Guest Arnold_OldSchool Report post Posted March 24, 2005 Lex Luger is currently being held in jail after being arrested two weeks ago for failure to pay child support to his ex-wife. Luger is already on probation for a January DUI arrest. Christy Hemme's recent appearance on The Howard Stern Radio Show will air on the E! Network on 3/28 at 11PM ET and 3/29 (Part 2) at 11PM ET. - Jake Roberts still has a warrant out for his arrest in the United Kingdom, stemming from a charge that he caused unnecessary cruelty to his pet python. WWE Sunday Night Heat will air at 6PM ET, an hour early, on 3/3 prior to WrestleMania to make room for WrestleMania's 4 hour broadcast which will start at 7PM ET. WWE Velocity will not air on 3/2, the night before WrestleMania. In its place will be the WWE Hall of Fame special focusing on Hulk Hogan's induction. Velocity likely won't air the next weekend (4/9) either due to a special 2.5 hour "Ultimate Fighter" episode that will air from 9PM ET to 11:30PM ET. - Both Lance Storm and Tommy Dreamer came out of retirement last night at the OVW TV taping. The two worked an angle that led to a Dreamer/Dudley Boys vs. Storm/MNM match. Dreamer and Storm may be trying to get back in shape for the ECW One Night Stand PPV in June. Credit: PWInsider.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Arnold_OldSchool Report post Posted March 24, 2005 Former TNA ref Mike Posey will be getting a tryout match at RAW tonight. Posey has given notice to TNA. [WrestlingObserver.com] - WWE is planning to have a Rockers Reunion tour following WrestleMania, with Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty teaming together at house shows Vince McMahon is slated to return to his backstate duties at RAW and Smackdown this week. His recovery from his quad injuries is quicker than expected, as the original thinking was that he would not be back until after WrestleMania. Credit: WrestlingObserver.com. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haws bah gawd 0 Report post Posted March 24, 2005 I hope this may lead to an eventual full-time return to the ring for Lance Storm. WWE never used him properly, and the man can work a great match. I would KILL to see a match between he and Shelton Benjamin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoCalMike 0 Report post Posted March 24, 2005 I always hated how Lance Storm was characterized as having no charisma, and sucking on the mic, but then you watch a Raw/Smackdown broadcast and the same thing holds true for 75% of the on-air talent, however Storm can actually work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewTS 0 Report post Posted March 25, 2005 MNM? Matthews, Nitro, and Melina Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Arnold_OldSchool Report post Posted March 27, 2005 Vince McMahon was seen walking backstage at the Smackdown taping. It is unknown if he has actually recovered that much or if he was just sucking up the pain as to not look injured infront of the staff. - Both brands are off this weekend to get ready for WrestleMania week next week. - WWE.com has a story up on the Shannon Moore car accident - Triple H will appear on FSN's "The Best Damn Sports Show" on 3/30 to promote WrestleMania. - Hulk Hogan will be appearing on "The Best Damn Sports Show" on 4/1. - A 3-disc WWE Legends DVD will be released on 6/14, as well as the 2-disc Road Warriors DVD. - WWE is planning on having the Dudley Boys return right before the 6/12 ECW One Night Stand PPV. The duo will be working the ECW PPV. - Smackdown did a 3.7 overnight rating last night. The final number will be available later today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boner Kawanger 0 Report post Posted March 27, 2005 Vince would walk on broken glass to look tough for people, I'm sure. Still, good for him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Arnold_OldSchool Report post Posted March 27, 2005 TNA VOLUNTEERS NEEDED @ WRESTLEMANIA XXI!!! * * * * * Wrestlemania comes to The Staples Center in Los Angeles April 3rd!!! That's only days away! (Whoa... why am I telling you this?!?) I need volunteers to help us distribute materials to thousands of wrestling fans!!! Form teams of people to go out an permeate the city of L.A. and the Staples Center with TNA's posters, flyers, stickers... anything we can get to you... And not only that! We need you to TELL EVERYONE about TNA! It's really easy. Send me an email to [email protected] with "WMXXI" in the subject line and tell me how many people are going with you, what you're going to do, where you're going to go... all the juicy details! And send me your mailing address so I can send you materials! We'll send you the materials you need, and all you need to do is show up in a crowd of wrestling fans, hand out materials, and let us know how it went! If you send us digital pictures, we'll put them up on the site. And we want to REWARD you for your hard work! We'll send you some combination of the following: Destination X Posters, Lockdown Posters, a t-shirt, badge, stickers... plus we'll tell EVERYONE what you did!!! Travis TNA Street Team Administrator Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Arnold_OldSchool Report post Posted March 27, 2005 Bischoff's story has happy ending By Rennie Detore TRIBUNE-REVIEW Sunday, March 27, 2005 These days, everything about Eric Bischoff is different. He traded his black-and-white New World Order leather jacket for more professional business attire. His trademark, jet-black coiffure is gone, replaced by a buzzcut that shows off his distinguished gray hair. In 2005, Bischoff is a changed man. He not only altered his wardrobe and shorned his locks but also dismissed the immaturity and lack of perspective that propped him up as a wrestling genius but also labeled him as short-sighted. "When I look back at WCW, the only thing I regret is that I wasn't mature enough to reflect and appreciate what was happening," Bischoff said. The former president of WCW swept the company off its feet in 1994 and immediately ushered in monumental changes. His vision transformed WCW from a fledgling, southern-based promotion into a sports entertainment powerhouse that eventually overtook the king of professional wrestling, Vince McMahon. "I was getting phone calls from Turner executives and occassionally Ted himself, saying 'That a boy.' Going from a third-string announcer to president of the company was extremely gratifying," Bischoff said. But not long after such innovative concepts as Monday Night "Nitro" and the nWo, Bischoff's vision became cloudy. His once mighty swagger -- the one that tried desperately to put WWE out of business -- became more of a detriment than an asset. Even the company's top star and Bischoff's good friend, Hulk Hogan, tried to intercede. "Hogan looked at me, during the peak of WCW's run, with his Father Time personality and said, 'Don't think this success is going to last forever,' " Bischoff recalled. "I kind of took in what he said but didn't really listen, and I should have." Success happened so quickly and easily for Bischoff that the thought of a downfall never crossed his mind. From the moment Bischoff arrived in WCW, the company progressed with each year. "I had never been on the other side; I had never experienced the ride down," Bischoff said. Eventually, Bischoff's concepts grew stale, and his talent grew old. Bischoff rode his aging stars (Hogan, Randy Savage, etc.) as long as he could. Before long, Bischoff didn't have any new ones to feature. His lack of planning left him with a roster that could be divided into two categories of wrestlers: inexperienced and overexposed. To make things worse, the latter often manipulated storylines in their favor based on name-value, leaving the once-powerful Bischoff helpless. "WCW itself got out of hand, and (dealing with the talent) was the hardest part of the job, and the part I liked least," Bischoff said. "In WCW, someone would come up to me the day of production and say, 'I don't like what the story does for me.' That stuff happened from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. all day long." As quickly as Bischoff took the reigns of WCW and built the promotion into a winner, he lost control of every aspect of the company. Not long after that, Bischoff was sent home. WCW went through a variety of changes at the top, including recruiting Vince Russo, a former WWE writer, to run the show. But when that didn't work, WCW again turned to Bischoff, who was brought back as part of a team alongside Russo. "Vince Russo came in and convinced everyone that he was the guy who turned WWE around and allowed WWE to reverse its ratings," Bischoff said. "Within 60 days, that thinking became transparent. The people who made the decision to bring Russo in wish they hadn't, so they called me." Bischoff tried his best to work with Russo, but their styles clashed almost immediately, and Bischoff exercised his option to leave. After a few years working outside of the business on various projects, Bischoff appeared on WWE TV in the summer of 2002 and has become a fixture since then on "Raw." The initial shock of Bischoff, the man who represented WCW for so many years, working for McMahon has all but dissipated. Bischoff, because of his history, will never be just another WWE personality, but he's more of a role player as the "Raw" general manager. But Bischoff doesn't mind being a small part of WWE's puzzle. One only has to listen to Bischoff talk about next week's "Wrestlemania 21" to hear the graciousness in his voice. He finally appreciates this business now more so than he did when he took WCW's success for granted. "I don't expect to have any role at 'Wrestlemania,' a humble Bischoff said. "Wrestlemania needs to be about the superstars, the main course. I'm just the garnish. "And I'm OK with that." Rennie Detore can be reached at [email protected] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbondrage99 0 Report post Posted March 27, 2005 Vince McMahon was seen walking backstage at the Smackdown taping. It is unknown if he has actually recovered that much or if he was just sucking up the pain as to not look injured infront of the staff. Unlike Kevin Nash who screamed like a baby for all to hear. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scroby 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 I hope this may lead to an eventual full-time return to the ring for Lance Storm. WWE never used him properly, and the man can work a great match. I would KILL to see a match between he and Shelton Benjamin. I wouldn't look into to much, Storm always talks about he doesn't wanna come back and enjoys his current job with the company. If anything he wants to do the ECW show as his last match. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
