WWE Daily

Raw in Auckland, McCool Photos, “Million Dollar” Profiled

Scooter — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:54:46 +0000

-World Wrestling Entertainment has kicked off this week-end in Auckland, New Zealand. You an see photos of the the Raw roster for the event on WWE.com.

-Michelle McCool has new photos in her ecent photo shoot on WWE.com. You can view those here.

-WWE has “Million Dollar Man” Ted Dibiase profiled on WWE alumni section. You will be able to catch the “Million Dollar man” on next week’s edition of Monday Night Raw as the special Host of Raw.

Night of Champions Match 2009 PPV: World Heavyweight Title Match

Scooter — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:38:51 +0000

World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk vs. Jeff Hardy

Jericho “Steamboat is Better than 80% of Roster”

Scooter — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:42:54 +0000

-WWE star Chris Jericho got an interview with Hawaiian news Star Bulliten for the SummerSlam tour 2009. Here is an excerpt from the article:

I’m looking forward to it. I don’t really look at Steamboat as a legend. He’s just a great performer and one of the best of all time.

It’d be like playing hockey against Wayne Gretzky — even though he retired years ago, he’s still better than half the people on the ice nowadays. Steamboat, at 55 years old, is still better than 80 percent of our roster … (and) being from Hawaii, it’s a huge deal.

It’s going to be very sentimental for him and the fans, and of course I plan to spoil it and stick it in his face and all of the fans when I end the party and annihilate him in front of everyone.

Read the full article here.

HUGE WWE Tour Starts This Week-End

Scooter — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:30:00 +0000

World Wrestling Entertainment journey for this HUGE week-end tour begins tonight in Palm Springs, California. heading over to Australia for the Raw roster, then ending in the Philippines with Smackdown/ECW roster.
Here is this weeks complete schedule:

Monday Night Raw Roster

-House Show in Auckland, New Zealand on Friday, July 3.

- House Show in Sydney, Australia on Saturday, July 4.

- House Show in Brisbane, Australia on Sunday, July 5.

-House Show in Adelaide, Australia on Monday, July 6.

- House Show in Melbourne, Australia on Tuesday, July 7.

* House Show in Perth, Australia on Wednesday, July 8.

Smackdown/ECW Roster

-House Show in Palm Springs, CA tonight, July 2.

- House Show in San Diego, CA on Friday, July 3.

-House Show in Honolulu, HI on Sunday, July 5.

-House Show in Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday, July 7.

-House Show in Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday, July 8.

-House Show in Manila, Philippines on Friday, July 10.

New Spin Cycle: Sting, Jeff Jarrett, Jim Cornette, Don West

Scooter — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:21:41 +0000

JB is back with the latest edition of “TNA Spin Cycle”, featuring Sting, Jeff Jarrett, Jim Cornette and Don West.

Ken Kennedy Update Another Video Update

Scooter — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:03:32 +0000

Ken Anderson, formerly known as Ken Kennedy has posted another video of him spending “quaility” time on his 90 days no compete clause in his WWE contract.

Florida Championship Wrestling Results for July 2nd - Pre Taped

Scooter — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:45:48 +0000

Pre-taping match:

Wes Brisco pinned Aiden Frost with a roll-up. The match was so-so at best. The crowd was solidly behind Brisco. Frost has wrestled better before.

Taping results:

Episode 1:

Duke & Bo Rotundo defeated Mr. Tarver & Dylan Klein. The Rotundos are quite green in the ring and will take some time to develop. This match was really nothing special.

Gabriel pinned Vic Adams after a reverse Alabama Slam in a decent match. Adams is over with the FCW faithful. After the match Gabriel cut a promo talking about dropping the DJ persona and getting a second chance to win gold in FCW.

FCW General Manager Abraham Washington (w/Fletcher Chase) came out and announced he would make history with the “Grand Royale” (yes, that roy-ale like the way Vincent Vega describes the French version of the quarter-pounder with cheese in Pulp Fiction). He then introduced Alex Riley (w/Beverly) and announced that Riley was the number one contender for the FCW Heavyweight Championship. FCW Heavyweight Champion Tyler Reks and his attorney, Dawson Alexander, Esq, come out for a photo shoot. The camera flash blinded Reks and Riley attacked him. Riley ended up kicking the title belt out of the ring and into the guardrail, almost hitting a fan.

Joe Hennig pinned Lance Archer? (the former Lance Hoyt) after a Perfectplex while Archer was seated on the turnbuckle. The match itself was slow and seemed to plod along which is understandable since it was Hennig’s first match in several months. It picked up in the end right before Hennig crotched Archer on the top rope and hit the perfectplex while Archer was seated on the turnbuckle. The crowd was glad to see Joe back in action.

FCW Florida Tag Team Champions Trent Beretta & Caylen Croft defeated Kris Logan & Justin Angel when Beretta pinned Logan after a springboard DDT. This was probably the best match of the night for the second week in a row. All four of these guys really worked hard and set a really fast pace. If these guys were allowed to put on the same match on WWE television you might be looking at a promising tag division.

Episode 2:

Johnny Curtis pinned Krisotf Hertzog (Chris Raaber). This match saw Kristof get a busted nose which might have led them to have an average match, at best.

Kris Logan (w/Justin Angel) vs. Caylen Croft (w/Trent Beretta) was interrupted by Abraham Washington (w/Rosa Mendes) who added their respective tag partners into the fray to make a tag team non-title match. Logan pinned Beretta with a backslide. Another very good match but not quite as good as the match they had some 30 minutes earlier.

Sweet Papi Sanchez defeated Mr. Tarver following a splash in the corner and the big boot. Nothing stood out in this match. Tarver knocked Papi out following the match with a right hand.

Donny Marlo (the former Agent T) defeated Fred _______ with a Samoan Drop. The crowd was absolutely dead for this match. Fred, making his FCW debut, didn’t look too bad but since neither character is an established face/heel, no one knew for whom to cheer.

FCW Heavyweight Champion Tyler Reks defeated Alex Riley (w/Beverly) by DQ when Riley hit Reks with a chair. The match was quite good with all kinds of back and forth action. The crowd was all over Riley.

Episode 3:

This was a hot start with almost the entire FCW roster outside the ring. The rules of the TNA-eqsue Grand Royale were explained. Every wrestler had one minute to climb into the ring – those that did not make it into the ring were eliminated. Those who made it into the ring fought each other in a battle royal to determine the winner. The order of elimination for those who made it into the ring are as follows: 1) Bo Rotundo 2) Lance Archer 3) Gabriel 4) Dylan Klein 5) Sweet Papi Sanchez 6) Ricky Ortiz 7) Yoshi Tatsu Justin Angel 9) Dawson Alexander Esq 10) Joe Hennig 11) Caylen Croft –The Winner—Johnny Curtis

FCW General Manager Abraham Washington came out to congratulate Curtis on the win, said that they have never seen eye-to-eye but he respects him for winning the first Grand Royale and was adding him to that night’s FCW Heavyweight Title Match between Tyler Reks and Alex Riley.

Grand Royale Notes: This match concept was straight out of TNA. Several tag teams fought each other out on the floor instead of both getting into the ring to battle it out later. The final 4 (Dawson, Hennig, Croft and Curtis) took forever – I am guessing there is going to be a commercial in there somewhere. Certainly not the greatest of battle royals – very little drama.

Brett DiBiase pinned Dylan Klein with a roll-up. This match was totally one-sided with Klein doing some damage to DiBiase’s ribs. After a barrage of forearms to the ribs, the ref threw up the “X” which brought a trainer from the back. DiBiase gutted it out and let Klein pound the crap out of him until he was able to roll-up Klein after a pin attempt. The crowd was solidly behind DiBiase but the booking in this match made little sense.

FCW Heavyweight Champion Tyler Reks pinned Johnny Curtis with a roll-up to win a triple threat match that also included Alex Riley (w/Beverly). This match was very good. Curtis dug deep into his arsenal of aerial moves, Riley played an excellent cowardly heel and Reks was the glue that kept the match together. Solid outing by all three – I would not mind having to see more of it.

Notes:
FCW returns to Lakeland on 7/11 with Dusty Rhodes and Steve Keirn singing autographs
FCW debuts in Punta Gorda on 7/15
This week must have been “roll-up” week in training since several matches ended with one
Only two referees (Mahoney & Zapata) worked the entire the show
Angela Fong did the ring announcing
Dusty Rhodes & Bryon Saxton did commentary

Biggest Pops:
Brett DiBiase
Tyler Reks
Joe Hennig
Kris Logan & Justin Angel

Most Heat:
Alex Riley
Trent Beretta & Caylen Croft
Lance Archer
Dylan Klein

Source: Mike spears

WATCH Tonight’s Smackdown Edition HERE 7-3-09

Scooter — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:30:22 +0000

Watch WWE Superstars 7-2-09..MIssed IT??!!

Scooter — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:27:13 +0000

TNA Knock Out Tara Talks Tag Team and MMA Fight Coming Soon

Scooter — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:05:58 +0000

The following is from Lisa Marie Varon Myspace, aka TNA Knock Out Tara.

Tag Team, Baby !
Hey MySpacers!

Let me start off by saying that I learned a valuable lesson. I responded to a rumor, and what I learned was, the people whose opinion I truly value, my family, my friends, the folks who follow my wrestling career, and my MySpace friends, they know me well enough to know who I am. So I didn’t need to respond. But I sure do appreciate all your support.

On to a happier subject. Tonight on TNA Impact on SpikeTV, I will be tagging up with the Awesome Kong. I am so excited for us as a tag team. Me vs Kong is one of those dream matches. I think she could bring out the best fighter from the New and Improved Tara. And as big and mean as she looks on TV, she looks even bigger and meaner in person. It is an honor to work along side of her, and we will give the “Beautiful People” the treatment that they deserve. And yes, I do have an extra special trick up my sleeve.

I’m going to make this short. I am between MMA training sessions. I will talk more about it once I decide either way, but a fight promoter came to my coach with an amazing fight opportunity. It is against a name those who follow women’s MMA would know. It is a great opportunity, and would be two months away, and frankly, we are discussing whether I can be ready for a fighter at that level this soon. I’ll keep you guys in the loop.

Later Fried Green Tomaters, Lisa Marie aka TNA Tara : )