Some of Todays Wrestling News and Rumours (Possible spoilers) ***NO CHAT***

waltersobchak

Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Teddy Hart, the youngest wrestler to be signed to a WWE contract, recently entered a Texas area rehabilitation center on behalf of his former employer. He is staying at the same facility as former WWE performer Scott Hall.

Hart is claiming that he entered rehab at the urging of his uncle, WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart, who said that if he successfully completes the center's program, would persuade WWE to give him another shot.

During his last run with AAA, Hart managed to unite the entire locker room against him due to his reputation of changing match finishes and spots to put himself over. His mentality is to perform as many flashy maneuvers in his matches as possible, whether they make sense or not.

Furious-Red

The early estimates for the Money in the Bank PPV are at 189,000 buys.

This is slightly up from last year's July PPV, The Bash, which got 178,000 buys, but still down from two years ago when The Great American Bash 2008 got 196,000 buys.

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WWE headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut is undergoing a slight renovation as an office is being built for Paul "Triple H" Levesque, who was recently promoted to an executive role within the organization.

According to a company source, the multi-time wrestling champion now officially serves as WWE Chairman Vince McMahon's creative advisor.

While Triple H has had Vince's ear for the past several years, it was always in an unofficial capacity. From this point forward, he will have a much more authoritative say in regards to the company's creative direction and its many performers.

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Former WWF/WWE star Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart (James Henry Neidhart) is being held in a jail in Tampa, Florida as of this afternoon after being arrested on multiple drug charges. Neidhart, 55, is being held without bond. He was charged with possession of 95 Oxycontin pills, 28 Methadone pills, two counts of possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute, two counts of trafficking illegal drugs, one count of burglary of an unoccupied dwelling and one count of grand theft third degree.

glenjamin

WWE is currently planning on keeping Kaval and Daniel Bryan together as a tag team. The appearance together on RAW this week wasn’t a one-time thing.

A feud is currently being planned with WWE’s Tag Team Champions The Hart Dynasty, starting with WWE live events.

This will likely be where Kaval gets the title shot he earned by winning NXT – a pay-per-view match with Bryan against The Hart Dynasty for the belts.

http://www.wrestlenewz.com/wrestling/wwe-news/big-news-on-kavals-wwe-plans-title-feud-on-wwe-ppv-more/

Dated 1st of September

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TNA wrestler Desmond Wolfe is expected to be sidelined for at least a few months due to an undisclosed medical situation.

Powell's POV: Wolfe was tightlipped in the locker room at the TNA Impact tapings last week regarding his medical situation that prevented him and Magnus from working the TNA No Surrender pay-per-view. Wolfe was backstage at the Impact tapings last week, but Magnus was not flown in for the shows. There's no word yet on what the company intends to do with Magnus while Wolfe is sidelined.

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On Twitter, a fan suggested to former WWE Women's Champion Mickie James that she and former WWE performer Batista would "make a cute couple." The fan added, "he's a good guy. don't judge anyone cause no one knows what's going to happen in the future." James said in response that she would rather run head first into a brick wall.

"I think I'd much rather run head 1st in2 a brick wall... Without judgment... Lmao!" she tweeted.

Regarding the former WWE Diva's source of contention with "The Animal," it was reported shortly after her departure from WWE earlier this year that she had a few backstage "run-ins" with him during her final few months in the company. Things become so heated that he reportedly threatened to quit the organization if she wasn't terminated. The Undertaker attempted to fuse the situation by calming him down.

Additionally, former WWE performer Brian Kendrick noted during a recent shoot interview with Highspots that years ago, Batista printed out nude photos of Mickie and plastered them on the locker room walls after he became agitated with her.

Maybe he hit on her and got rejected

CMpunked

Sounds familiar...

flahavaj

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Right now the WrestleMania plan, and this will change 20 times or more, is Undertaker vs. Sheamus in a title unification match. Right now, the idea doesn’t do much for me. First, when push comes to shove, I still don’t believe they’ll unify the two big belts because that would mean they would be doing touring shows without a “world” title match on top. Granted, both belts mean so little now and “the world title match” isn’t like a major draw on the house shows. However, I just don’t see anyone buying that Sheamus will beat Undertaker and end his streak. Then again, I’m not sure they’ll buy anyone ending his streak at this point. The talk is all preliminary right now, but they want the top three matches locked up by November so like last year they can start teases and start building at Survivor Series like they did last year. Cena vs. Miz is another thing talked about. When the Money in the Bank buy rate came in, that opened up talks of putting MITB back as a Mania match. They are also trying to come up with new gimmicks, realizing that Elimination Chamber, Hell in a Cell and TLC are the only ones that seem to still draw. The big problem is the feeling that within the current rosters, most matches have been done, noting the top Raw guys, Cena, HHH, Orton, Jericho and Edge have all worked with each other multiple times.

Gowan Seamus bai.:eek:

glenjamin

WWE officials are indeed open to turning John Cena heel.Officials realize that they don't have anything that hot right now for WrestleMania 27. The idea of turning Cena h eel has been around for years but discussion about it has never gotten far because Vince McMahon always turns it down for business reasons.

The Miz vs. Cena is being discussed for WrestleMania but if Cena turns heel before then, obviously that match would be off the books.

Cena heel turn, Miz face turn?? :eek::eek::eek: Would be epic

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After doing away with the Unified Tag Team Titles a few weeks ago, WWE has been wanting to make the belts more important and create more tag teams to contend for the titles.

Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre will face The Hart Dynasty in a non-title match on this week's Friday Night SmackDown but it's not confirmed yet if they will get a title shot at Night of Champions. It is possible WWE may add the match at the last minute.

There has been discussion this past week about building the tag titles up. The idea is to make a few regular teams on both RAW and SmackDown so the champions will have several credible challengers.

One idea is to do a Survivor Series style match at the pay-per-view in November with tag teams from both brands. The match wouldn't necessarily be a RAW vs. SmackDown match but a heels vs. faces match.

About time....

http://www.pwpix.net/pwpixnews/headlines/286596449.php

chordtype

Major change in WWE drug policy
Coming out of issues over the weekend, World Wrestling Entertainment has confirmed that the drug Carisprodol (somas) have been banned as part of a new amendment to the current drug testing policy. Use of the drug by performers has been banned even with a doctor's prescription.
It is one of a few changes made to the policy. The policy changes made have yet to be updated on the company's corporate web site.
Somas, a muscle relaxer, have been a major party drug in pro wrestling dating back decades. But numerous embarrassing incidents where talent has passed out in public have been linked to taking too many of the drug.
Due to the popularity of the drug with a certain segment of the talent base, this is probably the single most significant change to the policy since its inception.

http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/17557/

chordtype

Waltman arrested
TMZ.com confirmed stories from earlier in the week that Sean Waltman was arrested on Sunday at Newark International Airport on a marijuana possession charge.
The story said that Waltman showed up at the airport after appearing at a fan convention the day before, claimed that he didn't have an ID because he was robbed at a party, and when the police searched him because he didn't have an ID, they found a joint. He was released Sunday night.

From f4wonline.com

Another proud moment for Waltman.

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Diva-dirt.com is reporting that former WWE Women's Champion Mickie James has signed with TNA. The report notes that the October 7th edition of TNA Impact, which is a live show, could be her debut date with the company.

She could feature in

TNAWrestling.com is reporting that TNA will be airing an all-Knockouts PPV titled "Mad Sexy, Volume 1," beginning October 1st. The PPV will feature stars of the past and present, including Awesome Kong and Gail Kim. The show will be hosted by Christy Hemme.

D2D

Devastating news Liz

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PWInsider.com has confirmed that Christian suffered a torn pectoral muscle and is expected to be out six months following surgery this week. WWE will write Christian out this week on Smackdown during an angle with Alberto Del Rio.

Machismo Fan

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The Amazing Red became the NEW TNA X Division Champion at Thursday night's live event in New York City, using his flip piledriver finisher to defeat Jay Lethal!

Diabhal Beag

Tallest wrestler in history passes away
Jorge "Giant" Gonzalez, a former member of the Argentina Olympic basketball team in the 1988 Olympics, who wrestled as a headliner for WCW and WWF from 1990-93, passed away today in a hospital in San Martin, Argentina.
Gonzalez was 44.
Gonzalez, who was a legitimate 7-6 1/2 and 405 pounds, was first drafted by the Atlanta Hawks, but was considered too slow to play in the NBA. Jim Herd and Jim Ross spearheaded the Turner organization to sign him to a wrestling contract, where he used the name El Gigante, with the idea of creating a next generation Andre the Giant, as Gonzalez was more than eight inches taller than Andre and a better athlete. But he never fully grasped wrestling and only lasted two years before his big-money contract wasn't renewed. He was a headliner most of his run.
WWF brought him in shortly after, billing him as "the eight foot Giant Gonzalez." He was given a similar push as Great Khali, first overpowering Undertaker before a blow-off match at WrestleMania. He put Undertaker over at house shows for the rest of the summer and was done with the company at that point.
He wrestled a few times after that outside North America. In recent years he had been wheelchair bound due to the effects of a long battle with diabetes.

From the Observer

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Sky have updated the EPG information here to show that next week's episode of SmackDown will air live on Sky Sports HD3/3 at 1am on Saturday morning. SmackDown is live because of the launch of it on the SyFy network in the States.

chordtype

Bret Hart Tribute Show notes from MSG. From www.f4wonline.com

Then there was the Bret Hart Tribute. Howard Finkel first introduced guests JERRY LAWLER, who was announced as special guest referee this evening. The Hart Dynasty followed; then Bret Hart. Finkel gave Bret Hart the following gifts:
-- Framed photo of Bret and Helen Hart
-- Framed photo of Bret with Owen Hart--
-- Framed photo of Bret with Stu and his brothers
-- Jersey from the NY Rangers & Madison Square Garden, customized for Bret with a #10
Crowd broke out into a Thank you Bret cheer.
Nexus came out, and offered Bret a chance to join them, and thus survive the evening.
Bret wasn't interested, which led to the 6 man tag.
-- Bret Hart tribute notes:
After the second match, Howard Finkel was introduced as the host of the evening for the Bret Hart tribute. Finkel promised a number of video look-backs at major Bret Hart matches at Madison Square Garden. There were four video tributes (a few minutes long each) after the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th matches.
Tributes shown in the Garden were:
-- Generic video on Hart's career--
-- MSG 1991 Summerslam Hart vs. Mr. Perfect
-- MSG 1994 Wrestlemania X Hart vs. Yokozuma
-- MSG 1996 Survivor Series Hart vs. Steve Austin

6. BRET HART, TYSON KIDD & DAVID HART SMITH W NEXUS (Michael Tarver, Heath Slater & Justin Gabriel) when Bret made Gabriel submit to the sharpshooter, for a huge crowd pop. Special guest ref: JERRY LAWLER. Bret was over big. He was in early on offense; had a second appearance in the middle of the match predominantly with Slater, and dominating; and was tagged in to get the submission (with the tag itself getting a huge pop).
Best match of the night. Everyone was solid, but focus was on Bret. Crowd chanted We want Bret several times when others were in having trouble with Nexus.
After the bout, Nexus attacked and threw out Lawler; were trying to corner Bret 3 on 1. Bret held them off; Lawler recovered, and the two faces beat up Nexus. One of the biggest pops of the night for Lawler when he came off of the second rope; pop again for Bret when he slapped on a second sharpshooter.
Just so very well done, and made this a special Garden house show, as opposed to another whistle stop on the tour. ***

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There have been rumors within WWE about RAW Diva Jillian Hall's future with the company. While her status with the company is in good standing, plans are being made to "retire" Jillian as an on-air performer. She would then work as a trainer to WWE's female developmental talents in Tampa, Florida. No word yet when these changes will happen with Jillian but that is the plan.

Furious-Red

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The actual viewership for iMPACT! was 1.52 million, the highest number of viewers since August 12th.

The 1.23 rating was the highest for iMPACT! since since the first Monday night iMPACT! on March 4th.

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The early PPV projections have this year's Summerslam generating about 206,000 buys domestically, according to Dave Meltzer. Last year's Summerslam drew 369,000 worldwide PPV buys. More official numbers should be available soon.

stiffler123

TNA have signed Mickie James. She is expected to debut on October 7th. Good news.

Rjd2

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It did 350 000 buys overall according to PW Torch

http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_44172.shtml

Furious-Red

Partial Source: Pwinsider.com

There was some TNA drama, which caused the authorities to be called yesterday in Columbia, SC. Jeremy Borash posted on Twitter that he would be at a location near their venue, with a mystery guest to give away backstage passes to fans. Shannon Moore was to be the guest, and both Moore and Jeff hardy posted the info on their Twitter accounts. With Hardy having over 100,000 followers, and Moore having over 37,000, a stampede of fans rushed to the location, which was a parking lot in front of a Dollar General store.

Once the fans started to arrive, the manager of the store called the local police. When the police arrived, the TNA crew had already left the venue. When they found out about the drama they caused, TNA sent over sent tickets and backstage passes to the store as a way to make up for the trouble.

Some people in TNA loved the idea, as they felt it generates buzz for local events and provides another way to interact with the fans.

http://www.tnawrestlingnews.com/headlines/288065433.shtml

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Last night, former WWE star Charlie Haas posted the following on his Twitter account: "WWE creative is a joke. Way to kill off Daniel Bryan. Your brightest youngest star. Michael Hayes must have written this sh*t. Please retire

There is great talent in WWE, they just don't know how or refuse to write for them all.

When the Monday night wars were going on, everyone on the roster had a story line. From Crash Holly to Stone Cold. Its an easy formula

Look at ROH everyone on the roster has a story line and is used. Not to be biased, but facts are facts.

Every wrestler is unique and brings something to the table, that is what is great about the pro wrestling business.

I'm not done. But am done talking about WWE creative. New chapter. A lot to be thankful for. I am thankful for WWE time and the WWE fans.

All Japan, ROH, JAP, NWA, Perros del Mal, and WGTT tour in France. What a way to finish the year. And a chance to work with Lagana and Corny."

Furious-Red

Credit: F4WOnline.com

- The plan is for David Hart Smith to turn heel on Tyson Kidd and Natalya, breaking up The Hart Dynasty.

- MVP has been worried about his position with WWE, noting that he sees younger guys being pushed ahead of him while they’re not doing much with him.

- Michael Tarver was removed from The Nexus because of a groin injury that will keep him out of action.

What is the point in having a tag division when all they do is split up teams after the lose the belts

CMpunked

Furious-Red wrote: »

What is the point in having a tag division when all they do is split up teams after the lose the belts

Or even how they put them together. Two wrestlers who arent at all similar being heaved together and win the trojan condom brand belts:

Furious-Red

Credit: prowrestling.net

Bruce Prichard, a former WWE talent and office staff member, has joined TNA’s production staff. He was on hand at a TNA agent meeting held in Orlando earlier today.

Prichard has been out of wrestling since December 2008 and was a key member of Vince McMahon’s inner circle during his time in WWE. The decision to release him came from Stephanie McMahon because she felt it was time for him to move on, a decision her father mutually agreed with. Prichard was with WWE for 22 years.

http://nodq.com/tna/288491162.shtml

Jolt2007

Source: Wrestling Observer

A crazy story from Butler, IN, is that a woman, Nanette Stone, 35, is facing a potential prison term for fraud, as she claimed to be the wife of pro wrestler David Edward (Fit) Finlay when purchasing two pieces of property on Prine Canyon Lake. Sheriff Department deputies issued a warrant for her arrest after speaking with Finlay, who claimed he did not know the woman. Stone, using the name Nanette Michelle Finlay, had meetings with real estate agents and would hand the phone to a man who would claim to be Finlay and say he had an emergency come up and couldn’t be present. In July, she wrote a down payment check for $4,838 for one of the homes that was drawn on a closed account. She pleaded guilty this past week of two counts of felony forgery, and faces a maximum 16 years in prison. I wonder if anyone asked her while this was going on if she was Hornswoggle’s mom.

starviewadams

Was a new announcer/commentator on Superstars for the Darren Young/Steve Regal match.He was pretty horrible and sounded very phony!

Its this lad: http://www.scottstanford.tv/?wwe