Tons Of Backstage WWE News Notes

[Guest wrestling365]

From today's Wrestling365 Email Newsletter

Source: http://lists.topica.com/lists/W365/

 

The Smackdown crew ran last night in Winston-Salem,

NC headlined by Eddie Guerrero and The Undertaker over

JBL and The Dudley Boyz. Other matches saw John Cena

over Booker T, Mark Jindrak over Scotty 2 Hotty, RVD over

Rene Dupree, Luther Reigns over Charlie Haas, Mordecai

over Hardcore Holly, Kenzo Suzuki over Billy Gunn, Rey

Mysterio, Spike Dudley and Funaki over Chavo Guerrero,

Jamie Noble and Shannon Moore, and Torrie Wilson won

a bikini contest.

 

Sable missed the house show last night but I don't

know why. Her contract is up very soon and its being said

that she's becoming increasingly difficult to work with. There

are no plans to re-sign her. The Smackdown tour continues

tonight taping TV at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, NC.

If any readers are heading to the show I'm looking for spoilers

and off camera notes to [email protected].

 

Paul Bearer might not be as dead as we all think.

WWE rep Gary Davis sent an email to 1Wrestling.com today

claiming that "no one was murdered" at The Great American

Bash and there will be an update on Paul Bearer and his

condition this Thursday on Smackdown. The email was

in response to claims that the company had violated its own

policy with regards to the portrayal of death in storylines.

 

Does this mean that Al Wilson is still alive too?

 

Just to clarify on the situation, William Moody (a/k/a Paul Bearer)

still has two years left on his WWE contract. He wrote on a well

known message board last night: "I was concerned when I first

heard the initial plans to kill PB. However, after several days,

I understood it more and had no objections. I feel that there was

much left for PB to do. My plans include working for the company

until my current contract ends. I would rather not speculate in what

capacity that might be. But, I ain't going anywhere."

 

The early impressions of Kevin Fertig (Mordecai) in the

Smackdown locker room continue to be mixed. Fertig is well

liked and is especially "tight" with The Undertaker who isn't

the easiest person to become acquainted with. One notable

criticism though is that he comes across too nervous on camera

and is often "worried about f--ing up" in the ring. Mordecai is

regarded as a work in progress and the WWE creative team

has high hopes for the character in the long-term.

 

WWE newbie Kenzo Suzuki appears to already have his

cards marked. He isn't making many friends in the locker room

and is said to keep to himself most of the time. One source told

me today that he doesn't think Kenzo will be around for long as

"you can't make chicken salad out of chicken s--t." Ouch!

 

As previously reported, Vince McMahon is off the road all this

week after being hospitalized a few days ago with abdominal

pains. He has an infection called Diverticulitis and is being

treated with intravenous antibiotics. His condition isn't thought

to be serious. Shane and Stephanie McMahon have taken over

the bulk of his workload until he is well enough to return to work.

There was a brief management-talent meeting prior to RAW last

night in which the whole situation was explained to the wrestlers,

not that most didn't already know.

 

The estimated attendance for RAW last night at the

Richmond Coliseum was around 5,000 with nose-bleed levels

tarped off. There was one dark match which saw The Hurricane

defeat WWE developmental worker Carly Colon. During the

show and the opening tag team match, the arena fire alarm

went off for a good five minutes. After a minute or so, the crowd

chanted "Y2J" to beat the sound of the alarm then erupted with

cheers when it finally went off. Nothing else really to note.

 

Thanks to John Massey and Bob Elliott for reports in Richmond.

 

Matt Hardy isn't wrestling at the moment due to a knee

injury. He has strained ligaments which he is trying to rehab

and thus avoid surgery for as long as possible. There have

been talks of doing an injury angle where Kane would

"take him out" but that is just one option being discussed

at the moment. Hardy is working a reduced house show

schedule for the time being to give him a chance to mend.

 

Test suffered a minor knock over the weekend. I believe

he pinched a nerve in his neck or something to that effect.

He is expected back on the road this weekend unless his

doctor says otherwise.

 

The Rock, along with Jessica Simpson and Drew Barrymoore,

is scheduled to appear on the 7/2 edition of Regis and Kelly.

 

Variety is reporting that Bischoff-Hervey Entertainment --

Eric Bischoff's production company that he co-owns with

Missy Hyatt's former boytoy Jason Hervey -- have partnered

with Scott Sternberg Prods. and hotel heir Rick Hilton to

produce a new reality television show called "777." The show

would follow seven high rollers who each agree to put up

$1 million in the hope of winning it all. Over the course of seven

days, the contestants live together in a Las Vegas suite and

compete in a variety of gaming sessions. The ultimate winner

takes home the entire $7 million prize fund. The William Morris

Agency will be taking the show to various networks this week.

 

The main stumbling block to Brock Lesnar getting

any kind of NFL deal might just be his mouth. ESPN.com has

an article up on Lesnar titled 'The Next Big Flop?' in which he

is quoted as saying he hates homosexuals amongst other

controversial comments. My advice to Lesnar would be to

cut the wrestling persona if he wants to be taken seriously.

Thanks to Jeff Pecaro and other readers for passing along this

link: http://tinyurl.com/2jeos

 

Rey Mysterio will be throwing out first pitch at the San Diego

Padres-Los Angeles Dodgers baseball game on Wednesday

night in San Diego.

 

My buddy Tim Stein at WrestleTalk Radio has two great

audio interviews up with Ted DiBiase and Sid Vicious at

www.wrestletalkradio.com. They talked about their respective

careers as well as more recent times with Ted's ministry.

 

The Ring of Honor / RF (Rob Feinstein) Video split

became official yesterday afternoon. ROH announced that

Cary Silkin is President and 100% owner of the company.

From this point forward the company will do business

as Ring of Honor Wrestling Inc. Both sides have signed

a confidentiality agreement forbidding the other to discuss

the terms of the split. After all the dishonesty and propaganda

certain ROH workers have spun during the last few weeks its

nice to finally see an end to this whole mess.

 

Tracy Brooks is Wrestling365's Diva of the Day.

Click here for your eye candy: http://tinyurl.com/2hzvb

 

Diamond Dallas Page has reportedly split up with his wife

and former Nitro Girl Kimberly. As I reported last month

Steve Austin has been spending time at DDP's home in

Los Angeles. Both are shopping around for acting gigs but

haven't been offered anything that interests them as yet. . .

 

Toy Biz of the Marvel Entertainment group has signed a

deal with TNA Wrestling to produce toys for the company.

 

 

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[Guest Anglesault]

Paul Bearer might not be as dead as we all think.

WWE rep Gary Davis sent an email to 1Wrestling.com today

claiming that "no one was murdered" at The Great American

Bash and there will be an update on Paul Bearer and his

condition this Thursday on Smackdown. The email was

in response to claims that the company had violated its own

policy with regards to the portrayal of death in storylines.

 

 

 

Just to clarify on the situation, William Moody (a/k/a Paul Bearer)

still has two years left on his WWE contract. He wrote on a well

known message board last night: "I was concerned when I first

heard the initial plans to kill PB. However, after several days,

I understood it more and had no objections. I feel that there was

much left for PB to do. My plans include working for the company

until my current contract ends. I would rather not speculate in what

capacity that might be. But, I ain't going anywhere."

Good.

 

The early impressions of Kevin Fertig (Mordecai) in the

Smackdown locker room continue to be mixed. Fertig is well

liked and is especially "tight" with The Undertaker who isn't

the easiest person to become acquainted with. One notable

criticism though is that he comes across too nervous on camera

and is often "worried about f--ing up" in the ring. Mordecai is

regarded as a work in progress and the WWE creative team

has high hopes for the character in the long-term.

 

That's not such a terrible quality.

[Guest cobainwasmurdered]

Hi GLen

[Guest Dazed]

"Wrestling 365 is the premier insider pro wrestling ezine in the world. It's read by WWE power players, many top wrestlers and subscribed to by thousands of fans around the world."

 

lol.

 

 

Three requests if you're going to post news like this again.

 

Firstly, kill all the obnoxious VISIT MY SITE AND LOOK AT TEH NEWSLETTER bits. Cite some damn sources, and try to keep it WWE related. Otherwise, throw it in the General Wrestling forum.

[Guest wrestling365]

Dirty bastard spamming his site/newsletter

 

Didn't mean to offend anyone. Thought this was a decent place to post news and notes, whatever the source.

 

I admit that you might construe this post as Spam but it wasn't my intention. Just wanted to prove that your name doesn't have to be Scherer or Meltzer to be accurate and credible.

[Guest Dazed]

ViciousFish, that was out of line.

[Jericholic82 0]

I guess Mordecai introduced himself the right way to Taker. Man sean ohaire wishes he knew what mordecai knows lol

[Vyce 0]

WWE newbie Kenzo Suzuki appears to already have his

cards marked. He isn't making many friends in the locker room

and is said to keep to himself most of the time.

 

You know....not that I really want the guy to stick around, but I have to defend him on this one point. Doesn't Kenzo speak like.......little to NO English?! Surrounded by guys who don't speak my language. I'd keep to myself as well.

 

Diamond Dallas Page has reportedly split up with his wife

and former Nitro Girl Kimberly. As I reported last month

Steve Austin has been spending time at DDP's home in

Los Angeles. Both are shopping around for acting gigs but

haven't been offered anything that interests them as yet. . .

 

Wow, now Austin's busy breaking up other people's marriages!

[haVoc 0]

Paul Bearer has two years left on his contract?

 

Get ready for that Mordecai w/ Paul Vs Undertaker feud which will take up most of Smackdown in the fall of 2004.

[haVoc 0]

Paul Bearer has two years left on his contract?

 

Get ready for that Mordecai w/ Paul Vs Undertaker feud which will take up most of Smackdown in the fall of 2004.

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

Kimberly's back on the market?

 

::combs hair, checks breath, and straightens tie::

[haVoc 0]

ESPN.com has

an article up on Lesnar titled 'The Next Big Flop?' in which he

is quoted as saying he hates homosexuals amongst other

controversial comments.

 

I'm surprised this slipped under the radar and this board didn't rip him apart.

[Guest JMA]

ESPN.com has an article up on Lesnar titled 'The Next Big Flop?' in which he is quoted as saying he hates homosexuals amongst other controversial comments.

Oh man, someone should really e-mail ESPN the video of Kurt and Brock kissing.

[DerangedHermit 0]

I hate homosexuals too.

 

Hey Kotz.

[stahl 0]

The majority of this stuff was in the wrestling observer newsletter and it just seems some wording was changed around and so on.

[Anakin Flair 0]

Paul Bearer has two years left on his contract?

 

Get ready for that Mordecai w/ Paul Vs Undertaker feud which will take up most of Smackdown in the fall of 2004.

Paul is EXACTLY what Mordecai needs. The guy can't speak. He has the absolute wrong voice for his gimmick- it's just not menacing. Have Paul come back and speak, and have Moredcai do the in-rign work.

[Precious Roy 0]

If I were Kenzo I'd make friends with Funaki as soon as possible, he's the only guy that I know for sure is bi-lingual in English and Japanese. And if he's smart he won't let the language barrier get in the way of interacting with the rest of the locker room, becuase he's not exactly lighting the world on fire with his wrestling skills.

 

As for Mordecai, glad to hear he already found his way to SD's resident meal ticket /sarcasm. Guess you don't have to be a veteran like Flair, Bradshaw or Regal to know where the bread is buttered.....

 

I hope Sable's ho ass is kicked to the curb, she brings NOTHING to SD and NOBODY cares about seeing her naked in Playboy anymore, that's soooo 6 years ago

 

Too bad about DDP and Kim, they always seemed like a happy couple, and Kim always seemed genuine, well, about as genuine as a gold digger can be.....

 

Bischoff's reality show actually sounds pretty damn cool.....

 

Let's all hope for a Kane/Hardy injury angle, with Kane slated to feud with HBK delaying the payoff with Hardy to a point in time where he has a chance in hell to go over is probably the best thing for Matt right now.

 

And ESPN better stop dissing Brock Lesnar, he will stop Dan Patrick on the street and FIGHT HIM~! He will make his way down to the projects, find Stuart Scott and FIGHT HIM~! He will go to Fenway park, beat up the ticket takers and venders, invade Peter Gammons' luxery box and ~FIGHT HIM!

[Guest CronoT]

So, do you think Holly was stupid enough to stiff Mordecai, or did he learn his lesson from fucking with Lesnar?

[Guest slacklet]

Just wanted to prove that your name doesn't have to be Scherer or Meltzer to be accurate and credible.

Yes, by copying their research you proved that point well.

 

Jackass.

[Guest wrestling365]

Just wanted to prove that your name doesn't have to be Scherer or Meltzer to be accurate and credible.

Yes, by copying their research you proved that point well.

 

Jackass.

Decent example of that please?

[thecitythesky 0]

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- Eric Bischoff is partnering with Jason Hervey, Scott Sternberg Productions, and Rick Hilton on a new reality TV show called "777." The show will be about seven rich guys who each will put up $1 million in a winner take all gambling competition that will take place in Las Vegas. The seven people will live together in a suite during the show. The William Morris Agency will start offering the show to networks this week. Eric Bischoff is expected to miss RAW next week, likely due to this new show.

 

well... that was taken verbatim from the other "News and Notes" thread with information from PWInsider and 411.

 

- Test injured his neck over the weekend at the house shows.

 

so is this.

 

and the Matt Hardy injury was briefly mentioned in this weeks Observer.

which has been up since the weekend.

 

.....

 

otherwise. the Paul Bearer stuff has its own thread already... and has for quite some time. as does the SD! house show report and Vince being sick.

and the RF/RoH split information along with the TNA action figures piece both have their own respective discussions and their repspective folders.

 

admittedly, i will give you that Traci Brooks being Wrestling365's diva of the day... that's all you. granted, try as i might, i just don't care.

 

decent?

[Guest wrestling365]

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- Eric Bischoff is partnering with Jason Hervey, Scott Sternberg Productions, and Rick Hilton on a new reality TV show called "777." The show will be about seven rich guys who each will put up $1 million in a winner take all gambling competition that will take place in Las Vegas. The seven people will live together in a suite during the show. The William Morris Agency will start offering the show to networks this week. Eric Bischoff is expected to miss RAW next week, likely due to this new show.

 

Like the way you snipped the "Variety reports" opening line... nice

 

I'm not going to argue with anyone here. If you want to pick apart my news updates that's fine by me. Just don't crucify me for printing accurate information. . .

[thecitythesky 0]

in case you were curious:

 

ver·ba·tim

adj.

 

Using exactly the same words; corresponding word for word: a verbatim report of the conversation.

 

 

adv.

 

In exactly the same words; word for word: repeated their dialogue verbatim.

 

...

 

maybe you should have read the thread i quoted. if whomever posted it from or on its source page cut something... not my problem.

 

of course, had you read that thread (or any others) to begin with... this one wouldn't be here.

 

...

 

i mean, i'm all for the posting of accurate information. i just don't care for the RE-posting of said information.

[Guest Arnold_OldSchool]

n/m http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?...topic=57255&hl=

[SuperJerk 0]

ESPN.com has

an article up on Lesnar titled 'The Next Big Flop?' in which he

is quoted as saying he hates homosexuals amongst other

controversial comments.

 

I'm surprised this slipped under the radar and this board didn't rip him apart.

I posted the article on the 3rd page of the "Brock Lesnar's Regrets" thread two days ago.

[BHK 0]

There are no plans to re-sign her.

 

good.

 

 

Bearer could be "raised from the dead" by Mordecai kickstarting the Undertaker fued. then again, that would make it heel/heel. Unless the alliance with Bearer turns him face?

[LucharesuFan619 0]

I'm more entertained by the pretzels I'm eating right now than that newsletter.

[geniusMoment 0]

To be fair, pretzels are the 3rd most entertaining crunchy snack food. Number 1 and 2 are obvious, so I will not bother in saying something everyone already knows.

[Guest Trivia247]

imagine the storyline that could be produced if they do saddle Mordechai with Bearer...

[Guest Choken One]

it'd be a great angle...

 

Undertaker would be depressed about killing his mentor and guide and Mordeaci appears and has Paul under his spell and Paul reveals Taker's secrets to Mordeaci.

 

With the right comic book element writing...it wouldn't suck