[flahavaj]

Gabe Sapolsky announced the start of a new promotion called “Evolve,” with more details to come over the next week. Sapolsky with partner with Sal Hamaoui and Davey Richards involved in the project. The impression I’ve got is that they will be running shows on an infrequent basis, probably the same type of schedule as Dragon Gate USA. I don’t know that it’ll be the same PPV and DVD type marketing as Dragon Gate USA, but it would make sense to be. All Sapolsky has said is that they are going to work around each individual talent’s strengths and weaknesses, and regards to rumors it would be a shoot style promotion, he said that there isn’t enough talent to pull that direction off.

Observer. Interesting, heard Davey Richards is involved too.

[flahavaj]

http://fightgameblog.com/2009/11/the...lve-wrestling/

More on Sapolsky's new venture EVOLVE.

http://evolvewrestling.com/

[krudler]

Ric Flair has gotten married for the 4th time, bloody hell isnt he paying enough to his 3 previous wives already? The guy is a mess

[DM-ICE]

http://www.prowrestling.com/article/news/14303

In his new MySpace blog, independent pro wrestling star Davey Richards has stated that WWE has approach him, saying the following:

"This year many have said Ive more great matches then anyone, vs. KENTA, vs. (Bryan) Danielson, vs. SHINGO, vs. (Kenny) Omega, vs. (Roderick) Strong, etc. Even WWE has come knocking.

"But no one understands why, its not for attention I do this, its not for money, its not for notoriety. Its for my beliefs, my morals, my creed. I am a man who believes hard work must be rewarded and laziness must be punished. I've simply walked away from places before who I feel have not shared this moral with me.

"Evolve is my opportunity to not seek out big paydays, not to seek out mainstream notoriety, or to even gain attention. Evolve is my place to seek out the best, outwork them, and beat them."

[DM-ICE]

http://www.prowrestling.com/article/news/14298

- Rey Mysterio is said to be working through a lot of pain at the moment, with news that his ACL and PCL are completely destroyed. It's said his injured joint is virtually bone-on-bone and that he requires knee surgery as soon as possible. [Source: Wrestling Globe Newsletter]

[flahavaj]

Breaking news from www.f4wonline.com

Brock Lesnar is in extremely bad shape and there are questions as to whether he will ever fight again.

Lesnar, 32, is in far worse shape than he has been letting on. He went to Canada last week to try to get some rest, collapsed, and was rushed to the hospital. He has mono and also something else that he doesn't want to get out, and all we now is that he does not have cancer and he does not have AIDS. It is, however, extremely serious and he will not be fighting again for a long, long time, if he is able to fight again.

Dana White is heading to Minnesota tonight and will be working to get Lesnar to the Mayo Clinic or equivalent medical facility for treatment.

Strictly, more MMA than pro-wrestling news, but newsworthy nonetheless. Hope hes OK. I'll leave it up to the mods whether it warrants its own thread.

[Dare_2_defy]

Credit to PWInsider.com,

Michael Cole is getting backstage heat in WWE due to the belief that he isn't taking his job seriously anymore. The company is apparently not happy with some of the "stupid" comments he has made on TV recently and they also feel that he is no longer putting the company first.

There could end up being a shuffling of announcers. According to F4WOnline.com, the situation with Matt Striker doing commentary with Cole on RAW could be WWE testing the waters to see how the different announce team combinations sound.

[silvervixen84]

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/...onference.html

Hulk Hogan was involved in a fight at a Sydney press conference yesterday afternoon.

The wrestling champion, who was a guest speaker at the Star City junket, was attacked by ring rival Ric Flair.

According to witnesses, Flair threw a table off the stage into the press before diving on photographers. He then jumped on Hogan and whipped his face with a belt buckle.

Hogan later told Sydney Central: "It took me about half an hour to get freshened up before I ran back out. It got a bit crazy."

He added: "I didn't plan on going backwards off the stage, that was a bit of a shock."

[Dare_2_defy]

Credit to wrestleview.com

From comedians to politicians to musical performers to professional athletes, Monday Night Raw’s weekly guest hosts are some of past and present’s finest entertainers. The WWE Universe, therefore, can expect this trend to continue as more and more of the most popular celebrities are hopping aboard to serve as Raw special host.

Nov. 23, 2009: Jesse Ventura
This week, WWE Hall of Famer Jesse Ventura will take the reins from Hershey, Pa., on a special Thanksgiving three-hour presentation of Raw. The illustrious Superstar’s role comes just more than one week before the debut of Ventura’s new truTV series, Conspiracy Theory, which airs on Dec. 2 at 10 p.m. ET.

Nov. 30, 2009: Verne Troyer
Best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers comedy series, Verne Troyer will serve as guest host on Nov. 30 from Baltimore. One of the shortest yet largely recognizable men in the world, the actor has more than 15 years of television experience.

Dec. 7, 2009: Mark Cuban
Instead of humoring the NBA Universe with his infinite antics and making authoritative basketball decisions for one night, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban will spend time delegating responsibility to WWE Superstars when he hosts Raw on Dec. 7 from Dallas.

Dec. 14, 2009: Dennis Miller
Comedian and radio talk show host Dennis Miller, meanwhile, will serve as the host of the 2009 Slammy Awards during a special three-hour presentation of Raw on Dec. 14 from Corpus Christi, Texas. The five-time Emmy award-winning comic is renowned for his improvisations and acerbic humor about pop culture and politics.

Be sure to tune in every Monday night when the biggest stars from all over the world take over as Raw’s special guest host.

[Dare_2_defy]

Bad news for Machismo Fan:

http://www.wrestleview.com/news2009/...php?style=dark

No Christmas edition of iMPACT! due to a Star Wars marathon

[Dare_2_defy]

http://www.pwmania.com/newsarticle.php?page=261121413

source: PWInsider.com

To update an earlier report, Lauren Mayhew, who appeared on ECW as the brand's ring announcer, has parted ways with World Wrestling Entertainment.

Both parties were working together on a short term deal, but could not come to terms on a full term contract.

The word going around at today's television taping in Bridgeport, Connecticut was that the aspiring actress and WWE parted on amicable terms and the door was open for her to return to the company in the future.

Mayhew's profile has already been removed from the company website. Tony Chimel handled the ring announcing duties during tonight's episode of ECW.

http://www.pwmania.com/newsarticle.php?page=261112242

Prior to the Smackdown taping tonight, former TNA X-Division Champion Senshi, who is now known as Kaval in WWE, defeated Paul Burchill in a dark match. Senshi/Kaval is best known as Low-Ki.

http://www.pwmania.com/newsarticle.php?page=261091323

For those keeping track, Dolph Ziggler has taken part in twenty-six Intercontinental title matches at various events (televised and non-televised) within the past few months, losing all but two. He won one match via count-out with another match being ruled a double count-out. Furthermore, he has come up short in retrieving the title on television on seven different occasions including Night of Champions, SummerSlam, Hell in the Cell and four separate episodes of Friday Night SmackDown.

Ziggler was at one point scheduled to win the title from Rey Mysterio over the summer, but the high-flying Superstar vetoed dropping the title to him on more than one occasion. When push came to shove as a result of a 30-day suspension for violating the company's drug testing policy in early September, Mysterio agreed to drop the title to John Morrison.

Now it appears that the ship has sailed on Ziggler nabbing the gold as WWE officials have reportedly "given up on him."

On a related noted, Ziggler was voted the "Most Deserving of a Title Shot" among his peers in the "Superstar Survey" taken for the latest issue of WWE Magazine.

[Dare_2_defy]

Credit: F4Wonline.com

- On RAW this past week, both Jerry Lawler and -Jesse Ventura were given “cheat sheets” with photos of the Superstars in the different matches. In Lawler’s case, he doesn’t watch ECW or Smackdown and Ventura didn’t really know anyone besides the top guys.

- When Mark Cuban hosts the RAW on December 7th from Dallas, he will be promoting the Dallas Mavericks and his new “Mark Cuban’s Puzzle Palace” for the iPhone.

- The New York Post mentioned this week that OJ Simpson enjoys watching WWE Superstars and SmackDown while in prison at Nevada’s Lovelock Correctional Center. Simpson is currently serving a 33 year sentence.

- Part of why WWE is pushing Kofi Kingston to the top if because they feel they need another African-American babyface star and they had given up on several other stars that were picked for the spot.

The other two stars who WWE have the most faith in right now are Sheamus, who is a workout partner of Triple H, and Drew McIntyre, who Triple H and Shawn Michaels have endorsed.


- The Wrestling Observer Reports that Jim Ross has yet to sign a new contract with WWE and because of the uncertainty regarding his current condition, there haven’t been any serious talks. JR’s contract is set to expire in three weeks.

- This year’s Survivor Series PPV from the Verizon Center in Washington, DC drew 12,500 fans and wasn’t a sell-out. WWE lowered the bottom ticket price to $20 in hopes of increasing the walk-up.

[JP Liz]

Edge is being advertised for the Smackdown 2010 Australian tour

[JP Liz]

Chris Jericho vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship is being advertised for the RAW taping from Columbus, Ohio on 1/25.

[JP Liz]

The following was announced by World Wrestling Entertainment today:

Jan. 18, 2010 Raw Guest Hosts: Jon Heder & Don Johnson
Stars from the soon-to-be-released film When in Rome, Jon Heder and Don Johnson, will take center stage on Raw on Jan. 18 from Knoxville, Tenn. Known mostly from his role as the discomfited and unintentionally humorous main character in Napoleon Dynamite, Heder enjoyed tremendous success this decade in a variety of comedies. Johnson, meanwhile, who became a popular television icon in the 1980s when starring in the hit series Miami Vice, continues to be an admired Hollywood actor. Their new film is set to be released in theaters on Jan. 29.