Half on the net and half on UPN

 

Internet Matches:

 

One fall for the WWE Tag Team Championship: MNM (w/Melina) vs. The Legion of Doom 2K5©

 

** and 1/2 stars.

 

Ken Kennedy (w/kickass ring introductions) vs. Paul London

 

* star. Hey, i got a better idea for London. Can we send him to OVW and let him become better there, and stay there. OVW as a wresling promotion right now is better than WWE. Ken Kennedy works better in WWE than in OVW, where as somebody like London can thrive now in a Heyman based promotion.

 

Scotty 2 Hotty vs. Paul Burchill (w/William Regal)

 

Good match out of Burchill. ** stars

 

UPN MATCHES:

 

Eddy Guerrero vs. Rey Misterio Jr.

 

This was an amazing match. The problem does this match excuse the losses aquired by Misterio? No. Orton should face off Bastisa for the title. Never the less, *** and 3/4 stars.

 

One fall for the WWE United States Championship: Chris Benoit© vs. Orlando Jordan©

 

WOW...somebody tell me why Jordan has not fallen off a bridge (i mean that in a figrtive sense) No ranking...

 

Bullrope Match for the WWE Championship: John Bradshaw Layfield vs. Batista©

 

Fun match *** stars.

 

Smackdown won this week...

 

But the WWE are the biggest losers:

 

 

WWE's legal team has been on a terror as of late by going after anyone and everyone they think might infringe on their copyrights and trademarks, most especially ones concerning ECW. Here are some of the people they have threatened with letters just recently.

 

 

 

WWE have sent a cease and desist letter to Peter Polaco, aka Justin Credible. Apparently, he can no longer use the "Justin Credible" name on wrestling shows anymore.

 

 

Johnny Ace recently informed Pete Gruner (Billy Kidman) that he not use the name "Billy Kidman" or "Kidman" on the independent scene when his 90-day no-compete clause expires next month.

 

 

The WWE legal team informed the webmaster of Spike Dudley's official website, SpikeDudley.net, that they can no longer use photos of him taken during his WWE tenure on his site. The WWE legal team says it constitutes copyright infringement and threatened him with a $150,000 damage case per photo. Some official WWE photos are still up on the site as of this post, but I'd imagine they'll be taken down sooner rather than later.

 

 

Also, the WWE legal team is currently looking at the folks who put together the "Hardcore Homecoming" shows for any potential legal hole they can nail them with. There's nothing specific yet, but WWE is claiming that the shows were infringing on WWE's trademarks and intellectual properties.

 

 

Here are some more specific details on the WWE/Dudley Boyz situation....

 

Mark LoMonica is forbidden from using the names "Bubba", "Buh-Buh", "Bubba Ray Dudley" or "Buh-Buh Ray Dudley" on independent shows and appearances as they caught a company using the name "Bubba" on advertising for a recent New York indie show and then they sent him and the indy promotion cease and desist letters to stop him from using that name or any name similar to his old name for that matter. Devon Hughes cannot use the name "D-Von" or "D-Von Dudley", although they can't stop him from using the name "Devon" as that's his real name. And of course, they can't use or be referred to as "The Dudleys", "The Dudleyz", "The Dudley Boys", or "Dudley Boyz" period.

 

WWE is also claiming rights to their catchphrases and costumes. They can't wear camouflauge or wrestle wearing glasses. WWE is also not allowing the term "get the tables" be used in advertising for them as a press release was pulled with new phrasing as WWE wouldn't allow the NY indie group to use the term, "get the tables." There is also a possibility that WWE will claim the terms "3-D" and "D-Von, Get the tables", although they can't ban them from using the manuever. WWE is claiming broad rights to everything associated with The Dudley Boyz gimmick.

 

Hughes and LoMonica have talked about fighting WWE legally because they left ECW with the idea that they owned the rights to their names and gimmick, but it could end up being a costly fight which is why they might not challenge WWE in court. The former Dudleyz are currently brainstorming a new gimmick for the team and they will let TNA know what the gimmick is after they trademark it themselves.

 

 

Sources are Wrestling Observer Newsletter, PWInsider.com ...

 

DAMN...

 

They Might lose there home too:

 

 

WWE SUPERSHOWS (Both RAW and SMACKDOWN)

 

October 21st Albuquerque, NM The Pit 7:30 PM

 

Tickets on sale 9/24 @ 10 AM

 

Sunday, November 13th Minneapolis, MN Target Center

 

Don't have day of ticket sales yet.

 

I am assuming that the taping is on a Sunday because the European tour starts November 15th in Germany and Italy.

 

Bad news for us East Coast fans.

 

It appears that there will be no more shows at Madison Square Garden this year. I am told by a very reliable source, there is a problem between the WWE and MSG Management. There are no plans right now for 2006 shows either.

 

This news is very shocking to me, since Capital Wrestling, WWWF, WWF and WWE have been in the Garden for over 60 years.

 

Known as "the world's most famous arena," Madison Square Garden is a 20,000 seat stadium hosting everything from dog shows to rock concerts to sporting events (Knicks, Rangers, WWE Wrestling)

 

 

In a cost-cutting measure, World Wrestling Entertainment is letting go of yet another wrestler from the "Tough Enough" contests. They released the bountiful Nidia back in November, co-winner of the first Tough Enough. Tough Enough 2 co-winner Linda Miles (Shaniqua) was released shortly there after, mostly due to attitude problems. The sultry Jackie Gayda was released in early-July along with her husband in a shocking move. And WWE finally gave up on the poster boy of Tough Enough as Maven was released in July as well. The latest Tough Enough castoff to be let go is none other than Tough Enough 2004 winner Daniel Puder.

 

Puder being let go is a salary issue and he wasn't even making as much as some people thought he was. He had a $250,000, 4-year contract with WWE, so it could have been $250,000 over four years, not per year. Only the first year was guaranteed though. It was advertised as a $1 million dollar, 4-year contract by WWE when they made the contest, however, it is public fraud on WWE's part and they can get it away it too with the fine print in the contracts they have the participants sign. So when it's all said and done, Puder made between $50,000 and $75,000 for his one year under WWE contract. In comparision, Ashley Massaro will make $250,000 for her first year with WWE.

 

Despite Puder's 5-digit salary, WWE still deemed it too pricey and so thus they are letting him go, and with 90 days to spare to coincide with the end of his one year guarantee with WWE, which expires in December. Puder has the option of accepting a developmental contract and transfering to the Georgia developmental promotion, however, he'll only make $750 a week. That's the same deal Tough Enough losers Ryan Reeves, Nick Mitchell and Mike Mizanin have. He has not yet made a decision on whether to accept the developmental deal or not as of last word, so there is a possibilty he may stick around to train in the WWE minor leagues, but it's not likely.

 

Puder was really, really close to being a part of the group of the 20 unfortunate talents to be let go by WWE back in July, but Paul Heyman, Tommy Dreamer and Danny Davis stuck up for him by saying that he wasn't given enough time and that he was working hard on improving. He stuck around in OVW this past summer, but WWE has finally decided to just pull the plug on him and let him go. He may tryout for the next UFC "Ultimate Fighter" competition.

 

OMG...

 

Over at TNA:

 

 

Spike TV officials, as well as the Candido family will be in attendance at tonight’s Unbreakable PPV.

 

Speaking of Unbreakable, Cassidy Riley vs. Jerrelle Clark and Shark Boy vs. Mikey Batts are set for the free pre show tonight.

 

TNA is expected to announce officially that Jushin “Thunder” Liger will be part of the Bound for Glory PPV next month.

 

Roderick Strong will be getting a good look from TNA tonight. He had been used as an enhancement talent before, but in the last year has really improved and TNA is interested in him.

 

Also, rumors continue to go around that TNA will be bringing in Homicide sometime after this PPV.

 

Some INDY News:

 

 

1) RICKY REYES def. PUMA via rear choke.

 

2) CHAD COLLYER def. DAVEY ANDREWS, JIMMY JACOBS, & KEVIN STEEN when he made Davey Andrews tap out to the texas cloverleaf. Said to have a few cool spots.

 

3) HOMICIDE def. EL GENERICO after an ace crusher & lariat. Homicide dominated most of the match, Generico had a hope spot, but that didn't last too long. Homicide left an inprint of his hand on Generico's chest.

 

Shingo Takagi makes his way out. Christopher Daniels music hits...but he's nowhere to be found. Then out comes... CURRY MAN!!!

 

4) CURRY MAN def. SHINGO TAKAGI via the spicy drop. Comedy spot with a push-up contest. Said to be very good. After the match, Takagi talked about Danielson telling him about ROH and said he would like to come back. Daniels also said a few words.

 

5) NIGEL MCGUINNESS def. SAMOA JOE to WIN the ROH pure wrestling championship. Nigel cheated alot, with closed fist behind the ref's back. Nigel lost a rope break after a chair shot. Joe lost when Nigel hit an ace crusher with his feet on the ropes. After the match, they went to shake hands and Joe kicked him in the head. Joe runs off Nigel with a chair or Nigel runs of Joe with an iron after the match I think, a bit sketchy.

 

INTERMISSION

 

6) THE RING CREW EXPRESS OF DUNN & MARCOS def. SHANE HAGADORN & MATT TURNER

 

7) THE EMBASSY OF SPANKY & JIMMY RAVE def. AUSTIN ARIES & RODERICK STRONG. Strong with some really hard chops in this one. Rave countered a Aries roll-up, Shelley hit Aries with the chair, and Rave won with the roll-up.

 

8) CIMA def. AJ STYLES. Very good, lots of great mat work. Didn't catch the finish cause he's breaking up alot.

 

ROH returns to Buffalo on 10/15 with Samoa Joe vs. Nigel McGuinness in a rematch and Gen. Next vs. The Embassy in an anything goes match.

 

9) JAMES GIBSON def. COLT CABANA to retain the ROH world heavyweight championship via choke. The crowd was in clear favor of Colt Cabana. Really good match with some good high impact moves.

 

Now to the Puro News:

 

 

Sunday (9/11), besides the 4th anniversary of the infamous attacks on the World Trade Towers, will be known as "Big Sunday" in Japan and in pro-wrestling. 9/11 is the day of the "snap election" for politicians in Japan, with Hiroshi Hase's seat in danger of being lost to his political rival Ken Okuda. NOAH has a big show in Nagoya at Aichi Prefectural Gym. New Japan runs in Kanagawa at Sagamihara City Gym, a building that would be normally used for election purposes and has now caused chaos in Sagamihara. All Japan (under the RO & D banner) has a big spot show at Differ Ariake in Tokyo. Dragon Gate has a big spot show in Fukuoka at Hakata Star Lanes with Gen'ichiro Tenryu vs. Magnum Tokyo. Big Mouth Loud (Maeda, Uei, Choshu, etc.) makes its debut in Tokyo at Korakuen Hall. TNA has a PPV with Raven vs. Rhyno.

 

 

1. Hustle Kamen Red, Blue, & Yellow defeated The Demon Spiders in 9 minutes, 8 seconds when Yellow used a diving body press on Yellow Demon for the win.

 

2. Tadao Yasuda defeated Katsuhisa Fujii in 1 minute, 53 seconds with a chair attack.

 

3. Erica, Margaret, & Kaz Hayashi defeated Arisin Z, Blanca X, & The Monster J in 12 minutes, 44 seconds when Hayashi used his Final Cut on Monster J for the win.

 

4. Masato Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda defeated Wataru Sakata & Mark Coleman in 10 minutes, 46 seconds when Tanaka used a Superfly Splash on Coleman for the win.

 

5. "Hustle K" Toshiaki Kawada, Shinjiro Ohtani, Ryoji Sai, Taichi Ishikari, & Ikuto Hidaka defeated RAIJIN, FUJIN, The Monster C, Kwik Cook Lee, & King Giraffe in 10 minutes, 50 seconds when Ohtani used a Spiral Bomb on Monster C for the win. After the match, Razor Ramon HG appeared and did the Hard Gay Hustle Pose with Ogawa, Kusama, Ohtani, & Kawada.

 

Kusama was officially elected by the fans to become the new Hustle GM. Naoya Ogawa challenged Generalissimo Takada to a singles match for the 11/3 Hustle Mania show at Yokohama Arena.

 

 

DSE ran Hustle 12 on September 10th in Nagoya at Aichi Prefectural Gym. Results:

 

1. Demon Spider & The Monster J defeated Kaz Hayashi & Hi69 in 8 minutes, 44 seconds when Demon pinned Hi69.

 

2. Hitsumabushi (a monster who is a symbol of Nagoya's favorite dish of broiled eel mixed with rice & soy-sauce) & Monster Komehyo (http://www.komehyo.co.jp) defeated Ryoji Sai & Taichi Ishikari in 9 minutes, 26 seconds when Hitsumabushi used the karatake-wari (Giant Baba chop to the head) finish on Ishikari for the win.

 

3. Devil Masami, Margaret, & Wataru Sakata defeated An Jo, Arisin Z, & Blanca X in 12 minutes, 49 seconds when Masami used the Devil Madam Bomb on Arisin Z for the win.

 

4. Riki Choshu (brought in by GM Kusama) defeated Katsuhisa Fujii in 3 minutes, 39 seconds with a lariat.

 

5. HHH Title Match (Battle Royal): Hollywood Tadao Yasuda won the match (in 10 minutes, 18 seconds) to become the second HHH champion. Order of elimination: Kwik Cook Lee, Masato Tanaka (champion), The Monster C, King Giraffe, and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (Yasuda used a school-boy roll-up on Kuroda to win the match).

 

6. "Hustle Achichi" Shinjiro Ohtani defeated Mark Coleman in 7 minutes, 23 seconds with a German Suplex Hold.

 

7. Yinling the Erotic Terrorist, FUJIN, & RAIJIN defeated "Captain Hustle" Naoya Ogawa & "Hustle K" Toshiaki Kawada in 7 minutes, 36 seconds when Kawada turned heel and attacked Ogawa to allow Yinling to get the pinfall on Captain Hustle for the win. Kawada officially joined the Takada Monster Army. This was Kawada's "big surprise" he talked about the day before the show.

 

Results from the 9/11 Japanese shows:

 

 

NOAH ran their September 11th tour-ending rally in Nagoya at Aichi Prefectural Gym, claiming 4,800 paid. Results:

 

1. Kishin Kawabata & Masaji Aoyagi defeated Eddie Edwards & Mitsuo Momota in 10 minutes, 22 seconds when Kawabata used an Axe Bomber on Edwards for the win.

 

2. Tamon Honda, Jun Izumida, & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi defeated Low Ki, Ricky Marvin, & Richard Slinger in 17 minutes, 11 seconds when Honda used an avalanche-style back-drop on Marvin for the win.

 

3. Takeshi Morishima defeated Mushiking Terry in 15 minutes, 44 seconds with a back-drop.

 

4. KENTA & Kenta Kobashi defeated SUWA & Masao Inoue in 19 minutes, 10 seconds when Kobashi used a short-range lariat on Inoue for the win.

 

5. Akira Taue, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, & Jun Akiyama defeated BJ Whitmer, Bison Smith, & Scorpio in 15 minutes, 28 seconds when Taue used the "I am Taue" finisher on Whitmer for the win.

 

6. Yoshinari Ogawa & Mitsuharu Misawa defeated Go Shiozaki & Takeshi Rikio in 16 minutes, 42 seconds when Ogawa used an avalanche-style back-drop on Shiozaki for the win.

 

7. Hardcore Title match: Mohammed Yone defeated Makoto Hashi in 22 minutes, 53 second with the Muscle Buster.

 

8. GHC Tag Titles Match: Naomichi Marufuji & Minoru Suzuki defeated Akitoshi Saito & Takashi Sugiura in 34 minutes, 36 seconds when Suzuki used a choke sleeper on Sugiura for the referee stoppage.

 

 

New Japan ran their September 11th rally in Kanagawa at Sagamihara Municipal Gym, claiming 2,200 paid. Results:

 

- NWA Jr. Heavyweight champion Black Tiger did a run-in.

- ZERO-1 MAX wrestlers (including Takao Omori) did a run-in.

 

1. Hiroshi Nagao defeated Naofumi Yamamoto in 6 minutes, 36 seconds with a chokeslam.

 

2. Masahito Kakihara defeated Yujiro (Takahashi) in 7 minutes, 35 seconds with the Kaki-Cutter (STO).

 

3. Yutaka Yoshie & Osamu Nishimura defeated Ryushi Yanagisawa & Toru Yano in 14 minutes, 27 seconds when Yoshie used a diving body press on Yanagisawa for the win.

 

4. Tiger Mask IV & Wataru Inoue defeated Jadoh & Gedoh in 14 minutes, 20 seconds by disqualification when Black Tiger attacked TM IV.

 

5. Akiya Anzawa, Katsushi Takemura, & Koji Kanemoto defeated Hirooki Goto, Minoru, & Jushin Liger in 16 minutes, 56 seconds when Anzawa used a German Suplex Hold on Goto for the win.

 

6. Masa Chono & Tatsutoshi Goto defeated Lizmark Jr. & El Texano Jr. in 9 minutes, 25 seconds when Chono used a Shining Yakuza Kick on Lizmark Jr. for the win.

 

7. Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata defeated Takashi Iizuka & Hiroyoshi Tenzan in 16 minutes, 35 seconds when Nakanishi used the Hercules Cutter on Iizuka for the win.

 

 

Big Mouth Loud ran their debut show on September 11th in Tokyo at Korakuen Hall, claiming 2,086 paid. Results:

 

- Masakatsu Funaki appeared in the ring and greeted the crowd. Funaki asked the crowd if they wanted to see him come back to pro-wrestling, which got a large cheer. Funaki shook hands with Akira Maeda. Funaki said he would aim for a return in 2006.

 

1. Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Osamu Kido went to a 15-minute draw.

 

2. Daisuke Ikeda defeated Katsumi Usuda in 5 minutes, 3 seconds with the brainbuster.

 

3. Tomohiro Ishii defeated Hiroyuki Ito in 10 minutes, 34 seconds with a crab hold.

 

4. Buck Quartermain & Steve Madison defeated Riki Choshu & Takashi Uwano in 10 minutes, 5 seconds when Madison used a lariat on Uwano for the win.

 

5. Enson Inoue defeated Gerard Gordeau in 2 minutes, 56 seconds by submission.

 

6. Yuki Ishikawa defeated Alexander Otsuka in 12 minutes, 6 seconds with a choke sleeper for the TKO.

 

7. Kazunari Murakami defeated Katsuyori Shibata in 9 minutes, 44 seconds with a soccer ball kick for the pinfall.

 

 

All Japan ran their September 11th rally (under the RO & D banner) in Tokyo at Differ Ariake, claiming 1,000 paid. Results:

 

1. TARU, Johnny Stamboli, & Chuck Palumbo defeated Kiku-taro, Eggman, & DJ Nila in 3 minutes, 14 seconds when Chuck and Johnny did the "Sicilian Slice" on Eggman for TARU to get the pinfall.

 

2. Taiji Ishimori defeated MASADA in 14 minutes, 20 seconds.

 

3. Arashi, Ryuji Hijikata, & Kohei Suwama defeated Masa Fuchi, Nobutaka Araya, & Nobukazu Hirai in 14 minutes, 36 seconds when Arashi used a frog splash on Hirai for the win.

 

4. World Jr. Heavyweight contender's match in a 3-way tag format: (No result listed yet)

 

5. D-Lo Brown & Bull Buchanan defeated Kensuke Sasaki & Tomoaki Honma in 14 minutes, 44 seconds when D-Lo used the Lo-Down on Honma for the win.

 

6. Keiji Mutoh, Satoshi Kojima, & Kaz Hayashi defeated TAKA Michinoku, Taiyo Kea, & Jamal in 20 minutes, 26 seconds when Kojima used a lariat on TAKA for the win.

 

7. 10-man tag match: TAKA Michinoku, Taiyo Kea, Jamal, Bull Buchanan, & D-Lo Brown defeted TARU, Johnny Stamboli, Chuck Palumbo, Shuji Kondo, & "brother" YASSHI in 9 minutes, 52 seconds when Brown used the Lo-Down on YASSHI for the win.

 

And now, Fire Pro news... There are two new moves, details on the contest, a new blog entry for Mask De Spike, new info about the contest, and yes- a longer version of their introduction. And- yes, the game is about to be shipped to lucky fans of Fire Pro that preordered the game. Details on the way if they get it in.

 

And thats it for this week...

 

Until next time...