TNA House Show Results (1/27/12) " Manchester, EnglandJanuary 28, 2012 (17:05) [ Indexed from Wrestling News World ] Below are quick results from yesterday’s TNA Impact Wrestling house show from Manchester, England: * TNA X Division Champion Austin Aries b. Mark Haskins & Alex Shelley * Crimson b. Douglas Williams * AJ Styles b. Gunner * Mickie James & Tara b. TNA Knockout Women’s Tag Team Champions Gail Kim & Madison Rayne in [...] More...
CSR (2): Who Should & Will Be HHH's WrestleMania OpponentJanuary 28, 2012 (16:35) [ Indexed from WRESTLEZONE.com ]
CHAIR SHOT REALITY EPISODE 113- PART 2
- After the exclusive on WZ regarding new possible creative plans for WM 28- who is and will be the best opponent for Triple H
- Please Vince
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What's Bothering Me?: HOF, Y2J/Undertaker, Rumble WinnerJanuary 28, 2012 (16:35) [ Indexed from WRESTLEZONE.com ]
Quick note: I will be in St. Louis this weekend attending both the Royal Rumble and the X-Pac/Billy Gunn after-party. I'll be sending in live reports all day to WrestleZone.com, so make sure you visit the site regularly Sunday for all the latest. Thanks to X-Pac and Billy Gunn for allowing me to cover their after-party. Tickets and details can be found at MyWrestlingParty.com.
Now, what's bothering me this week...
#3. Hall of Fame Coverage
We recently posted a report here on WZ that indicated the Hall of Fame ceremony this year in Miami would not be aired live or on the same day as the actual event. There has been no official day/time given as to when it will air, if it airs at all.
While I've always preferred same day coverage of the special event, I will only be truly bothered if it doesn't air at all. There's no reason to assume it won't as last year they televised it two days after the fact. That's better for those actually attending the live events because it gives them a chance to travel back home in time to watch it.
WrestleMania weekend is huge for those that make the trip to its location. There's nearly a week's worth of events to experience, including the Hall of Fame, Axxess, the following night's Raw, and of course, WrestleMania. Since I'll be one of those in Miama this March, I'm happy. However, I think WWE should strive to do more for those NOT making the trip. Airing the Hall of Fame live a night before WrestleMania just seems to make more business sense. It's another way to hype the big event and make the overall weekend feel even more special for those at home.
Furthermore, I think it would be great to combine the Hall of Fame special each year with the WrestleMania preview show. In between honoring the inductees and their speeches, you could have interviews with the talent competing the next night, air video packages, and even further storylines at times with attacks and confrontations at the Hall of Fame. There would need to be a happy medium between the two elements, but I think it's a significant advantage you have by airing the HoF before WrestleMania, rather than after the event takes place.
#2. An Outside Shot For Rumble Winner
If it's not Dolph Ziggler, Sheamus or Wade Barrett that wins the 2012 Royal Rumble tomorrow, I would be fine with giving it to the Miz. I'm bothered by the increasing level of obscurity and irrelevance he experiences each week. I know this opens up the debate of whether he's good enough or not, but I'm a firm believer that he is.
Vince clearly likes Miz. He's one of the most visible superstars on the roster as he's a new "go to" guy for Vince to use on talk shows and other promotional appearances. But when you look back to WrestleMania last year -- where Miz was main eventing AND winning -- and compare that to where Miz is now, it's an overwhelming difference.
Miz and Truth together ended up being detrimental to the Miz. Miz and Truth separate, yet working together, is still detrimental. I like Truth and his immediate return to babyface worked...for him. Miz is gaining nothing right now by being subjected to the comedic style of Truth's new fun-loving character. What happened to the aggression we saw restored in Miz when he took out Morrison and Truth in a matter of weeks?
It wouldn't surprise me if Vince decides the Rumble is the place to begin reviving Miz's career. It honestly wouldn't bother me either.
What's Bothering You?
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@Supersidhom says..."JINDER MAHAL GETTING TIME ON RAW AND SMACKDOWN! (sorry about the caps but he brought down 4 hours of solid wrestling)"
CC Response: I'm with ya, man. Jinder Mahal is killing me each and every week...and not softly, with his song. I will admit that I feel sorry for him a bit. WWE often uses these stereotypical and racial gimmicks and it gets harder each time for the individual to pull it off. Fans just don't relate and as a result, don't care either.
@AzanSaigol says..."Rosa Mendes managing Epico and Primo."
CC Response: Um, so Rosa Mendes is bothering you? Or the fact that she's managing those two and not...doing Playboy or something?
@RaphMarinello says..."Soppy Big Show vs DB feud...its an entertainment spectacle, not a full blown soap opera."
CC Response: Disagree - I've actually enjoyed the soap operatic (grammatically correct? I think so!) element to the Daniel Bryan/Big Show feud. If they stay where they are with it and don't take it much further, I'm fine with it. Sympathy for Show and gives Bryan ammunition to use against him. I think both men have played their roles well and it's helped give fans a reason to care.
#1. Chris Jericho vs The Undertaker
Justin LaBar recently had an exclusive article claiming WWE was considering a Punk/Triple match and a Jericho/Taker match at WrestleMania 28 in Miami, rather than the expected Punk/Jericho and Taker vs Triple H III. I immediately started weighing pros and cons of the new match variations versus the old, and the old won hands down.
Two questions jumped out at me when I read this report:
1) How do that get back to Punk/Triple H now that Johnny Ace is the new heel authority figure?
2) How do they spin the Jericho videos leading up to his return in order to make them relate to the Undertaker?
Triple H can easily turn heel this Monday as he's apparently handling the review of John Laurinaitis, but I can't see Vince going away from Punk vs Johnny so quickly. That story has picked up major steam in the past two weeks and it's very clear that it won't end anytime soon. Triple H being inserted into the mix would add unnecessary confusion, so why do it?
Undertaker will most likely NEVER lose at WrestleMania and IF he does, it won't be to Jericho. While the match would be great, this year at Mania for 'Taker is bigger than the actual match. It's for 20-0. You could put Bozo The Clown in there and it would still make for a memorable, historic moment. Why sacrifice Jericho's unique and over-hyped return for "that"? The cryptic videos are surely going to be explained - and soon. I can't imagine WWE using that for a one-off match between Taker and Jericho.
I'm not loving the idea of Undertaker and Triple H a third time (although it would be billed as their second match), but it can be built up enough for this year. Especially when Rock/Cena is the headliner. Add Shawn Michaels in there to give it an element of potential surprise and that's plenty for Undertaker's 20th moment.
And then there's the obvious part we'd be missing if WWE decides to change their 'Mania plans: we won't get CM Punk vs Chris Jericho. Physically, or most importantly, verbally. The two of them battling back and forth for weeks, maybe even months, heading into Miami promises to be entertaining and original. Punk hasn't had a challenger that matches him on the mic. Jericho won't either, but he'll come closer than most.
I believe LaBar has credible sources and I'm sure one of them told him this change in plans was being discussed. However, I honestly can't see the benefit long OR short-term if they decide to go this way.
Please tell me if I'm missing something.
Chris Cash can be reached via email at wzchriscash@yahoo.com. Follow him on Twitter @RealityofChris and be sure to follow his live coverage this Sunday from St. Louis. He'll be attending both the Royal Rumble and the after-party at the Tigin Irish Pub and will be sending in exclusive live reports, photos, and more to WrestleZone.com.
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Press Release: TNA Makes History With Event in NottinghamJanuary 28, 2012 (16:35) [ Indexed from WRESTLEZONE.com ]
The following press release has been issued:
TNA IMPACT WRESTLING MADE HISTORY LAST NIGHT IN NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND AS HOGAN, STING AND ANGLE WRESTLE
TNA IMPACT WRESTLING 2013 TOUR TICKETS ON SALE MONDAY
Nottingham, England (Friday, January 27, 2012): Top-rated Challenge TV show TNA IMPACT WRESTLING's tour stopped at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham last night as fans got a once in a lifetime chance to see the "Immortal" Hulk Hogan, "The Icon" Sting and Olympic Gold Medallist Kurt Angle wrestle in the same ring.
The match saw Hogan, Sting and James Storm defeat Kurt Angle, Bully Ray and TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode in the main event of the evening. Hogan and Sting's appearance on the MAXIMUM IMPACT IV Tour features both men's first in the UK in over a decade – with Sting's last ever British match taking place at London's Wembley Arena tomorrow night.
TNA IMPACT WRESTLING will be recorded at London's Wembley Arena tomorrow night– the first time the company has ever filmed the programme outside of the USA.
The shows will then be broadcast on Challenge TV in the UK and Ireland, Spike TV in the US and in more than 100 countries around the world. TNA IMPACT WRESTLING airs every Sunday night on Challenge TV, which can be found on Sky channel 125, Freeview channel 46 and Virgin Media channel 139.
TNA IMPACT WRESTLING also announced yesterday the details of next year's 2013 Maximum Impact Tour of the United Kingdom. Presale tickets to go on sale Monday 30 January, 9.00am for 7 days.
Fans will get the chance to purchase tickets for TNA Impact Wrestling 2013 UK tour before anyone else. An allocation of tickets will be available from Monday at 9am and guaranteed at 2012 price for up to 7 days or until the allocation sells out. The remaining tickets will then be available to buy when the 2013 show card is confirmed in April / May and at 2013 prices.
TNA IMPACT WRESTLING 2013 UK stops:
January 23: Glasgow Braehead Arena
January 24: Nottingham Capital FM Arena
January 25: Manchester Arena
January 26: London Wembley Arena
To buy presale tickets, fans can visit: www.gigsandtours.com/tna2013
Tickets for TNA IMPACT WRESTLING UK Tour can be bought from www.gigsandtours.com / 0844 811 0051 or www.ticketmaster.co.uk / 0844 826 2826.
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Former WWE Star Finlay Defends Divas Against Fan CriticismJanuary 28, 2012 (16:35) [ Indexed from WRESTLEZONE.com ]
The following recap has been issued:
I Met A Wrestler website Interview: Fit Finlay
Host: Daniel Donnelly
Audio available at Imetawrestler.com.
On Wrestle Reunion: "It's just a great atmosphere. It's almost like a family reunion, you know, there's all this memorabilia stuff and stuff that comes out of the archives and you go "Wow!". You remember it from your childhood. It's an amazing thing to come to, you'll see all your favorite old timers, and some new guys, and it's just a great thing."
Interacting with wrestling fans: "It really was strange for me at the beginning. I mean, I've not always been a babyface, let's put it that way. I was brought up in the old school way where you don't mix. But I know that it's moved on and it's changed, and it's good to see. I mean, I've seen loads of little kids, and last night this little kid came up to me and he was shaking and he had one of those wrestling figures of me, and he's shaking. These people are seeing TV stars really, when you think about it. It's a great thing to see that we can, as athletes, professional wrestlers, performers, superstars..whatever you want to tag us as...that you can have a relationship with the fans who come to watch you, and you can actually pat them on the back and say 'thank you' as well. The fans do as much for me, as I do for them."
Has social media damaged the mystique of the wrestler? "To a degree, I think it has. I think it's got too close and too mixed between the wrestlers and the fans, everyone getting to know each other too much. All this Facebook and all that stuff. It has taken away, sort've like the magician revealing the secrets type of thing, and the magic isn't as magic as it was."
Violent fans back in the old days: "I was Irish wrestling in England during that time, so you can imagine what that was like. I've been hit over the head with beer mugs, I've been stabbed, I've had cigarettes and cigars stubbed out on my back, things dropped on my car, I've had three or four people at a time jumping in the ring to try and fight me..it was wild. Particularly in England, it happened in Germany too, but England was the worst place for me, you know, being Irish. They didn't like the Irish back then. Which was good for me, and I made the most of it."
Memories of "World of Sport": "It really was something that every family did. At 4 O'Clock in the afternoons on Saturdays, everybody sat around the television and watched World of Sport wrestling. It was on for, I think, an hour. There was a lot of characters, a lot of great wrestling talent around at that time, and it was a place to learn for other wrestlers too. You know, Japanese wrestlers would come through, American wrestlers...it was a training ground for so many wrestlers and big stars around the world."
Working as an amateur teacher at his local high school: "I grew up around wrestling, I'm third generation and my father runs amateur wrestling in Ireland, so I was always around amateur wrestling and I've done it all my life. I was national champion, multi-time Irish amateur champion, and the guys I wrestled with were sort of proud to be around me and always followed my career afterwards and stuff. So I never had that. Once you know the guys, you're friends for life."
His son entering the business: "He's a senior and this is his last year, and he's hoping to win State Title this year before he leaves school. I intend to send him to Japan, hopefully if I can make a deal with NJPW, then I'm going to send him out there for six months to a year. I'm going to get him to travel the world like I did, and I'll send him over to my dad as well, send him over to Ireland for a bit. My dad's 75 now but he can still drag him around the place."
Fans criticism of WWE Divas: "I do think it's unfair. I've had a great relationship with all the girls, we've trusted each other and I taught them quite a bit, and it was a real privilege for me to work with those girls and see them grow. But they're under a microscope, you know, and it's easy for anyone to sit at home and criticize. You can't look back at Moolah and all those other people and compare them. Wrestling has changed, it's different and it's just moved on."
WWE hiring models and turning them into wrestlers: "Those girls are so beautiful, and most of them are models, but every single one of them that I've worked with has got a passion to be in the ring. If they didn't - they wouldn't be there. I know nothing about football, absolutely nothing. And I can sit and watch and pull it apart, but I can't go in and do it. Opinions are like backsides, everybody's got one. I think the girls are very unfortunate that people try to pull them apart. They're not as good as this, not as good as that. Hey, here's my opinion: shut your mouth unless you try it."
Fans underestimating the girls' toughness: "I've seen them all get busted open, you know. Trish dislocated her shoulder, or her elbow I think it was. Victoria slapped Beth in the face and broke her jaw, I've seen all sorts. And for someone to sit at home and pull the girls apart, especially girls doing this as a profession, as their job, they need to just sit back and enjoy it. As I said before, if you've never done it, shut your mouth."
Warning to online fans: "Just for the record, I don't have a Facebook. I know it's out there and people pretend to be me. I'm not personally on any websites or any of that stuff."
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