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Ya. The Smackdown/ECW taping I went to Sep. 25th, he had a dark match w/ Kahli for the title. After the match, there was a kid (around 8) who had gotten a pair of black trunks to match Batista's and actually took his shit off and just wore the trunks and was standing up on his chair in the 1st row. When batista was posing in the corners of the ring, after he won the match and kahli had gone to the back, he got to the post by where the kid was and started to climb the turnbuckles, but saw the kid and fell back down laughing. He was pointing at the kid and told one of the security guys to get the kid and bring him up. The security helped the kid over the guardrail and got up in the ring w/ Batista. Batista posed with the kid for the crowd in the middle of the ring and shook the ropes with the kid. Then he handed him the belt and the kid posed w/ it in the middle of the ring and climbed the turnbuckles in the corner and posed with it. After all that, which lasted around 10 minutes, Batista walked around the ringside and gave fives to everyone who had their hand out. If he missed someone, he went back and made sure he got everybody. It was crazy. I didn't expect anything like that from him. I have a hard time respecting anyone who writes something like this. I don't give a fuck how many hands he has slapped. "Now, don't get me wrong, my ex-wife is the love of my life and I would never knowingly hurt her. However, while I was busting my BUTT on the road like a dog, she would sit around the house and do nothing. I mean, yeah, she had cancer, but she couldn't vacuum? And since the chemo made her "not in the mood", I had no choice but to have threesomes on the road. I mean, she's talented and I hated to see her waste her life like that when she could be a dancer, or maybe a nurse. But she's not a bad person and I take full responsibility for my actions, even though it was her fault." -From Batista's book That quote is fake. Several people who had read it claim it isn't in there.

Word is that Angle and Jeff Jarrett have made peace. The two had been forming factions backstage to vie for more control from Dixie Carter, with Sting being the only big name who refused to pick a side. Despite the differing opinions about TNA's booking it seems the status quo is going to be the way forward for now. wrertling observer newsletter

More on Kristal's release. From Alvarez

I also read she wanted the writers to agree to a one year non compete clause after they left, as well.

I don't think a wrongful death suit would hold up in court, personally. As for Michael Benoit: I feel bad for the guy, but he seems to be desperate to shift the blame for what happened onto everyone but his son. Which is only natural of course, but everyone else shouldn't have to go along with it.

I'd compare it to all these congressman who preach family values and then get caught in sex scandals with hookers/interns/guy in the toilet. If you're talking about cleaning up society and preserving morals and then coming down on those who don't, then really, you should have a pretty clean slate yourself and live up to your own standards. Granted it doesn't matter now, but what if all this "Bret sleeping around all the time" had came out back then? What would his younger fans have thought? Their hero was a liar?

I don't think WWE blamed Kennedy for what happened to Cena, he was under consideration for the title at No Mercy, and he hasn't gotten majorly depushed either. They probably accepted there was blame on both guys for what happened. That said, HBK coming out and saying he thinks he's unsafe to work with will not do him any favours. And I think last night guaranteed we won't be seeing a HBK/Kennedy feud anytime soon. Maybe heading back to smackdown is the best option at this point.

Wasn't Bret preaching family values and saying what a corrupting influence on kids DX were in 1997? I'm not denying HBK from back then was an asshole, but at least he was upfront about who he was, and wasn't making himself out to be some sort of saint.

RAW RATINGS by Dave Scherer @ 6:57:29 PM on 10/23/2007 Last night's edition of Raw did a 3.3 cable rating. The show did hours of 3.31 and 3.33 so there was almost no growth from hour one to hour two. -PWInsider.com

After the match when HBK was whispering something in Orton's ear, I'm begininng to think he was bitching about Kennedy.

Bryan Alvarez was pretty scathing about Kennedy's performance in the main event in his latest podcast (freeloader version). Watching it I was kind of aware Kennedy and HBK weren't working well together, but going back and looking at it, you can see Shawn getting pretty pissed at him.

I'm looking foward to seeing Randy Orton's first class sell of sweet chin music again. That's about it.

A British women's magazine (Chat!) has published a semi fictionalised dramatisation of the Benoit tragedy...they sort of try and get into his mind. The scans http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2316/169558...a22d282ed_b.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2352/169473...985b74141_b.jpg My favourite parts "They'd be no need for muscles where he was going." "the idea of just being an ordinary dad filled him with cold dread" "Chris wanted to join his friend (Eddie)....and he had no intention of going there alone"

Have you seen Lashley? And size aside, he is also a legitimate tough guy. Even Edge isn't that stupid.

Jeff himself is probably hoping he doesn't win. He doesn't need the heat that would come with it.

I'm a bit shocked she thought the role was too sexual...it wasn't too long ago she was rolling around half naked in paint. And she was supposedly eager to pose for playboy. But making out with Edge every Tuesday is too sexual?

News on Kristal Marshal's release. Due to the nature of the Teddy Long storyline, where Marshal had left TV to be with Teddy, neither her nor WWE have acknowledged her release. The original storyline plan was that Vickie Guerrero would have been behind the Teddy Long heart attack, as a way to become the heel general manager of Smackdown. That plan was then changed, and the new plan for the angle with Teddy Long was that it would be revealed that Edge had put Kristal up to seducing Long to get him out of the picture on Smackdown, as revenge for Long stripping Edge of the World Heavyweight Championship when Edge was injured. Edge and Marshal would then become a retread of Edge and Lita from Raw, with Marshal becoming a much more sexual character. Marshal was very against the idea for a number of reasons, mainly the sexuality of it. She is currently dating Raw superstar Bobby Lashley, and the two of them had both been pushing for Kristal to be moved to Raw so they could be together. WWE was not in favor of this, and decided that if she wasn't going to "play ball" with them on the Edge storyline, then there were plenty of divas who would and she was then released. No word on how Lashley is reacting to this release. -PWI Audio

Nick Hogan is overwhelmed with guilt... omggggg its been forever since i blogged...hell i dont even know what blog means but i guess its where you write stuff for people to read anyways my last one was before i even drove for mopar, if you check my pics youll see that i did end up driving for them for my amateur season and most of my pro rookie season. i recently left the mopar team tho...things didnt work out to well but!....i picked up a new title sponsor...POLAROID! and started my own team with twin 350z's pretty cool i know anyways id like everyone to wish my luck for my 08 season and keep john graziano in your prayers http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...logID=321027024 Gee, Nick you really feel now is the best time to be bragging about your racing skills?

You think someone who has worked on any kind of successful television show is going to lower themselves to writing for WWE? Any half-decent writer is either going to avoid WWE like the plague or use it as a stop-gap until a job with a real television show comes along, in which case they're not going to put any kind of effort in. WWE having bad writing has little to do with their views on the union status of their writers and everything to do with who the writers are writing for and what that person wants out of them. Honestly, I think there are plenty of talented writers that would lower themselves to writing for WWE. All said and done, it's a steady job with decent pay, something hard to come by in the writing profession. Heck, I don't mind if they phone it in. A talented writer phoning it in is still better than a crap one giving it 100%. When I said the sopranos or 24, obvioulsy I don't mean they should phone up David Chase or anything like that, but they should try and get in people with a more impressive body of work. Brian Gerwitz's only writing credit was for that awful Jenny McCarthy sitcom and most of the other writers only have one or two things to their name prior to going to WWE. The writers they get in don't have to be emmy award winning but they should have a a track record of success somewhere.

Probably why they can't get any good ones and have to make do with failed Hollywood writers. I never had a major problem with them bringing in tv writers but, damn, at least get someone who worked on the sopranos or 24 or something.

I don't think he can go against it, can he?

No Gerwitz for a few months? Hooray!

Source: PWTorch.com Vince McMahon has a history of singling people out backstage and embarressing them in front of other wrestlers. Last Monday when Shawn Michaels was the target of Vince's juvanile behavior, it blew up in Vince's face and left even Stephanie McMahon speechless. Despite the fact that Shawn Michaels returned to WWE a month ahead of schedule, he still has heat with Vince. Shawn made it clear before he returned that he wants more control over his schedule. He won't be doing any overseas tours and will work a somewhat reduced schedule so he can spend more time with his family. When Shawn showed up to RAW last Monday for the first time since his injury, Vince started "chewing him out" in front of the lockerroom. He made fun of Shawn's attitude and his clothing, among other things. To the surprise of everybody, HBK fired back at Vince and put him in his place. Shawn made it very clear to Vince in front of everybody that he won't be disrespected by anybody or treated like a rookie. The wrestlers were shocked that somebody finally stood up to one of Vince's tirades. According to our source, nobody was more shocked than Stephanie McMahon. Witnesses were reportedly amused that Shawn humbled Vince in front of everybody. The McMahons are not necessarily disliked by the roster but this definitely brought Vince down off his high horse. Shawn and Vince have had a volatile relationship for well over a decade. There is no indication that this incident will have any ramifications on Shawn's WWE status.

Katie Lea was working smackdown house shows this week. They might as well call up Milena. She's a bit different from their usual generic blondes, which might work in her favour and make her stand out more.

Milena Roucka's still in development. She's stuck with it this long so she's obviously got some passion for the business.