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World Wrestling Entertainment has come to terms on the release of Raw Superstar Mr. Kennedy (Ken Kennedy) as of today, May 29, 2009. WWE wishes Ken the best in all future endeavors.
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Ha. When Vince did his live bit on ESPNews at 11:30, he accidentally said "World Wrestling Federation".
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Whats up with the brackets they showed for the WM IV tournament, everything was out of order. With the way it was shown, Muraco would have gotten 2 byes into the finals and Dibase and The One Man Gang would have met in the quarterfinalsI noticed that too. It looked like the original bracket was set up for a Dibiase vs. Hogan finals. Dibiase vs. Savage would have ended up facing in the semi-finals with the original bracket.
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theone has always been an ignore-worthy bitch from day one.
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TNA can adverstise a former world champion and this one can come in and wrestle.Not to turn this into a TNA discussion but Lashley can't wrestle? Why's that?
He's talking about Taz.
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On WWE Superstars this week,John Morrison loses to Chris Jericho, with a distraction from Benjamin
Why did you spoiler tag that? Do you honestly believe someone viewing the Smackdown spoilers doesn't want to view Superstars spoilers?
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Deep South Wrestling, owned by Joe Hamilton, who was a star for years as the Masked Assassin, filed a lawsuit against WWE on 4/20 which is pending in Fulton County, GA. Hamilton is being represented by James D. McGuire, of Atlanta-based McGuire, Crohan, and Klinger. He is seeking damages for breach of contract, and intentional interference with contractual and business relations.Hamilton says that when WWE dropped Deep South as a developmental group in 2007, it left him in the hole. When asked to comment on the suit, Hamilton said: "Deep South isn't going to roll over and play dead, and I'm not either. It's time to fight back."
The general feeling in talking to friends of Hamilton is that although they feel he has somewhat of a case, based on knowledge of the situation, it's doubtful there is enough evidence to support his suit, and fight the mighty WWE machine. One friend of Hamilton said: "I get why he's doing what he's doing, but as a realist, I am skeptical it will go how he wants it."
WWE severed ties with Deep South just over two years ago. The group ran as WWE developmental from September 2005 to April 2007. It didn't come as a real surprise at the time. Several sources said Hamilton was too old school, stubborn, out-of-touch, and occasionally just ignored what WWE asked him to do.
The talent would often complain about the boot-camp style training sessions, led by Bill DeMott, who learned that style under Dwayne Bruce ('Sarge') the one-time head trainer of the infamous WCW Power Plant. Bruce ran his camps like a drill sergeant with more focus on stamina than on basic wrestling skills.
The Power Plant was exposed for just that in the late 90s. While researching professional wrestling for a BBC documentary, journalist Louis Theroux visited the facility in Atlanta. He volunteered to take part in some training in an effort to show some respect for the business, but as he had asked Bruce some questions about kayfabe, he was forced into extreme exercise drills. At one stage, Bruce encouraged all the other trainees to call him a cockroach while Theroux was laid out of the floor struggling for breath. Theroux was later shown vomiting on camera.
DeMott was eventually fired and replaced in Deep South by Tom Prichard in January, 2007. This infuriated Hamilton as he couldn't see why WWE had fired his friend, and after the firing he dug his heels in when it came to following WWE's mandates.
The final straw came shortly after John Laurinaitis sent Bruce Prichard to scout talent. His report back wasn't very favorable noting that even though the training camps had improved the group was beyond repair. At the time there was nobody ready to put on television, although several who passed through Deep South did eventually make it, such as The Great Khali, The Miz, MVP, and Michelle McCool. Laurinaitis fed Prichard's report back to Vince McMahon and, of course, all hell broke loose. He ordered that Deep South was shut down.
Talent was divided between OVW in Louisville, KY and Steve Keirn's school in Tampa, FL which is the only remaining WWE developmental group alive today. A week or so after Vince made the call, Laurinaitis and Mike Bucci (Nova) showed up at the Deep South offices. They came with a ring truck and removed the WWE ring that Deep South had been using.
Hamilton at the time said he didn't see it coming. Laurinaitis had separate meetings with both the talent and trainers informing them of what was going to happen. Hamilton was furious as he had spent money advertising shows that weekend which he had to cancel.
When contacted earlier today, WWE attorney, Jerry McDevitt, said the company was unaware of any suit and they have yet to be served papers. He said: "WWE has not been served with any such suit. If he did file a suit, he hasn't served it on WWE yet."
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From PWI:
Deep South Wrestling LLC, owned by the legendary Joe 'the Assassin' Hamilton, has filed a lawsuit against World Wrestling Entertainment. We do not have any specifics on the suit at this time, but Hamilton is being represented by James D. McGuire, of Atlanta-based McGuire, Crohan, and Klinger.
When asked to comment on the suit, Hamilton replied, "Deep South isn't going to roll over and play dead, and I'm not either. It's time to fight back."
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He returned in August 2006, so almost three years.
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Even the full back tattoo has gotten cliche in WWE. Everyone from Brock, to Batista, to fucking Santino has a full-back tattoo. Orton has that tribal shit that was cool for about 2 weeks in the early 2000's, but at least he got some sleeves made. Someone needs to get some pants tattooed to set them apart from the rest.Don't forget Kennedy, which looks especially idiotic on him.
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From Jason Powell @ ProWrestling.Net:
The latest on Jeff Hardy is that he is giving the impression to his friends that he will end up re-signing with WWE before his contract expires in July. The main proponent in Hardy wanting to leave WWE is his mounting frustration with the travel schedule. Since Hardy knows he has negotiating leverage, he will likely ask for a reduced schedule, much like Undertaker's current deal.
Undertaker's current deal only requires him to do TV, International tours, and house shows the weekend before a PPV. In a week in which there's no PPV and they are not out of the country, Undertaker only has to travel to the TV town on Monday, work the show on Tuesday and then immediately head back home after the show, effectively giving him five free days. Of course, there are special times where he is used on Raw.
Hardy will likely ask for a schedule much like that.
Also, Jeff has been negotiating with MTV about a reality show that follows his daily life. Matt & Jeff currently produce the online webseries "The Hardy Show" and the MTV show would likely tie into that.
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Sunny was reported to be willing to do anything for pain pills. Especially when she got to ECW in 1998.
Who can ever forget The Sandman's story about going down to the ECW Arena boiler room and finding Sunny giving Sabu a blow job while he was holding a prescription bottle?
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Paul Perschmann, better known as professional wrestling's "Playboy" Buddy Rose, has died at the age of 56. His wife found him dead Tuesday afternoon at their home in Portland, Oregon. No cause of death was immediately known, but Rose suffered from type II diabetes. In the later years of his career, Rose put on a lot of weight and got even bigger when he retired.
Rose's last match was at the 2005 WrestleReunion in Tampa, Florida in a six-man match that was hyped as "Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant's retirement match. The match was Rose, Col. DeBeers, & Bob Orton Jr. vs. Valiant, Roddy Piper, & Jimmy Snuka. Rose only made personal appearances after that match.
Rose was a star in the Portland territory before moving on to the WWF and the AWA. He held the AWA Tag Team Title with "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers.
He was in the very first match at the first WrestleMania as the masked Executioner, losing to Tito Santana.
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He did officially come out? When? Cuz he had a wife or girlfriend or something back when I knew him.Yeah, I work shows with him nearly every weekend. He brings his husband with him most of the time.
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There was a pretty well-known indy wrestler in the Southeast in the early part of the decade named Rick Michaels who came out. He used to work NWA Wildside and did some Jakked/Metal matches.
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What was the point in Booker losing to Kanyon if he was going to win the world title later in the show?Jarrett came out and hit Booker with a guitar while the referee was putting a chair out of the ring that Kanyon brought in. Kanyon then pinned Booker. It wasn't a clean win at all.
Jarrett's interference was the whole reason they chose Booker for Jarrett's opponent.
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Trytan was Ryan Wilson, just a generic big man TNA brought in during 2005. He was quickly released because he sucked. WWE signed him and assigned him to OVW. Wilson was there for two years before he was released.
Lance Hoyt was the big, blonde guy who was originally Kid Kash's partner "Dallas". He was renamed to Lance Hoyt after Diamond Dallas Page started doing stuff with TNA.
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The originally scheduled #1 Contender Scramble Match is now a Fatal 4-Way, featuring Chris Jericho vs. Kane vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Jeff Hardy. No John Morrison or Great Khali.
Chris Jericho came to the ring. He said that while his home brand may have changed, one thing has stayed the same: the fans are clueless and pathetic for not knowing how great he is. He said he was putting everyone on Smackdown on notice and that he was taking over. He said it's his show now and there's nothing anyone can do about it. He said it's a travesty he has to compete in a Fatal 4 Way because he should already be the number one contender. He said he will go on to Judgment Day to win the World title and nothing will stop him.
Edge interrupts and mockingly introduces Jericho to the crowd. He pointed out that Jericho is a former World champion who lost his belt to John Cena. He says Jericho has never beaten Cena, while he beat him in a Last Man Standing bout to become a 9-time World champion. He told Jericho it was still his show and he's still the main event. He said that no one who was drafted to Smackdown was going to rock the boat. He told Jericho to save his speeches because Smackdown isn't his to take.
CM Punk interrupts. He introduced himself to Edge and Jericho and reminded them he was Mr. Money in the Bank. He said, "Everyone must remember me from such moments as this," and directed everyone to the TitanTron, which showed clips of his cashing in and beating Edge for the World title.
As he begins to speak again, Jericho cuts him off and says no one cares what he has to say. He tells Punk that he has no right to get involved and to leave right now.
Punk didn't leave so Jericho said he had enough of being disrespected and walked out.
Punk tried to speak again, but Edge cuts him off and also says that no one cares what he has to say. Edge tried to walk out too, but Punk stops him. He tells Edge that it was a new era on Smackdown because Vickie Guerrero isn't here to save him anymore. He said that Teddy Long told him to come out and inform Edge that he would be facing Punk tonight. Edge said that if he did face him, it wouldn't be for the title. Punk reminded Edge that he could have a title match whenever he wanted. He said he was going to make Edge "Go 2 Sleep" and declared that he was cashing in his title shot tonight.
-- John Morrison defeated Shelton Benjamin with the Moonlight Drive.
Backstage, Chris Jericho complained to Teddy Long that he should be the number one contender after beating Ricky Steamboat, Roddy Piper, and Jimmy Snuka at WrestleMania. The Great Khali and Ranjin Singh show up. Jericho says that he knows Khali respects him. Khali speaks and Singh translates, saying that Khali thinks he should stop whinking and get over himself. Jericho walks off disgusted.
-- Jeff Hardy defeated Kane, Chris Jericho, and Rey Mysterio in a Fatal Four Way to get a World title shot at Judgment Day. This was elimination rules. Hardy hit Kane with the swanton bomb, but Jericho pulled him out of the ring and pinned Kane. Jericho thought he won, but was informed that this was an elimination match. Rey went for a springboard splash, but Jericho hit him with a chair and got DQed. Rey attempted a West Coast Pop on Hardy, but Hardy caught him and powerbombed him for the pin.
It's officially Edge vs. Jeff Hardy for the World title at Judgment Day.
Jericho stormed into Long's office, but Maria was there. She said she was waiting to show off her clothing line. He stormed off as Edge showed up. He complained about having to wrestle and said he was calling his wife. Maria looked overwhelmed.
Cryme Time comes out and cuts a promo about being back in their hometown. They said to celebrate their first night on Smackdown, they were going to have a Brooklyn Breakdown dance contest with the Divas. The competitors were Layla and Eve. Layla blew Eve away, but Eve won the fan vote. Layla slapped Eve and there was a catfight.
Backstage, Sherri from The View was with MVP and was wearing a Ric Flair-style robe. She said she'd show MVP around The View on Monday.
-- U.S. champion MVP defeated Dolph Ziggler to retain the title. Sherri slapped Ziggler at one point when he asked for a kiss.
Backstage, Jericho was screaming at Long. John Morrison walked past and Jericho asked him what he was looking at. Morrison chuckled and said, "A loser." Jericho slapped him and they had a pullapart. CM Punk walked between them with a smirk on his face.
-- CM Punk defeated World champion Edge in a non-title match with the G2S. As Punk was about to cash in his briefcase, Umaga came out of the crowd and laid out Punk with the Samoan Spike. He left through the crowd. Edge grabbed the briefcase and was about to smash Punk with it until Jeff Hardy ran in, hit Edge and gave him a swanton. Hardy stood over Edge to end the show and Punk grabbed the briefcase and left instead of cashing in.
-- In a post-taping dark match, Batista, John Cena, & Rey Mysterio defeated Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, & Edge.
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Luther Reigns vs. Eddie Guerrero
WWE Cruiserweight Championship
Nunzio vs. Spike Dudley ©
Paul London vs. Billy Kidman
WWE Tag Team Championship
Rey Mysterio & Rob Van Dam vs. Kenzo Suzuki & Rene Dupree ©
Kurt Angle vs. The Big Show
WWE United States Championship
John Cena vs. Booker T. ©
The Dudley Boys & Dawn Marie vs. Rico, Charlie Haas, & Miss Jackie
WWE Championship Last Ride Match
The Undertaker vs. John Bradshaw Layfield ©
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The lack of reaction for Ricky Steamboat should make WWE never run Providence, RI ever again. This was the same crowd that sat on their fucking thumbs for the Raw 15 show in December 2007.Providence, RI is the worst wrestling town ever. Fans show up and just sit there.
I have no idea what you're talking about. I was there last night and the crowd was pretty hot most of the night.
Crowd was fucking dead compared to the reaction Houston gave Steamboat on the Raw after WM. Even Jim Ross mentioned something on his blog about how quiet you assholes always are.
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Yeah...
...welcome to three years ago.
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WSOC-TV in Charlotte, NC is reporting that Reid Fliehr was arrested on Sunday night. He was stopped by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police.
Fliehr, 21, was charged with his second DUI offense in less than two months and driving with a revoked license.
He is also now facing felony charges as police found heroin in Fliehr's vehicle.
He is out on bond.
This is Fliehr's third arrest in less than two years. On June 23, 2007, he was arrested for assault and battery. On March 4, 2009, he was arrested for DUI. This arrest caused his license to be revoked.
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The lack of reaction for Ricky Steamboat should make WWE never run Providence, RI ever again. This was the same crowd that sat on their fucking thumbs for the Raw 15 show in December 2007.
Providence, RI is the worst wrestling town ever. Fans show up and just sit there.
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I don't think Hogan and Savage ever showed up on Saturday Night ever again when Nitro started. Sting and Luger kept wrestling there though. I think the last important thing that really happened on Saturday Night was in August 1996 when Hall & Nash showed up and helped Steven Regal beat Luger for the TV Title.
WWE Releases Mr. Kennedy
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Kennedy broke his wrist on Monday while taking the RKO. Vince probably just got nightmares of Ahmed Johnson and shitcanned him.