Jim Ross Blog
Jim Ross posted a new blog at JRsBarBQ.com and here are some highlights:
- Yours truly spent Tuesday night in the home of Steve Austin in Southern California and had a great time catching up with one of my best, old friends. If you follow either Steve, steveaustinBSR, or me, JRsBBQ, on Twitter you already knew that info. We had a great dinner, likely drank a little too much and stayed up later than either of us should have but we both enjoyed the much overdue visit. We destroyed ample amounts of grilled salmon. Steve is working OT in promoting his film "Damage" which is out on DVD on March 23. I know that I plan on supporting Steve's efforts and hope that you do as well.
- Steve continues to train about 5 days a week and is in great shape. Before anyone goes nuts and starts emailing me, "NO" I don't see Stone Cold ever wrestling again as he is devoting the majority of his waking hours to building his film career and is well on his way to amassing an impressive body of work. "Damage" is a damn good, action adventure, kick your ass film.
- Nice to see WWE focus on eliminating chair shots to the heat of their athletes. I blogged about this several weeks ago which I am sure means nothing in regard to this decision being made. Some asked if I thought this mandate was "politically motivated" to which I emphatically say hell, no. It simply makes common sense and the overall health of the competitors has to be any companies utmost priority.
- One emailer told me that TNA was going to "beat" WWE because TNA had "stronger tag teams." What?! TNA will never "beat" WWE but that doesn't mean that TNA can't be a viable brand that is profitable if they provide an alternative product to what WWE produces. Now watch the emails flow about how I am biased, which is true, and that I hope that TNA fails, which is very wrong.
- It seems that many within the wrestling media know more about my Wrestlemania assignment that do I. I still don't know what I'm specifically and officially doing in Phoenix but as I mentioned I am just happy to be attending the event. So for those of you that may read what my role is going to be in conjunction with WM26, and insiders might be correct at the end of the day, just for the record and as of today I don't know. However, if you get any more inside info please share it. I need to know what to pack.
- I've also I read where I signed a new contract with WWE, I hope to BTW, however that is also wrong as what I signed was a contract extensition to take us through the end of April. Re-signing with WWE is my top priority and I hope that we can get another, long term deal done sooner than later.
Update on Jeff Hardy’s Court Case
The judge presiding over the Jeff Hardy case in Cameron, NC agreed on Wednesday to the defense's request for a continuance. The next hearing is scheduled for May 10th, 2010.
This means Hardy should be able to appear at the next TV tapings without any issues.
Awesome Kong Parts Ways With TNA
Multiple sources are reporting that Awesome Kong and TNA Wrestling have agreed to part ways.
Kong's profile has been removed from TNA's website, which is their unofficial way of confirming a wrestler's departure from the company. They do not publicly comment on roster changes.
It was reported last week that Kong was telling friends within the industry that the company had agreed to release her from her contract. This coincides with a recent Twitter post where she thanked Dixie Carter and TNA Wrestling for wishing her the best in her future endeavors.
She had reportedly been asking for a fifteen percent pay increase or a contractual release, with company officials opting for the latter.
One of the holdups in her release becoming official is that TNA wanted to include a lengthy non-compete agreement, while she was asking for the traditional ninety-day non-compete. Sources are unaware of the length of the non-compete agreement that will be enforced.
Kong is the fourth female performer to part ways with the company this year, following Alissa Flash, Roxxi and Traci Brooks.
Update on Why Sting’s Attack on RVD on March 8th Went So Long
The segment where Sting kept beating Rob Van Dam down with a baseball bat on the March 8th Impact was not planned to go as long as it did.
It’s being said that Hulk Hogan was slow in doing the run-in so Sting had to improvise but apparently that’s not entirely correct. TNA had scripted a certain moment where Hogan would run-in in the early part of the second hour, based on a minute-by-minute breakdown of the January 4th Impact and when viewership peaked. The problem came when segments in the first hour ran short so they had to stretch things out going into the second hour.
Sting wasn’t supposed to take out the referees on the ramp or go back to the ring but he had to kill time because he was sent to the ring too early for the match, based on the breakdown they had scripted from.
Top Mic Workers in TNA Not Getting Promos Scripted by Creative
The top talents in TNA right now are not getting their interviews scripted by creative. Guys like Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan and Ken Anderson are all given bullet points to get across but are told to do what they want, just make sure to get those points in.
Reid Flair Coming to TNA Tapings
Reid Flair, son of The Nature Boy, is expected to be at some of the upcoming TNA Impact shows and tapings. It’s unknown if he will be brought in as a wrestler or if he’s just coming in for training.
Dixie Carter Comments on TNA Impact Replay
Dixie Carter posted the following on her Facebook page:
"The large # of viewers to watch iMPACT! replay last week made Spike want to re-air the show again tonight."
Destination X 2010 This Sunday
Match Listing:
- Ladder Match for #1 Contendership to the TNA X Division Championship: Kazarian vs. Daniels vs. Amazing Red vs. Brian Kendrick
- Eric Young & Kevin Nash vs. Scott Hall & Sean "Syxx-Pac" Waltman
- TNA Global Championship match: Rob Terry (c) vs. Brutus Magnus
- TNA Tag Team Championship match: Matt Morgan & Hernandez (c) vs. Beer Money, Inc.
- TNA X Division Title Match: Doug Williams (c) vs. Shannon Moore
- TNA Knockout's Championship match: Tara (c) vs. Daffney
- Kurt Angle vs. Mr. Anderson
- TNA World Heavyweight Championship match: AJ Styles (c) vs. Abyss
- Ultimate X match for #1 Contendership to the TNA Tag Team Championship: Motorcity Machine Guns vs. Generation Me
This post will be updated with results at the PPV progresses.
Come and discuss the Destination X 2010 PPV on the WrestlingRevealed forums at this link. Predict the outcome of the PPV matches at this link.
TNA Interested in a 4 Horsemen-Like Faction
Internally, there has been discussion of launching a "Four-Horsemen-like" faction. There's much buzz about it among the wrestlers in the locker room as a number of them are said to be interested in joining the act.
Keep in mind that TNA cannot use the Horsemen name as it became property of World Wrestling Entertainment when World Championship Wrestling was sold.
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