^^ I like how the picture of Gail has the WWE logo in the background even though she's now in TNA. What, is no one taking her pic now that she's in no man's land/TNA?

And that last statement she made in the article about her knowing what little girls dream of is something the stella stable (Velvet Sky, Miss Tessmacher, AJ, Kaitlyn, Molly Holly, Tara, Beth Phoenix, Natalya, Sarita, Clay dancers, etc...) says about me ALL the time. You know it's true, L4OA...don't cy.

They were arguing over remodeling???! Sheesh.

http://www.tmz.com/2012/0...orce-kiss/

John Cena PUBLIC Kiss-Off Before Divorce

WWE superstar John Cena planted a big, fat kiss on his wife on live TV -- just 2 months before he filed for divorce ... but sources tell TMZ ... behind the scenes, he was a wreck over his marriage for months.

Sources connected to the wrestler tell us ... Cena was not shy about discussing his problems at home while hanging out backstage before WWE events.

We're told Cena complained that his relationship with Liz Huberdeau began to deteriorate shortly after they got married in 2009 ... with the arguing escalating in the past few months ... including spats over the remodeling of their Florida home.

One source tells us John has been "miserable" for the past few months ... despite the ringside PDA with his wife at a WWE event on March 5.

We reached out to Cena for comment -- so far, no response.

http://allhiphop.com/2012...tercation/

NC DJ Waleed Coyote Challenges WWE’s Chris Jericho To Match After Club Altercation

(AllHipHop News) Popular North Carolina DJ Waleed Coyote is involved in a dispute with WWE wrestling superstar, Chris Jericho.

Waleed Coyote, who broadcasts on 102 Jams in Greensboro, was involved in a verbal altercation with Chris Jericho at “The Treasure Club,” in the early hours of May 7.

He allegedly became involved in an altercation with a man who turned out to be popular personality Waleed Coyote, who is also CEO of Othaz Records and President of the Slip-N-Slide DJ coalition.

Now, Waleed is challenging Chris Jericho to a three-on-three match to settle the dispute.

“The thing that bothered me about this dude is that we weren’t formerly introduced and he acted out of line and you can’t do that in North Carolina,” Waleed Coyote told AllHipHop.com. “He would have done that to anyone in this state and you can’t do that.”

When Waleed and Chris Jericho were involved in their verbal confrontation, Jericho was accompanied by wrestler R. Truth, as well as a WWE referee.

Waleed Coyote, whose song “DJ Hero” with P. Wonda is getting air around the country, is challenging all three men to meet him in the ring.

Waleed said he will bring two men to compete in a 3-on-3 “No Rules” match.

“It was him [Jericho] the ref and R. Truth who wanted to pop off at me and my cousin and I don’t fight, but this time it’s different,” Waleed told AllHipHop.com.

According to Waleed, he will donate the proceeds of any such match to music charities throughout the state of North Carolina.

Reps for Chris Jericho could not be reached as of press time.

alexnvrmnd777 said:

L4OATheOriginal said:

this from the person that reports on everything cena ..yeah okay buddy

Please. The ONLY reason I bother posting Cena stories is because YOU said you wanted to read them and to please post whatever I could find for your scrapbook. Don't make me have to put you out there on Front St.!!!

Pffft! People wanna start actin' all brand new up around here when they get called out.

and who is the one quoting cena all the time? you so don't even try it lol

http://www.newsday.com/sp...-1.3711160

TNA's Mickie James: Viddy won’t kill the radio star

Published: May 10, 2012 7:27 PM
By JOSH STEWART josh.stewart@newsday.com

Photo credit: Handout | TNA Knockout Mickie James makes her way to the ring in this undated photo.

Where exactly did Mickie James get the moxie to dance on Jenny Jones, jump 20 feet off a cage to settle a score and credibly pull off a lesbian stalker storyline?

Grandma?

Could be. On James’ new Viddy account she caught her grandmother letting loose to “Play that Funky Music” at Mirage, a Richmond-area speakeasy.

“She was gettin’ it,” current TNA Knockout James says with a giggle.

It’s for those kinds of moments that James recently signed up for a Viddy account. Essentially the video equivalent of Twitter, it allows people to post 15-second clips and also add audio and graphic elements. James bills herself as the first female wrestler to jump into Viddy’s world.

“It’s cool to be able to give your fans, and people in your life, a look at a lot of things that are going on,” says James, who admittedly is a bit technologically impaired and is still figuring out all the bells and whistles. “With Viddy you can show little things that are going on around the house, the kind of things going on when I’m not in the ring.”

As with Twitter, such openness can result in the random “TMI” offerings, such as her 1 ½-year-old miniature pincher, Elvis, um, taking a poop -- thankfully from a distance. (“Hey, I have to watch it every day, so why not share it with the world?” counters James, who also has a 6-year-old lab mix, Butch.)

But other videos display the many adventures a famous pro wrestler gets to enjoy, like prime real estate on Richmond International Raceway’s pit road for NASCAR star Denny Hamlin’s Short Track Showdown charity race.

“That was fun. I might’ve blown out the speakers on my iPhone, there was so much noise,” James says.

James will likely use Viddy to keep fans up to date on her continued country music aspirations. She plans later this year to release another album to follow her 2010 debut digital release, “Strangers & Angels.” James has six new songs recorded and planned to release an EP, but will return to the studio to record enough songs for a full-length album.

“I do want it to be a real career,” James says. “... I want to cross over into that and take my fan base with me in the music side. It’s been a slow process, a lot of work, but it’s been good work. It’s just like when I broke into wrestling, still learning, still perfecting. Just like I’m still learning things in the ring.”

James’ career has been an exercise in not being afraid to try anything once. But one place you probably won’t see her taking Viddy footage is a mixed martial arts card, even though the melding of MMA and wrestling has been a hot topic recently.

“I don’t really follow MMA,’ James says, adding that she’s never had any interest in competing in the cage. “I don’t think I could. I’m an artist, a performer.... There’s an art to what we do to the wrestling.... I don’t want to really fight anybody. But I did take aikido in high school. That’s more of like using a person’s resistance. I think that helped me because you learned different holds, maneuvers, adapting and taking some of the fall. Protecting yourself and your body, that sort of a deal.

“But I do not want to get hit in the face for real,” says James, a self-described sore loser. “I’ll get mad.”

alexnvrmnd777 said:

^^ I like how the picture of Gail has the WWE logo in the background even though she's now in TNA. What, is no one taking her pic now that she's in no man's land/TNA?

And that last statement she made in the article about her knowing what little girls dream of is something the stella stable (AJ, Sarita, Clay dancers, Rosita, Mae Young, Hoeski,etc...) says about me ALL the time. You know it's true, L4OA...don't cy.

crying about what? ur the one always crying why beth, nattie, velvet, mickie, tara, brooke, kaitlyn, lita, molly don't want nothing 2 do with u but are with me

L4OATheOriginal said:

alexnvrmnd777 said:

Please. The ONLY reason I bother posting Cena stories is because YOU said you wanted to read them and to please post whatever I could find for your scrapbook. Don't make me have to put you out there on Front St.!!!

Pffft! People wanna start actin' all brand new up around here when they get called out.

and who is the one quoting cena all the time? you so don't even try it lol

I don't know what you're talking about.

L4OATheOriginal said:

alexnvrmnd777 said:

^^ I like how the picture of Gail has the WWE logo in the background even though she's now in TNA. What, is no one taking her pic now that she's in no man's land/TNA?

And that last statement she made in the article about her knowing what little girls dream of is something the stella stable (AJ, Sarita, Clay dancers, Rosita, Mae Young, Hoeski,etc...) says about me ALL the time. You know it's true, L4OA...don't cy.

crying about what? ur the one always crying why beth, nattie, velvet, mickie, tara, brooke, kaitlyn, lita, molly don't want nothing 2 do with u but are with me

Don't be editing my shit and then lyin' on me out of hate. Try to rise above it.

alexnvrmnd777 said:

L4OATheOriginal said:

and who is the one quoting cena all the time? you so don't even try it lol

I don't know what you're talking about.

shall i post the yahoo IM's bro? lol

alexnvrmnd777 said:

L4OATheOriginal said:

crying about what? ur the one always crying why beth, nattie, velvet, mickie, tara, brooke, kaitlyn, lita, molly don't want nothing 2 do with u but are with me

Don't be editing my shit and then lyin' on me out of hate. Try to rise above it.

see right there cena lover!

In part 2 of his MLW Radio appearance, which is available right now on MLW.com, The Ultimate Warrior spoke about fighting Vince McMahon in court for years and spending over a million dollars in the process. Warrior also commented about the respect he developed for Vince after the long battle.

"It went on for almost five years and it was about to start trial. It was a Friday. Vince and Linda were there with their counsel, Jerry McDevitt, and I was there with my counsel. It had gone on for five years. There were 30,000 documents. There were 30 or 40 depositions that had been taken in all different places all over the country. There were 900 exhibits. It was incredible. I was already into it for a million dollars in paid legal fees.

"I think [Vince] was surprised as time went on. In those kinds of things, Vince has the money to throw at them all day long. He doesn't really sit and think about the consequence. He just doesn't. It was different for me because I was so close to it and it just kept dragging on and on. Vince is stubborn. Both Linda and others in their depositions under oath said the problem between me and Vince was that we were so much alike.

"At the end of the day, after all the fighting and everything, I respect Vince more than anybody else. The writing is on the wall while you're there. All the guys that are bitter about where they ended up in their lives, that wasn't Vince's responsibility. Vince's loyalty was to his company, himself and his family. He wasn't going to let anybody stand in the way and even though outsiders can see some of the things he did as vicious, I happen to admire that."

Part 2 of The Ultimate Warrior on MLW Radio with Mister Saint Laurent is available on MLW.com, iTunes and syndicated by Stitcher.com.

source: MLW.com

Recently, former WWE and World Heavyweight champion Edge was interviewed by Sam Roberts of The Sam Roberts Show and discussed his career. During the interview, topics included; the changes in the locker room, retirement, becoming a main event player and his defining WrestleMania moment. Here are some of the highlights:

On whether or not he noticed the transition between the Attitude Era and the current generation: "Yeah, without a doubt. Not even being necessarily much older than them, I knew that from an experience perspective and a physically beat perspective that I was much more aged.

"Because, you'd look around and you'd go, 'There's Kane. Cool. There's The Big Show, Mark Henry. Alright, there's Christian. There's 'Taker and there's Hunter.' Then, you're like, 'Huh. There's a kid that was probably in grade eight when I was starting.' Which doesn't make me that much older... but it does. [Laughs.]"

On retiring coming as something of a relief: "Yeah, it's a relief because I knew how I was feeling. I knew how I'd wake up feeling like in the morning and all of those things. It made it easier and it was a bit of relief. ... I had no choice in the matter. What do you say? 'No, I can!' OK. You may think you can, but you can't.

"[It's forever] as far as I know. They wouldn't let me (get physical). 'Well, if I'm going to show up, at least have me do something.' 'Nope, you can't.' 'Alright, well then don't have me show up.' [Laughs.] Why bother?

"That's why I've kind of distanced myself from even watching the product. I can't do it."

On when he realized he was a legitimate main event player: "I think it was (during the John Cena feud) when they said, 'Let's test the waters here and see what he's got.' I think I knocked it out of the park. So, it was like, 'OK. We can depend on him now. We can depend on him to lead Smackdown! while John leads Raw.' That's truly what it felt like.

On his real-life situation with Matt Hardy and Lita being used as a story line: "I understood it from a business stand point. I always try to look at it from Vince's stand point. OK, I get it. I totally get it. I put myself in this position so I only got myself to blame. You reap what you sow. So, let's go sow it or reap it, I guess.

"I tried to commit to whatever I had to do on screen because that was the only way it was going to work. I really did feel like it was her and I against the world kind of thing. We felt that way, so it was easy to portray that on TV. ... It was difficult, without a doubt. That was the most stressful point of my career from a personally taxing stand point. But I was like, 'OK. See it through, get past it. We're here now, so I'm going to use this. If you -- you think you know me -- and you want to hate me, I'll give you reasons."

On his match with The Undertaker at WrestleMania 24: "That was my personal favorite WrestleMania moment. 'We're closing out WrestleMania, I'm going out against Undertaker.' ... For me, it was like an affirmation of proving it throughout the years. 'There's no doubt now. I'm in here against him and he thinks I belong. The guy who owns the company thinks I belong.'

"It took a lot of proving, a lot of diving through flaming tables with tacks on my shoulders and all those things. That was a validation for me."

source: WrestlingInc

http://www.hutchnews.com/...-Column--6

Coachman's (in)credible expedition

By Pat Sangimino

Published: 5/12/2012 10:43 PM | Last update: 5/12/2012 10:43 PM

To some, Jonathan Coachman is still the villain. He's the heel. He's the guy some still love to hate.

The angst that accompanies him within a small slice of the population is an indicator he did his job well.

So is the fact that he took the finishing moves of just about ever wrestler on the World Wrestling Entertainment roster. He's been hit with chairs. He's been body slammed through tables. He's been thrown out of the ring and been landed on by a behemoth launching himself from the top rope.

Somehow, the 38-year-old McPherson native can still smile.

Of course, he can. Professional wrestling is fake - even if its following is very real, very passionate and incredibly loyal. It explains Coachman's villainous staying power - even four years after leaving the profession.

But perhaps the most amazing thing about Coachman's journey - from local television sports reporter to professional wrestling personality to sports journalist at ESPN, the brand name for the business - is the journey itself.

It's a career path few have taken.

He's the only person ever to host "Raw," the WWE's ratings juggernaut, and ESPN's SportsCenter, which four decades later is still the benchmark for nightly sports highlight shows.

Few return from what is perceived to be the dark side. There's an uphill battle with credibility - the lifeblood of any journalist - that had to be overcome. Getting the nightly scores from someone who came from an industry that scripts its results is not conventional. It might not always be considered a trusted source.

"I understand that," said Coachman, who will be at the fairgrounds May 31 to speak on behalf of The Hutchinson News and its high school journalism scholarship program. "It really held me back for a while. There were certain people (ESPN executives) that were fearful of some negative backlash that they hired a guy best known for wrestling.

"It was frustrating. I knew where I should be, at and I knew where I wasn't. But I also knew the reason."

It took time. But Coachman has rehabilitated his on-screen image. There are people who will always see his face on camera and see the ringside lackey or wrestling villain, but many more who now see an authoritative - and credible - voice both on television and on the airwaves with his weekly show on ESPN Radio.

Yes, it's been an amazing journey.

And there are times when he scratches his head and wonders how he got here in his life. He's a husband and a father of two. He's got a life that allowed him to sit alongside legendary football hall of famer Jerry Rice this week, and who knows what awaits him in his daily tasks next week.

Yes, life is pretty good.

Not that he ever allowed anyone to think there would ever be any other outcome. When he was at McPherson College, becoming a basketball All-American while serving as the sports editor on the school newspaper, he told everyone he would someday be at ESPN.

"I used to run my mouth all the time," he said. "I would tell people I was going to be on ESPN, hosting SportsCenter."

But that was bravado.

It's good to have dreams, but not all dreams come to fruition.

He landed a job as a TV sports reporter in Wichita and parlayed that into a gig in Kansas City, Mo., before his career found its way to the fast lane.

He never saw it coming.

Then again, tragedy seldom leaves a calling card. It was the way that Coachman responded in the hours after the death of wrestler Owen Hart that would forever change his life.

In May 1999, Coachman, a new sports reporter at KMBC, Kansas City's ABC affiliate, was assigned to do a series of stories about professional wrestling as a precede to a pay-per-view event that was coming to Kemper Arena.

He spent a week in Florida filing stories and was given a ticket to the Kemper event. After doing a live spot for the 6 p.m. news broadcast, he passed off his briefcase to the cameramen, and settled into his seat in the seventh row to take in one of America's guilty pleasures.

Few admit to watching wrestling.

The television ratings would tell otherwise.

On this night, there was nothing phony or fake about what took place. Hart, a popular wrestler, fell from the rafters while being lowered into the ring and died.

"There were no cell phones back then," he said. "Everyone back at the station was going nuts. I worked all night. The next morning, I was on 'Good Morning America' and 'Mike and Mike in the Morning.' "

The wrestling industry was taking a beating nationally because the show went on. The story was huge, and Coachman was appearing on countless shows. He went on with Larry King each night and continued to work the story.

Coachman maintained his reporter's impartiality and opened the eyes of Vince McMahon, the founder of WWE, with his professionalism.

There was an opening for an on-air personality for "Smackdown," a new wrestling show WWE was about to launch and - long story short - Coachman was bought out of his KMBC contract for $175,000.

Six months later, he was on the air - being mocked by The Rock. And four years later, he turned wrestling villain - a role he would have until leaving WWE in 2008. In that time, he became the host of "Raw" and was its acting general manager. He also stepped into the ring and wrestled many times.

"It was scary first time I did something physical," he said. "I was terrified the most, though, when I hit Shane McMahon with four chair shots to the back. I was terrified I was going to hurt him.

"He is a tough guy, but you don't want to hurt the boss' son."

That would not have been a wise career move.

alexnvrmnd777 said:

Scott Steiner is back with some more rants on Eric Bischoff - revealing new details about Eric's involvement in the Gold Club Atlanta strip club scandal. Steiner talks about Eric Bischoff and his wife talking strippers to a hotel for some late night activities - and the only reason this information got out is because Bischoff is a bad tipper:

"b---hoff also said in interview Im going thru a mid-life crisis and im a drug abuser,pretty stupid statement.

Since his business partner Hogan recently did a sex video and hes over 60,and hogan testified under Oath that he did steroids,WTF b---hoff how stupid are you,in these interviews you cant deny What Ive been saying,so you say stupid s--t and bury yourself and Hogan.

Havent had a chance to post 609b---hoffs testimony yet,but since Ive been getting alot of tweets Back wanting to know about it,Again 609 is the last sequence in his docket # 1:19-CR-609 and he Testifies under oath that he and his wife go to the Gold Club and pick up a stripper and take her To a hotel,he watches his wife have lesbian sex with the stripper and then he joins them,but the best But the best part is reading his testimony and you can see what a weasle he is.

Also in reading his testimony you find out the only way he gets caught is he gave the stripper a Bulls--t tip,and she gets pissed goes back to the Gold Club tells her boss what he tipped her. He then goes into the register and gives her a bigger tip.......BUSTED..if he would have just gave her a Good tip her boss wouldnt have gone into the register,the FBI was watching all transactions.

I betcha 609b---hoff whos always bragging about how much money he has,wishes he would have gave her A better tip,that must drive you nuts at night,knowing that if you werent such a cheap-ass you could Have avoided all this embarrassment,Hey Eric when you explain lesbian sex to 609garrett And your daughter can you have a fan videotape it,I think this is just the fan participation that hogan was Talking about.

This was another reason why I left,I wasnt going to watch a low-life low-class piece of s--t like you run Tna into the ground like you did WCW,Trust me I'm just getting started...F*CK U. 609 Save Tna."

source: WrestlingInc

Big Poppa Pump just ETHERED Bischoff

orger said:

I just won tickets to an ICW event this weekend...Chris Masters, Raven, Hardcore Holly, Billy Gunn, Doink, Val Venis, Sheik Abdul Bashir, Scotty 2 Hotty & more...I love independent shows like this...can't wait!

it's sad that everyone u mentioned with perhaps scotty 2 hotty are better than the majority of the WWE roster at this point

http://www.tmz.com/2012/0...u-divorce/

John Cena's Wife You Can't Divorce Me... Yet

John Cena's wife REFUSES to let the wrestler file for divorce -- at least the way he's doing it now -- and to prove she means business, she's asking a judge to throw out the WWE legend's divorce papers.

Elizabeth Cena just filed legal docs in Florida, claiming John's recent divorce petition is riddled with errors ... and should be dismissed.

According to Elizabeth, John inaccurately refers to her by her maiden name (Huberdeau) instead of her legal name (Cena). As a result, Elizabeth says John fails to bring "a proper dissolution of marriage action" against her.

Elizabeth also claims John failed to attach the prenup he references in his initial divorce filing -- a copy of which MUST be attached in order for the filing to be valid.

Elizabeth also takes issues with John's claim that there's no marital property -- Elizabeth insists there is ... and she wants her share.

For all these reasons, Elizabeth wants a judge to dismiss John's petition and force him to re-file ... if he dares.

Calls to John's people were not returned.

Maybe she saw that God awful promo he did with Big Johnny on Raw this past Monday and got as sick as everyone esle watching that shit and got mad!! You go, girl!!!

Oh God, NO!!! She's looking old as shit in this picture...just like her momma.

http://www.tmz.com/2012/0...wrestling/

Brooke Hogan Joins the Pro Wrestling Biz

Brooke Hogan is following in her father's giant yellow footsteps ... TMZ has learned she just inked a deal to join the TNA Wrestling family.

TNA President Dixie Carter tells TMZ ... Brooke is NOT going to be a wrestler ... but rather an executive who will be tasked to develop female talent.

We're told Brooke's duties will help up and coming she-wrestlers develop their characters, help with backstage promos and even consult on entrance music.

Obviously, 24-year-old Brooke has been around the wrestling world her entire life ... and believes she can help improve the organization. It doesn't hurt that her father also works for TNA.

Carter tells us, "Brooke is such a great talent who's really sharp and will make a great addition to the TNA family."

alexnvrmnd777 said:

Oh God, NO!!! She's looking old as shit in this picture...just like her momma.

http://www.tmz.com/2012/0...wrestling/

Brooke Hogan Joins the Pro Wrestling Biz

Brooke Hogan is following in her father's giant yellow footsteps ... TMZ has learned she just inked a deal to join the TNA Wrestling family.

TNA President Dixie Carter tells TMZ ... Brooke is NOT going to be a wrestler ... but rather an executive who will be tasked to develop female talent.

We're told Brooke's duties will help up and coming she-wrestlers develop their characters, help with backstage promos and even consult on entrance music.

Obviously, 24-year-old Brooke has been around the wrestling world her entire life ... and believes she can help improve the organization. It doesn't hurt that her father also works for TNA.

Carter tells us, "Brooke is such a great talent who's really sharp and will make a great addition to the TNA family."

oh hell no on the music concept alone!

Sorry, but... she used to be so cute on the reality show back then. Or is that photo just REALLY unflattering?

L4OATheOriginal said:

alexnvrmnd777 said:

Oh God, NO!!! She's looking old as shit in this picture...just like her momma.

oh hell no on the music concept alone!

I mean, really!! Why in the FUCK would you hire someone like that to be an executive in wrestling?? She don't know SHIT about wrestling!! Nepotism at its best.

At least Stephanie truly grew up around the business.

http://www.tmz.com/2012/0...onvention/

Chyna Collapses at Porn Convention

Former WWE superstar Chyna collapsed in front of the main stage at a XXX convention in Miami moments ago ... TMZ has learned.

Sources at the scene tell us ... Chyna was hanging out at the 2012 Exxxotica Expo when she suddenly dropped to floor.

We're told several people rushed over to help ... and carried Chyna out of the expo and into a nearby hotel where she's now resting.

Sources say Chyna was checked out by paramedics at the scene -- who didn't feel the porn star needed to be hospitalized.

We reached out to Chyna -- so far, no word back ... but we do know she's canceled a Friday afternoon appearance at the XBiz Summit -- another porn convention.

^^ L4OA, go get your girl!!

USA network will be adding a third hour to Monday Night RAW. The change will go into effect on Monday, July 23rd.

We had reported earlier this month that WWE was changing the start time for RAW tapings to be 90 minutes earlier starting in July.

source: WrestlingInc

They don't even have enough material for 2-hour shows, let alone 3. This is going to be a dumb move.

[Edited 5/18/12 15:37pm]

WWE Twitter responses to the news that Raw's going to be 3 hours:

WWE was trending all over Twitter yesterday with the news of RAW going 3 hours in July. Here are some Superstar reactions:

Cameron Lynn: "More entertainment! More wrestling starting July 23 where there will now be 3 hrs of raw! More time to get funky! Funk yes! #3HourRaw"

BG James: "Well the cats out of the bag! Soon we go 3 hours on Mondays! More entertainment for your viewing pleasure! #3hourRaw #OUDK"

David Otunga: "RAW is 3 hours! An additional 3,600 secs @WWEUniverse gets to enjoy looking at the greatest physique in @WWE #3HourRAW"

Justin Gabriel: "#3HourRaw yes! Stoked. I hope that my people in Africa will get more than the hour of RAW and SD now!"

Titus O'Neil: "Well @WWE #RAW goes to 3hrs in July!! Looks like Me& @DarrenYoungWWE will have 2take Over Raw too!! #TagChampsSoon #MillionsofDollars"

Dolph Ziggler: "i challenge ANY @WWE #wwe SUPERSTAR to an #IronManMatch July 23rd! #3hourRaw #ShowStolen #AnyTAKERs?"

Tyson Kidd: "Raw moving to 3 hours? I see nothing but great stuff coming from this"

John Laurinaitis: "After I defeat @JohnCena at #OverTheLimit, I can look forward to another hour of #PeoplePower beginning on July 23. #3HourRaw"

"As many of you have noted, the odds of me actually making it to #3HourRaw are slimmer than ever after the Board's decision Monday."

"Although I'm a fighter, I'll need the support of the entire WWE Universe to overcome such unfair circumstances at #OverTheLimit."

"As always, I'm trying to stand tall in the face of adversity. The prospect of #3HourRaw is helping me persevere in these dark times."

source: Twitter/WrestlingInc

People are gonna watch one hour.

Half are gonna tune out in the second hour.

And only a fraction will see the third hour.

http://www.clarionledger....-Wrestling

Olympic wrestler Kurt Angle making appearance in TNA Impact Wrestling

Kurt Angle is part of the TNA Impact Wrestling World Tour coming to the Jackson Convention Complex Friday.

Angle talked with The Clarion-Ledger about amateur vs. professional wrestling, injury, triumph and the experience of an athlete who superceded his own expectations.

Q: What first drew you to wrestling?

A: I started in junior high. I was considered a late bloomer. A lot of wrestlers today that have a lot of success at the NCAA level and the Olympic level wrestled since they were 5, 6 years old. I was very driven and took a quick liking to it, and when I knew I was going to be good - which didn't come until my senior year in high school when I won a state title and then I actually won the junior nationals - I knew I would be fairly good in college. My goal was to be an All-American in college. When I got there, I actually did a lot better than I thought I would (NCAA finals three years in a row, won it twice).

Due to a new knee injury my junior year, I lost in the finals (to a wrestler he'd beat 10-2 the year before). ... If anything, that ignited a spark in me. It didn't leave a good taste in my mouth. Those kind of things - I've always taken losses more seriously than wins.

Q: You pulled out of the Olympic trials about a month ago?

A: I was actually 12 days out from the trials. I tore my MCL ligament in my knee. I can still pro wrestle but it does limit me.

In 1996, I broke my neck before the Olympics. I still competed, but I had nothing to lose. I didn't have a family. I didn't have a lot of money. And it might be my only opportunity to make the team. And thank God I did it. I was getting Novocaine shots in my neck. I couldn't have Cortisone because it was illegal. So I went through the Olympic trials and the Olympics with my neck broken, so a lot of people said, "Why don't you try out this year with your knee injury?"

And I said, "Because I don't want to make it worse, because I do have a family. I have a job. And if I'm not working, I don't get paid." So I have a lot to lose now and I had to back out for personal reasons.

Q: What does wrestling give you?

A: I love being out there in front of a crowd and performing. To be honest ... I probably would have retired a a couple of years ago if I wasn't so good (laughs, almost apologetically).

It sounds very arrogant. I know it sounds very pompous, but yeah, when I started, I didn't realize I was going to pick it up so quickly. They always say it takes 10-15 years to make a real champion wrestler. ... I won the World Heavyweight title in the WWF my 10th month.

I got the entertainment factor, I got the technique that went with it with professional wrestling, which is completely the opposite of Olympic wrestling.

I just had to forget everything I learned my whole life and not go by instinct any more and learn a whole new style of wrestling. So, I just put my time and effort and my head into it, and my body and soul and I became as good as I could get, as quickly as I could get. And from there, I just kept getting better and better and better. And I came to TNA and I've gotten better now than I was in the WWE.

You learn timing and psychology in the ring and you know what to do at the right time for the fans to respond. In Olympic wrestling, you were taught to ignore the fans, show no emotion, go in there and go by instinct only.

Now, you've got to be thinking all the time, you've got to include the crowd, you have to show emotion, whether you're angry or scared or upset ... or happy - that reflects on your character and the fans get emotionally involved in you ... and that's when they really start caring about the matches.

Q: How would you describe your character?

A: I've done everything, from comedy to being the badass. ... I think my character now is more true to life than I've ever been. It's just the real Kurt Angle. I think it's because, thank God, I got to the point where fans now look at me as one of the best of all time. So it's kind of hard to be the bad guy now, when the fans have the respect for you.

I've been struggling the past couple of years. A couple of times, they tried to turn me bad guy, it didn't really work out. So, I think now ... just keep him the good guy. And being an Olympic gold medalist for your country doesn't help either (chuckles).

The WWE released the cover of their upcoming "encyclopedia". And guess who's shown the most up front?

alexnvrmnd777 said:

The WWE released the cover of their upcoming "encyclopedia". And guess who's shown the most up front?

ur favorite of all time of course!

alexnvrmnd777 said:

USA network will be adding a third hour to Monday Night RAW. The change will go into effect on Monday, July 23rd.

We had reported earlier this month that WWE was changing the start time for RAW tapings to be 90 minutes earlier starting in July.

source: WrestlingInc

They don't even have enough material for 2-hour shows, let alone 3. This is going to be a dumb move.

[Edited 5/18/12 15:37pm]

so this means there will be more repeated clips from earlier in the night! or could it be that the divas matches will now be going up from 3 mins to 5 mins?