CNN announced that despite requests from WWE they were not going to apologize for quoting him out of context in the original and first few replays of the CNN steroid special. They said that they had add the "Absolutely not" and seemed to feel that this was enough. The phrase was added, they admitted, due to a number of complaints about how they'd handled his response.

Trevor Murdoch & Lance Cade vs. Bob Holly & Cody Rhodes for the Tag Titles has been added to Survivor Series. Guess this was based on Murdoch and Cade getting squashed on Monday by Undertaker & Batista.

For those asking, yes, the Chris Jericho WWE Magazine cover is legit.

Pacman Jones is expected to take a plea deal regarding the shooting incident at a Las Vegas club earlier this year that left Tommy Urbanski paralyzed. More information on the story is up here. The hearing takes place Thursday.

There was a major incident backstage at the Smackdown tapings. Miz and Morrison were sent out to do commentary on the CM Punk vs. Jamie Noble match, and they talked over themselves and yelled at each other and it became so heated that they paid no attention to the match whatsoever. Later, they teamed up against MVP & Matt Hardy and apparently the work was horrible. So backstage, JBL laced into them about both issues, telling them they owed everyone involved an apology. Apparently Miz was fine with this but Morrison apologized to the guys and told JBL to mind his own business. According to one source, he actually shoved him. Seriously. There was nearly a killing, but it was broken up. No idea what this will mean for Morrison's future, but things like this usually aren't good.

There is an ongoing UFC in Newark blog here.

Jermaine Wilson, who last competed on November 4th in Oceanside, CA for Total Combat, tested positive for marijuana. He's suspended through February 2nd and has been fined $500.

The Wrestling Society X DVD is out. We talked about the rise and fall of the promotion with Kevin Kleinrock on Figure Four Daily last week, which is still in the archive for members. It's a four-disc set and includes the never-before-seen season finale, tons of extras, etc. Stevie J has a review of the set here.

Kevin Nash & Scott Hall & Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle & Tomko & AJ Styles will be the main event of the December 2nd TNA PPV.

UFC is talking to Sokudjou.

There is an interview with Bas Rutten up here. There is also a Claudio Castagnoli interview here.

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Lance Storm on Bret and his book

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