Source: PWInsider.com
- The Blockbuster exclusive version of the 2007 WWE SummerSlam DVD which comes out next week features the following extras: the WWE Idol Segment from Raw on 8/13, Great Khali's Punjabi Celebration from SD on 7/27, and CM Punk & Boogeyman vs. John Morrison & Big Daddy V, from Saturday Night's Main Event on 8/18
- WWE has announced that they will be taping RAW in London at the Wembley Arena on October 16th. It is interesting to note that in the press release that the company issued it was listed that Edge would be appearing.
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The following was written by Josh Stewart of the Long Island Press:
DOVER, Del.--Ric Flair didn't say he's back with World Wrestling Entertainment.
According to the 16-time World Heavyweight Champion, he never left.
On Saturday, Flair was at Dover International Speedway as a guest of Roadloans.com, the title sponsor for the day's NASCAR Busch Series race.
During a press conference, Flair announced that he is working a limited schedule with WWE, and never gave notice that he was leaving the company.
"Those reports were totally incorrect," said Flair.
But curiously, the press release from the track that preceded Flair's appearances described him as "currently retired" from the wrestling business.
Flair spoke in glowing terms about WWE, noting that Chairman Vince McMahon could run NASCAR if he had a month to get up to speed. Those comments stand in stark contrast to Internet rumors that he was leaving the company due to dissatisfaction with the storylines he's been offered.
Flair did say that he plans to retire from wrestling within the next year, as he wants to spend more time with his family, including playing with his kids.
"I have a new, beautiful young wife. She's very rewarding. I like playing with her, too," Flair said of wife Tiffany, who was sitting 20 feet away. Flair's quip was one of many that had the media in stitches.
Fans hope Flair's WWE work can be similarly entertaining as he winds up his career. But Flair added that he has been given no assurances about creative direction.
"They don't do that," Flair said of WWE. "And I wouldn't expect them to. I've earned the right to retire on my own terms, but I don't see myself as bigger than the WWE. If it works into a storyline that works with the program, then I'm happy with it. If not, we just walk away one day and say goodbye."
That said, Flair has an idea of how he would like things to go.
"If I could write that script, I would just say that I would be in a marquee position...I would like to wrestle a marquee guy, a big name, in my last match," Flair said. "Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Undertaker, John Cena...I would love to wrestle in a marquee position in a marquee match and just have my finest hour."
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- Newsday has picked up on the WWE rehab letter that was published Friday by the Pro Wrestling Torch. Newsday reports that WWE officials say the letter was sent to over 500 wrestlers beginning a week ago.
"The decision to do so was made by Vince as a humanitarian gesture, period," WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt said in a statement. "It is not intended to be, nor is it ... an acknowledgment of responsibility for the substance problems of anybody." McDevitt said WWE's gesture "will do no more than help those who want to help themselves but lack the resources to pay for rehabilitation."
Former WWE and WCW star Chris Kanyon told Newsday that the effort is "a big turnaround" from McMahon's past attempts to distance WWE from talk of drug problems.
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- Jerry Lawler was special guest at the Cleveland Indians game this past Saturday night. King, who is a known Indians fan, signed autographs for fans and threw out the first pitch before the game. The Indians gave away Travis Hafner bobbleheads which featured Hafner wearing a WWE Championship belt.
- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's new movie The Game Plan is set to have its premiere Sunday night in Los Angeles. The Rock is also scheduled to attend the UFC show tonight.
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Source: PWInsider.com
- During last night’s airing of Friday Night SmackDown on The Score in Canada WWE ran an advertisement for No Mercy where they promoted the main events as John Cena vs. Randy Orton in a Last Man Standing Bout and Batista vs. Undertaker. It is unknown whether WWE changed the main event from Batista/Undertaker to Batista/The Great Khali or if they will be changing the bout to feature Undertaker.
- Jim Ross was on the sidelines at last night’s Oklahoma/Tulsa college football game on ESPN 2 Friday night.
- In a recent press release issued by The Dover Speedway touting Ric Flair’s appearance at today’s NASCAR race in Dover, DE, he is referred to as a “former WWE wrestler and former champion.†It remains to be seen if Flair is really in fact finished with WWE. (Read Above article)
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Chris Dunshee sent this in: In regards to Bobby Strouss' "news story" from yesterday, Tazz's commentary in SVR 2008 is not intended as a jab on TNA. "Tazz is gonna kill you" was a common crowd chant in the original ECW. You can hear this chant during Tazz's match with Shane Douglas on the "Bloodsport: ECW's Most Violent Matches" DVD.
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Bret Hart's 576 page autobiography will officially release on 10/27 at Random House of Canada. Bret's book won't be released in the U.S. until sometime in 2008.
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- The Blockbuster exclusive version of the 2007 WWE SummerSlam DVD which comes out next week features the following extras: the WWE Idol Segment from Raw on 8/13, Great Khali's Punjabi Celebration from SD on 7/27, and CM Punk & Boogeyman vs. John Morrison & Big Daddy V, from Saturday Night's Main Event on 8/18
- WWE has announced that they will be taping RAW in London at the Wembley Arena on October 16th. It is interesting to note that in the press release that the company issued it was listed that Edge would be appearing.
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The following was written by Josh Stewart of the Long Island Press:
DOVER, Del.--Ric Flair didn't say he's back with World Wrestling Entertainment.
According to the 16-time World Heavyweight Champion, he never left.
On Saturday, Flair was at Dover International Speedway as a guest of Roadloans.com, the title sponsor for the day's NASCAR Busch Series race.
During a press conference, Flair announced that he is working a limited schedule with WWE, and never gave notice that he was leaving the company.
"Those reports were totally incorrect," said Flair.
But curiously, the press release from the track that preceded Flair's appearances described him as "currently retired" from the wrestling business.
Flair spoke in glowing terms about WWE, noting that Chairman Vince McMahon could run NASCAR if he had a month to get up to speed. Those comments stand in stark contrast to Internet rumors that he was leaving the company due to dissatisfaction with the storylines he's been offered.
Flair did say that he plans to retire from wrestling within the next year, as he wants to spend more time with his family, including playing with his kids.
"I have a new, beautiful young wife. She's very rewarding. I like playing with her, too," Flair said of wife Tiffany, who was sitting 20 feet away. Flair's quip was one of many that had the media in stitches.
Fans hope Flair's WWE work can be similarly entertaining as he winds up his career. But Flair added that he has been given no assurances about creative direction.
"They don't do that," Flair said of WWE. "And I wouldn't expect them to. I've earned the right to retire on my own terms, but I don't see myself as bigger than the WWE. If it works into a storyline that works with the program, then I'm happy with it. If not, we just walk away one day and say goodbye."
That said, Flair has an idea of how he would like things to go.
"If I could write that script, I would just say that I would be in a marquee position...I would like to wrestle a marquee guy, a big name, in my last match," Flair said. "Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Undertaker, John Cena...I would love to wrestle in a marquee position in a marquee match and just have my finest hour."
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- Newsday has picked up on the WWE rehab letter that was published Friday by the Pro Wrestling Torch. Newsday reports that WWE officials say the letter was sent to over 500 wrestlers beginning a week ago.
"The decision to do so was made by Vince as a humanitarian gesture, period," WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt said in a statement. "It is not intended to be, nor is it ... an acknowledgment of responsibility for the substance problems of anybody." McDevitt said WWE's gesture "will do no more than help those who want to help themselves but lack the resources to pay for rehabilitation."
Former WWE and WCW star Chris Kanyon told Newsday that the effort is "a big turnaround" from McMahon's past attempts to distance WWE from talk of drug problems.
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- Jerry Lawler was special guest at the Cleveland Indians game this past Saturday night. King, who is a known Indians fan, signed autographs for fans and threw out the first pitch before the game. The Indians gave away Travis Hafner bobbleheads which featured Hafner wearing a WWE Championship belt.
- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's new movie The Game Plan is set to have its premiere Sunday night in Los Angeles. The Rock is also scheduled to attend the UFC show tonight.
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Source: PWInsider.com
- During last night’s airing of Friday Night SmackDown on The Score in Canada WWE ran an advertisement for No Mercy where they promoted the main events as John Cena vs. Randy Orton in a Last Man Standing Bout and Batista vs. Undertaker. It is unknown whether WWE changed the main event from Batista/Undertaker to Batista/The Great Khali or if they will be changing the bout to feature Undertaker.
- Jim Ross was on the sidelines at last night’s Oklahoma/Tulsa college football game on ESPN 2 Friday night.
- In a recent press release issued by The Dover Speedway touting Ric Flair’s appearance at today’s NASCAR race in Dover, DE, he is referred to as a “former WWE wrestler and former champion.†It remains to be seen if Flair is really in fact finished with WWE. (Read Above article)
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Chris Dunshee sent this in: In regards to Bobby Strouss' "news story" from yesterday, Tazz's commentary in SVR 2008 is not intended as a jab on TNA. "Tazz is gonna kill you" was a common crowd chant in the original ECW. You can hear this chant during Tazz's match with Shane Douglas on the "Bloodsport: ECW's Most Violent Matches" DVD.
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Bret Hart's 576 page autobiography will officially release on 10/27 at Random House of Canada. Bret's book won't be released in the U.S. until sometime in 2008.
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