Bad News For Hulk Hogan’s Book Sales
Hulk Hogan’s book My Life Outside the Ring entered the New York Times
hardcover nonfiction list at No. 12. This is a bad news for Hogan as the
Mick Foley, Steve Austin and Ric Flair bios all entered The Times' best
seller lists in higher positions with far less publicity going in.
Jamie Noble Retiring Soon?
There is a story on WWE.com teasing a Jamie Noble retirement after the vicious beating he sustained at the hands of Sheamus on RAW last week.
WWE Raw Spoilers
Thanks to Adam Farrand at the Sheffield Arena for the results in Sheffield, England:
- Dark match: Primo Colon defeated Chris Masters.
- MVP defeated Ted DiBiase Jr. in a match taped for WWE Superstars.
- The guest host Rocky Hatton opened up the show. He announced Chris Jericho and the Bigshow vs. DX for later.
- Alicia Fox defeated Kelly Kelly.
- Randy Orton vs. Mark Henry is announced for later too.
- Sheamus defeated an unknown jobber.
- There is a segment with Hatton, Chavo Guerrero, the Bella twins and Santino Marella. Chavo vs. Hatton is booked for later in the night, advertised as a 'Boxer Vs Wrestler Mixed Martial Arts Match'.
- Evan Bourne defeated Jack Swagger because of interference from The Miz.
- MVP and Mark Henry hosts the VIP lounge. They invite Kofi Kingston on as the guest.
- Legacy interrupt. Kofi slaps Orton twice.
- Randy Orton defeated Mark Henry.
- Ricky Hatton defeats Chavo Guerrero with a knockout punch.
- Roddy Piper is announced as next week's guest host.
- The crowd sang Happy Birthday to Chris Jericho.
- DX defeated Chris Jericho and the Bigshow after the Bigshow accidentally punched Jericho. John Cena was guest commentator for the match.
- The Undertaker appears on Raw. DX vs. Jericho & The Bigshow vs. John Cena & The Undertaker is announced as the main event for next week.
Hulk Hogan Claims He Could Bring Other Big Names To TNA
During a radio interview with Bubba The Love Sponge this morning, Hulk Hogan touted Steve Austin, Randy Savage and The Nasty Boys as possible names that could join him in TNA. Hogan said he patched things up with Savage. He also mentioned he wanted to know how serious Bubba was about a role on TNA creative alongside him.
Ken Anderson Claims He Was Not Happy in the WWE
Regarding his time in WWE, Ken "Mr. Kennedy" Anderson told Phil Strum of the PojoSlam blog that he was not happy in the company. "After I got the initial shock and the punch in the stomach, it was like an elephant just stepped off my chest," Anderson said. I was pretty unhappy there for about three years.
"I thought that I could used a different way and I wasn't. That's OK. That was their business decision. They decided not to go that way. That's fine. That's on them. Now, I'm going to try to stick it (to them, expletive) basically and prove them wrong. Hopefully, someday they'll look back and say '(expletive), we could have had that guy.'"
Jeff Hardy’s Father Speaks On Jeff’s Court Case
Gilbert Hardy, father of Matt and Jeff, spoke to the Fayetteville Observer newspaper last week and said Jeff has been keeping a very low profile in the weeks and months since his September 11th drug arrest. "He won't talk. He ain't talking to nobody," the senior Hardy said. "He doesn't even want to talk to me."
The newspaper tried getting a quote from Jeff, but he refused to speak to them.
Hardy was due in court last week for a probable cause hearing to determine whether there is enough evidence to warrant indicting the former WWE champion on the various drug charges (including six felonies) he's facing. The hearing was rescheduled for December 2nd.
If convicted of the opium trafficking charge alone, Hardy faces nearly six years in prison, at a minimum, said Warren McSweeney, a Moore County prosecutor. "It could be substantially more," he added.
Greg Price, who runs the NWA Legends Fanfest each August in Charlotte, said he doesn't believe Hardy's career will be jeopardized even if he's found guilty of drug charges. "The worst-case scenario - jail time," Price said. "Honestly, in the wrestling business, all that would do is delay his career. No wrestling promoter out there today is not going to use him because of that. I think again, that comes back to society and prescription pill use. A lot of people don't look at that as being illegal."
Traditional Survivor Series Matches Announced
The following matches have been added to the WWE Survivor Series PPV on November 22nd:
- Traditional SS Match: Kofi Kingston (captain) & MVP & R-Truth & Mark Henry & Christian vs. Randy Orton (captain) & Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes & CM Punk & William Regal
- Traditional SS Match: WWE Intercontinental champion John Morrison (captain) & Matt Hardy & Evan Bourne & Shelton Benjamin & Finlay vs. WWE United States champion The Miz (captain) & Drew McIntyre & Sheamus & Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger
- Traditional SS Match: Mickie James (captain) & Eve Torres & Kelly Kelly & WWE Divas champion Melina & Gail Kim vs. WWE Women's champion Michelle McCool (captain) & Jillian Hall & Beth Phoenix & Layla & Alicia Fox
Jim Ross Blog
Jim Ross updated his blog at JRsBarBQ.com and here are some highlights:
- This is NOT official but I hear out of Arizona that the first day of ticket sales for WM26 saw between 35-40,000 tickets sold. This is not WWE info therefore it isn’t official. Might be a little low or a little high. But I’m guessing that it is close. As an idependent business man and dealing with the economy daily, those numbers seem strong to me. I think the event is slated for approximately 72,000 seats. Perhaps the official numbers will be updated this week.
- I’m a Ricky Hatton fan and as I said last week someone’s going down Monday night on RAW. Got to, right?
- Smart move by Jeff Hardy keeping mum and not talking to any of the media. Jeff must have a helluva lawyer.
Raw’s New Theme Song Debuting At MSG
It was rumored a few weeks ago that Nickelback's "Burn it to the Ground" would be the new RAW theme song. WWE has officially confirmed that this is the case and the song will debut on next week's RAW from Madison Square Garden.
Summerslam To Become A Los Angeles Tradition?
Summerslam 2010 is scheduled to take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles for the second straight year. According to Dave Meltzer, it is possible that WWE will be hosting Summerslam in LA as an annual tradition. Despite the PPV buyrate being disappointing, WWE still saw the event as a huge success due to the media coverage in LA and the company being able to interact and make deals with people in Hollywood.
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