with UFC headlines the new, nearly 28,000-word Figure Four Weekly newsletter! We've got the full story of what went down, how he alerted UFC, the fascinating way in which he did it, and what his issues with the company were. We'll discuss how much he made and what others were paid, where there might have been miscommunication, why the company didn't get Fedor, what Randy's major Fedor-related demands were, and how Dana responded both initially and after hearing some of the things Randy had to say. We've got quotes from both Dana and Randy about the situation and about Fedor and other related issues. We'll talk about who Fedor signed with, what this group is all about, how long they've been around, plans for the future, who may have purchased them, what the plans are for the UFC Heavyweight Title and who is in line for the belt, and, perhaps most importantly, whether Randy vs. Fedor will ever take place. We'll discuss the legal ramifications involved, Randy's contract and what it says, what he believes and what UFC believes, what this means for the future of UFC, and tons more. It's the biggest MMA story in the year and we've got in-depth coverage. Also, a big story on the potential merger of ECW and Smackdown, including why it's coming about, why ECW is underperforming and how bad, the directive Vince McMahon sent, who is in charge of ECW and who may be in charge of the combined brand, how this affects the entire USA/Universal/WWE relationship, how Raw fits into all of this, how WWE's decline in PPV fits into all of this, and much more. This story has the potential to be huge. Our third major headline story is a full run down and analysis of TNA's version of WrestleMania -- Bound for Glory 2007. Results of all the matches, star ratings, what worked and what didn't work, backstage notes, injuries, the whole nine yards. Other major stories include what happened with Booker T and WWE and why they parted ways, what Booker's demands were before re-signing, the carefully worded WWE announcement, why Teddy Hart got fired, what this means for the future of the Hart Foundation, plans for this past week with Harry that ended up being changed, more on concussions including a baffling statement by WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt, update on Rock's film, wrestler gets letter from Congress, Raw ratings of late and thoughts on why things are so bad, two people quit WWE for the stupidest reason imaginable, the entire story behind both of their tenures, why Robert Gibson got released, Iron Sheik update, Cyber Sunday update, thoughts on Batista's book and the new Benoit book, including notes from a review not yet published, California taxing pro-wrestling, TNA ratings, Dixie Carter interview notes, TNA on the road with house shows, Karen Angle's thoughts on getting in the ring, UFC line-up and thoughts for this weekend, Liddell vs. Silva update, Matt Hughes on what would have happened if they wouldn't let him hand out Bibles, UFC ratings, more drug test failures, big fight added to December Fight Night, Dana White talks comparisons to Vince McMahon, new MMA company starting in Japan to fill the void left by PRIDE, what their plans are, whether they have a TV deal, the overall state of combat sports in Japan and what has happened over the past two years to really hurt it, Mark Cuban runs first show, Frank Shamrock axed from company, Ken Shamrock considers fight with Frank, Pro Elite teaming with Contender creator to start new show, Tank vs. Kimbo update, awesome interview with Nick Diaz, tournaments return to MMA, John Graziano update, Jonny Fairplay legal update, a new wrestling movie starring Nicholas Cage, tons of lucha news and notes including the full story on how Blue Demon Jr. nearly lost his mask, ROH notes, Vince reviews some Mid-Atlantic from 1978, and I have full reviews of every major TV show including Raw, Smackdown, TNA, Ultimate Fighter, 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 (320-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!

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Muchnick on Orton, Benoit, drugs and suicide

Mike Mooneyham reviews Jericho's book

Lance Storm's latest Q&A

Melina on Divas wrestling

Two new shows debuting on the Fight Network

JR with a new blog up here

Rough night for Chyna

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