Ashley Returns!

House Show Return:
Before today's show WWE Diva Ashley Massaro was spotted outside for about signing autographs for about 10 minutes.

Santino Marella Vs. Atlas Dabone

Ashley Massaro comes out and says its good to be back and that she will stay and watch the rest of the show with us. shley sits next to Chimel. Santino comes out and says to Ashle, "Ii know you like me but I have my Maria so I can't be with you." Santino talks about Beth destroying his Maria and says that he and Beth are the same size and that someday "I'm gonna beat you up." Santino would say something to Ashley and she would turn away. Santino said "I'm Gonna win! Bring out the loser."
Atlas DaBone comes out. Atlas has a big afro type haircut and is tall. Ashley stands up as soon as he comes out. Ashley kept acting out with her hands what Dabone was going to do right as he did a move. DaBone hits Santino with a move kind of like Abyss black hole slam for the win. Ashley gets on the ropes and hold the ropes open for Atlas and he catches her when she jumps into his arms. They walk out holding hands and waving to Santino. Santino gets on mic and says he's the winner. "Santino wins!"

RAW Return:
WWE Diva Ashley Massaro made her return to the ring tonight at a Raw house show in White Plains, NY. The word going around backstage is that she is moving permanently over to the Raw brand.

[From WWE.com]Raw Roulette is living up to its unpredictability. Diva and former Playboy covergirl Ashley came out of nowhere and won a Diva Lingerie Pillow Fight.

Armageddon Results

MVP vs. Rey Mysterio
Rey via countout

Kane & CM Punk vs. Big Daddy V & Mark Henry
Big Daddy V & Mark Henry via pinfall on CM Punk

Shawn Micheals vs. Mr. Kennedy
Shawn via pinfall after Sweet Chin Music

Jeff Hardy vs. HHH
Jeff via pinfall

Finlay vs. Khali
Finlay via pinfall after Hornswaggle gave him a "low blow"

Chris Jericho vs. Randy Orton
Chris Jericho via DQ -- Y2J had Orton in the Walls Of Jericho when JBL came in & kicked Y2J's head

Beth Phoenix vs. Mickie James
Beth via pinfall

Batista vs. Edge vs. Undertaker
Edge via pinfall -- `Taker hit the Tombstone then Edge hits him w/ a chair and gets the pin on Batista

Happy B-day Rey Mysterio

Rey turned 33 on December 11th



We would like to wish Oscar Gutierrez A.K.A Rey Mysterio a Happy B-Day

Possible Royal Rumble

Wrestlettitude.com reader Seth H. sent the following interesting observation:

I know this might be stretching speculation too far, but I noticed Batista is featured on WWE's Royal Rumble poster. This could be a possible spoiler that Batista will drop the World Heavyweight Champioship sometime before the Rumble, possibly at Armageddon. Also it looks like Randy Orton is featured right there with Batista which could mean he may be dropping the WWE Title too. The poster looks like it is designed to feature the actual Rumble itself and the participants and usually the World Heavyweight Champion and the WWE Champion isn't in the Rumble match itself because the prize is a World Title shot at WrestleMania. I didn't notice Edge or The Undertaker in the poster or Chris Jericho either for that matter. ECW Champion CM Punk is also in the poster so does that mean he's not going to be Champion in January eiter? To compare, John Cena and Batista were featured in last year's Rumble poster while still being Champs. I know this is a long shot rumor, just thought readers might be interested.

Judas Mesias, Leticia Cline, TNA Knock outs, Tomko, and Booker

Judas Mesias retained the AAA Heavyweight Title on Friday night in the main event of the Guerra de Titanes pay-per-view.

Leticia Cline's TNA contract officially expired earlier this week. She even put the date on her calendar of events on her official MySpace page.

The angles with Jackie/James Storm and Christy Hemme/Lance Hoyt showing problems between the couples have been put on hold for now because the company already has angles similar to that going on with Robert Roode and Ms. Brooks, and sometimes Karen and Kurt Angle.

One-half of the TNA World Tag Team Champions Tomko has given the company word that he is 100% for the Turning Point pay-per-view tonight and will compete in the 6-Man main event as scheduled.

Sources say after his promo on this past week's TNA iMPACT, Booker T was in a great mood and had lifted the spirits of everyone in the company with his enthusiasm for being there.

Final card fpr Turnig Point

Here is the final card for this tonight's TNA Turning Point pay-per-view.

Six Man Tag Team War
Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, & Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle, Tomko, & AJ Styles

Six Man Tag Team Tables Match
Team 3D & Johnny Devine vs. The Motor City Machineguns & Black Machismo

Match Of 10,000 Tacks
Abyss & Rhino vs. Black Reign & Rellik

TNA Women’s Championship Match
Gail Kim vs. Awesome Kong

Feast Or Fired Battle Royal
15 man match where four briefcases will be in each corner of the ring with three TNA title shots and one pink slip saying "you're fired." This match will feature members from Triple X, Scott Steiner, Sharkboy, Voodoo Kin Mafia and other TNA Superstars.Eric Young vs. Cowboy James StormBooker T and Kaz vs. Robert Roode and Christian Cage

Angelina Love & Velvet Sky vs. ODB & Roxi Laveaux

Mexican wrestler, RVD/Booker, Booker/Kaz, and 6 man match

Mexican wrestler The Latin Lover is receiving lots of mainstream press in Mexico for participating on the "International Dancing With the Stars."

Rob Van Dam will be a special guest at Booker T's PWA show on 12/28 titled Christmas Chaos II in Pasadena, TX. Tickets went on sale today for the event.

Look for Booker T and Kaz to win the match against Christian and Robert Roode at tomorrow's Turning Point seeing as how Booker was on the losing end for his TNA debut last month.

A good possibility for the 6-man tag match with Scott Hall, Kevin Nash and Samoa Joe vs. The Angle Alliance would have Joe carrying the match for his team and leaving Hall and Nash open for hot tags and short stints. The idea of the match is to showcase Samoa Joe as the standout superstar.

Candice return, Torrie Wilson, and Sable

As previously posted, Candice Michelle is being advertised to return at the 12/29 RAW tapings here in Greensboro, NC. Candice just went through her first round of physical therapy right before the Thanksgiving holiday and is said to be in good spirits and ready to get back in action.

WWE Diva Torrie Wilson recently posted a blog on her official fansite saying her back has been bothering her lately and it's gotten to the point where she will be going through physical therapy to improve her condition, therefore she will be taking a few weeks off from action with WWE.

There's a strong rumor going around the entertainment industry saying former WWE Diva Rena "Sable" Lesnar/Mero will have a solid role on the next season of Desperate Housewives as a sister of the character Edie, played by Nicolette Sheridan, who does resemble Sable in some ways. Rena is still married to former WWE superstar Brock Lesnar.

ECW not mentioned, Maria, Kelly Kelly, and SD!

The Sci-Fi Network sent out a press release this week touting their recent success in the ratings. The network praised both the Ghost Hunter and Battlestar Galactica shows but failed to mention ECW, which is one of Sci-Fi's top rated shows.

Maria tells WWE.com's latest Diva Dish that she spent Thanksgiving Day running a 5k race. The RAW Diva said she’s not a big fan of running, but her best friend, Emma, convinced Maria to run the race with her. “So I made it in 20 minutes, and I made it in the top half bracket of the runners, so I was pretty happy about that because that necessarily doesn’t happen when someone has never really run a 5k,” Maria said.

Kelly Kelly was said to be devastated backstage after her match with Layla on this past week's ECW show. Kelly had been spending a lot of time training and practicing the move she botched, her handspring elbow and actually hit it numerous times in practice with Layla.

WWE.com is reporting that the 10/28 edition of Friday Night SmackDown will be a Best of 2007 show with the "greatest matches of the year, as well as the most unbelievable and amazing moments."

Interesting Y2J Interview

Chris Jericho was online this past Wednesday afternoon with The Washington Post Online answering questions from fans about his career, return and his new book. Here is the full transcript courtesy of The Washington Post:

Chris Jericho: We're ready to rock it.

Falls Church, Va.: Chris, was it disappointing to you at all that your return probably was the worst-hidden secret in the business in the past five years? Or that it took place in South Florida, where fans really don't cheer for anything (and have nothing to cheer for ... I went to school in Miami, I can say this)?

Chris Jericho: No, not at all. I think that it was very cool. It wasn't intended to be much of a secret. That's why we gave them clues and basically told them the week before that it was me. I likened it to a movie trailer. And as far as the fans, I thought they were awesome, jumping up and down. Not everyplace can be Chicago, which is the best city. But I was happy with the way everything came out.

Washington: It was great to see you back on RAW last Monday. About your bio: What made you decide this was a good time for you to share your story?

Chris Jericho: It was one of the things I wanted to do for a while and when I decided to take a break from the WWE I thought it was a good time. And even more importantly I thought it was a unique story of a guy who traveled the world and went to Japan and Germany through wrestling. I knew it was going to take time to do and I wanted to put 100 percent of my effort into it, so that was one of the things I wanted to do when I left the WWE.

Portland, Ore.: Chris, I stopped watching wrestling a while ago, but I am still a major Jericholic. I've always wondered about that hilarious series of challenges you laid out to Bill Goldberg on Nitro. Given that there was never a match, were your comments scripted/approved, or were you winging it? Also, where did they dig up Ralphus? Long live the Man of 1004 Holds!

Chris Jericho: You should check out "A Lion's Tale," which has that whole story written in detail. Nothing was ever approved back in the WCW days, you just were given an angle and I made up the rest myself. He hated every minute of it, but that's just how it goes, I was just doing my job. As far as Ralphus was concerned, Goldberg was bringing in security guards, and I wanted some too, but I didn't want tough guys, I wanted goofy looking guys, and he was a truck driver for the company, and I saw Ralphus standing around and asked him if he wanted to be my security guard, and he said "sure, no problem." And that was basically how it all started.

Baltimore: How did you happen to become a pop culture guru that VH1 so heavily relies on? Are those "I Love the '80s" shows as fun as they look?

Chris Jericho: I don't know, I just have this superpower/curse to remember everything that's irrelevant, just all this useless trivia stored up in my head. I never knew what to do with all this useless knowledge, but somehow I got booked for one of those shows and suddenly they started booking me on all of them. So I don't know exactly how it happened, I'm just glad I get to use my useless powers for good.

Arlington, Va.: Hi Chris. I saw your "Me Want Title Match" graphic on Monday's RAW, and I was curious, did the WWE have to get permission to use that image of Cookie Monster? Also, what's the deal with your new metallic vest?

Chris Jericho: Nope, we just used it. Jim Henson can come back and sue use. Think it's kind of public domain.The metallic vest comes from the same fashion era as the checkerboard outfit I wore and all the sparkly jiffy-pop outfits. You wouldn't understand.

Washington: Have you changed your style at all (eliminated chair shots, etc.) after the studies about concussions? How seriously are wrestlers and the WWE taking that?

Chris Jericho: You have to take it very seriously and protect yourself. I don't think you'll change your style and not take chair shots part of the show is to use angles that make it 100 percent safe. There are guys who weren't doing that, and that was stupid. I've never taken a chair shot to the head because there are ways to avoid that.

Wantagh, N.Y.: Hi Chris, we've just passed the 10 year anniversary of the infamous Montreal Incident. I was wondering how it impacted you as a Canadian wrestler and a former Dungeon student. Has it informed any of the decisions you continue to make?

Chris Jericho: Not really, no. That's such a legendary story, but it's not like the entire industry was up in arms about it. I was in WCW and I knew about it, but everybody has opinions and think they know the whole story, but really only Vince, Shawn and Bret do, and they'd be much more able to answer that question. To me it was interesting, but it didn't really have anything to do with me.

Walls of Jericho: Chris, Triple H suffered his well-publicized torn quadriceps injury in a match involving you. Did you know of his injury during the match? If so, would you have applied your signature move, the "Walls of Jericho," which puts considerable stress on the quadriceps?

Chris Jericho: I knew he was hurt, because he told me so, and I asked if he still wanted to do it, and he said yes. When the match is going on, the show must go on. He wanted to continue on with it and we did it, and I don't know if it made things worse or not. You can't really know those things in hindsight. He felt very strongly about doing it, so we did it.

Washington: Have you found any real differences in either the locker room or in working in front of the crowd since your return? Or does it feel like you never left?

Chris Jericho: Pretty much feels like I never left. Obviously there's some new faces, some guys I've never met before, but wrestling's like a big family and you get to know people pretty deeply when you're around them all the time. And the crowds are he crowds, they're excited, they're great, and some cities are more into it than others, but they're always there to have a good time. That never changes.

Washington: Hey Chris. I've tried to keep up with wrestling lately, but I think sometimes a lot of the performers sometimes take themselves too seriously, and seem more like determined pro football players than "entertainers." How do you keep the balance between being an engaging personality and a wrestler whose abilities are respected?

Chris Jericho: I think you can be entertaining both inside and outside the ring. You have to connect with the crowd in as many ways you can, both during the match and outside of it.

Falls Church, Va.: Early in your career, your "Lion Tamer" submission move was similar to the Boston Crab, but your move included putting your knee to someone's head. As you evolved, the Lion Tamer became the Boston Crab. Was the original submission hold considered too dangerous?

Chris Jericho: No, it was just hard to do to really big guys. I used to do that move to smaller guys, but to do that with a guy like Kane or Big Show or Triple H, it was just to hard to move around that way. I wanted to change it so that it would look the same no matter who I was doing it on.

Seattle: Chris, what are some of the major difference between the wrestling landscape of today, and when you started your career? Also, how integral was your time spent in Japan to your development as a pro wrestler?

Chris Jericho: I think spending the time in Japan that I did was very beneficial, because you were learning a different style and culture, both inside and outside the ring. It really gave me a lot of respect for what I was doing, gave me a lot of discipline, and made me come to terms with myself with regard to whether this was what I really wanted to do. Spending 10-week stretches in a foreign country really let me figure out that this is what I wanted to do in my life. It was really fortunate to go to a Japan and get paid to be there. There are people who save for years to do something like that, but at 19 years old I got to go and make my living there and do what I wanted to do.

Potomac, Md.: Any sense of irony, given that all of the things Y2J said about saving the company in 1999 seem to apply about 100 times more now?

Chris Jericho: Yeah, it's interesting. That is kind of the reason I came up with the "Save Us Y2J" idea. I'm not implying that the company needs to be saved, but I think it needs to be shaken up by someone forthright and creative. I think it is a beneficial situation for everybody to have a character like Jericho involved.

Claverack, N.Y.: Welcome back, Chris. We missed you. Obviously the business has been rocked with some unspeakable tragedies recently, culminating in the horrible loss of Chris Benoit just this past summer. I think you were matched with the Wolverine in your first pay-per-view; could you share with us a bit about what working with him was like?

Chris Jericho: He was probably the best actual technical wrestler I worked with, a tremendous performer and a machine training and a positive influence on me careerwise. I knew him personally for 15 years and he was one of my best friends. Something I deal with every day.

Chris Jericho: That's about it, gotta split. I'm really impressed with the amount and diversity of questions, and that's why Jerichoholics are the best fans in the world.

Bret Hart, WWE live event, Supershow

Bret Hart's book, Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling is ranked #7 among the best selling non-fiction books this week on Amazon.ca. Still no official update on when the book will be released here in the States.

The 11/10 WWE live event at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia set a building record of 15,506 fans in attendance.

The big WWE tri-brand Supershow in Ft. Myers, Florida the night before the Survivor Series pay-per-view drew a sellout crowd of 7,500 fans with a gate of over $250,000.

WWE will be holding another Supershow on 1/26 in Providence, RI at the Dunkin' Donuts Center, the night before the Royal Rumble pay-per-view. The main event being advertised is Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels vs. Randy Orton and Umaga. The SmackDown main event being advertised is Batista vs. Finlay for the World Heavyweight Championship. As we all know, plans are sometimes changed and there's always that chance that Batista won't be the champ by then.

Ted DiBiase, RAW, RVD signing, Y2J on MTV

WWE will be releasing a Ted DiBiase autobiography on 6/10/2008. The book is available for pre-order on Amazon.com for $10.88. DiBiase will write the book with author Tom Caiazzo.

The 10/22 RAW was watched live by 96.6% of its viewers, meaning 3.4% watched that particular episode on tape. This was the RAW before Cyber Sunday that was headlined by Randy Orton and Mr. Kennedy vs. Shawn Michaels and Jeff Hardy.

Former WWE star Rob Van Dam will be signing autographs at Frank & Son Collectibles on 12/8 in City of Industry, California. Call 909-444-7955 for more information.

Chris Jericho will be on MTV's morning show, The Big Ten on 12/10 at 9am to talk about his return to WWE and promote the 15th Anniversary of RAW. MTV will also air video packages throughout the show of WWE superstars talking about their favorite moments and memories from RAW.

Happy Birthday King!

Happy Birthday JBL

Matt Hardy update, Paul London injured, and ECW rating

WWE's site has a new article up with Matt Hardy where the SmackDown superstar says he is now resting at home and is ready to return to action. “I was being pumped full of antibiotics for four days straight last week to combat all the toxins that had seeped into my body and poisoned my insides,” said Matt. “The thing that is more aggravating than anything else is the soreness. Not just because of the incision, but because after they removed the appendix, and because it had burst, they took saline and sprayed down the intestines, the kidneys and the abdominal cavity and then brushed those organs clean.” Matt continued, “And those organs aren’t supposed to be moved around like that, so it’s just incredible discomfort. But I am up and walking around a little. So one week later, I am glad I am feeling this good compared to where I was last Tuesday.”

Fan reports from the RAW dark match on Monday night say Paul London appeared to injure his elbow or arm during the match with Charlie Haas. London lost that match. If you attended the event and have anything else, please send it in.

ECW did a 1.4 rating this week.

More on Hulk Hogan

According to a report released today by authorities in the Nick Hogan car crash, Hulk Hogan was with his son Nick, John Graziano who was injured, and two other friends of Nick's, Barrett Lawrence and Daniel Jacobs when Hulk purchased 2 cases of Miller Lite, 2 cases of Corona Extra, 1 case of Miller Chill and 5 bags of ice at an Albertson's store in Clearwater, FL. The group of five then spent time boating before being turned away at a local establishment, Shepard's Tiki Bar, because Nick was underage. A bouncer for Shepard's told authorities that everyone in the group entered the bar holding bottles of Corona, except Nick, who was drinking from a green cup. The decision was then made to go to Arigato's Steakhouse in Clearwater with Nick and John driving the yellow Supra and Daniel and Barrett driving a silver Dodge Viper. Both of cars were owned by Hulk Hogan. Investigators allege that Nick was racing the Supra against the Viper when he lost control and crashed. Both Jacobs and Lawrence deny racing Nick at the time of the crash. When interviewed by investigators, Lawrence claimed that the Viper he was in, the Supra, a motorcycle and another vehicle were all at an intersection at a red light and when the light turned green, he claims Jacobs cut infront of the motorcycle to pass Nick and when they did, they heard the Supra crash behind them. Lawrence told authorities that the Supra that Nick was driving was at or near 100 miles per hour at the time of the crash. Nick Hogan is being charged as an adult and faces the following charges: Reckless Driving Involving Serious Bodily Injury, Use of a Motor Vehicle in Commission of a Felony, Being Under the Age of 21 and Operating a Vehicle with a Breath-Alcohol Level of .02 or Higher and Having Illegal Window Tint on a Vehicle. Hulk Hogan's attorney denied comment when contacted by Tampa Bay Channel 10, saying that he had not seen the official report yet.

RAW Thanksgivning ratings, WM 23, and Ric Flair

Here are a few interesting numbers for you: The Thanksgiving week edition of RAW last year drew a 3.7 last year, a 3.6 two years ago, and a 3.9 three years ago. This year’s 3.5 rating for RAW on Nov 19 was the lowest for a Thanksgiving week RAW since the 3.1 rating 10 years ago.

WWE issued a press release focusing on WrestleMania 23’s economic impact in Detroit earlier this year. The event, which drew over 80,000 people to the Ford Field in April, generated an estimated $29.7 million in economic impact for the city. According to the report, WrestleMania 23 supported the equivalent of 334 full-year jobs.

The plan right now is for Ric Flair’s winning streak to continue up to WrestleMania 24. However, if the company feels that flair is being too old school or is showing up younger talent, they won’t hesitate to pull the plug on the entire storyline.

Amageddon, Russell Simpson, another hugee return?

Mellon Arena sent out an email today promoting WWE Armageddon which will be held at the venue on Sunday, December 16th with a start time of 7:45 p.m. EST. The email promotes the newly added WWE Championship Match featuring the return of Chris Jericho vs. WWE Champion Randy Orton! Tickets are still on sale at all TicketMaster locations.

Russell Simpson is gone from Ohio Valley Wrestling. He only worked a few matches which were several weeks ago. He previously worked in Japan and did some enhancement work on television.

WWE is said to be on the upward swing of things with the quality of writing improving and the returns of Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho, Edge, Undertaker, and Ric Flair. They are also negotiating with at least one more individual for a major return.

HHH heel return?, Snadman, Rob Conway, Goldberg

Sources within the WWE locker room say that Triple H ultimately wants to work as a heel in the company and eventually feud with John Cena. However, with Cena not being able to work next year’s WrestleMania, there has been an idea at least talked about of Triple H turning on Shawn Michaels to headline the big event.


Former ECW/WWE superstar The Sandman will be signing autographs at Collector's Realm in Poughkeepsie, NY from 1 to 3PM on 12/1. Call 845-473-TOYS for more information.

Today is former WWE's superstar's Rob Conway's 33rd birthday.

Bill Goldberg recently stated in an interview that there is zero percent chance he would ever wrestle again.

After backtracking from Dave Meltzer's original report that WWE hall of famer Blackjack Mulligan suffered a stroke, he went on his web site and said he was recovering from a minor stroke. Hmmm.

Released developmental talent Ryan Reeves has return to OVW on his own, attempting to secure a new developmental contract. Reeves competed in the 2004 Tough Enough competition.

Here are some more notes from the Nasty Boys appearance in a dark match before last week's SmackDown/ECW tapings. Reportedly, they got the biggest crowd reaction behind Undertaker. They came out to their old WCW entrance music in which they sing. They did their trademark "Pit Stop" maneuver during the match. Drew McIntyre took his first pinfall in a WWE ring after Sags nailed him with the Diamond Cutter while Knobbs had him a fireman's carry position. Also, Knobbs worked the majority of the match.

Shane McMahon and Carl DeMarco were in Brazil a few weeks ago where they finalized a major television deal in the country. Brazil has been one of the markets that the company has wanted to open up as RAW and SmackDown will air in the country on the SBT television network. The company will send Shawn McMahon, John Cena, The Great Khali, and Melina to Sao Paolo on November 29th for promotional work in the country.

The Rock on his way back?

Dave Meltzer is reporting that WWE is trying to line up some huge surprises for the 15th Anniversary RAW special next month. WWE has even contacted former WWE Champion The Rock for an appearance. If he did agree it would likely be a video segment and not live. Expect WWE to pull out some big surprises for the show. The 3-hour special will air Monday night December 12th. The show will start 1 hour earlier, at 8PM eastern.

This weeks RAW ratings

The first hour of Raw on Monday night scored a 3.41 rating, and the second hour did a 3.67 rating, for a final composite of 3.54 cable rating. That is rounded up to a 3.6. The show had 5,060,000 viewers.

Grammy award-winning singer Amy Winehouse is said to be huge wrestling fan, according to the UK's Sun newspaper. Winehouse's favorite wrestlers are said to be Rob Van Dam and Chris Jericho. Regarding a meeting with RVD a few years ago, a source told The Sun, "Amy was so excited about meeting him, she wouldn't stop talking about it. She was much more excited to meet a wrestler than any musician." The source also told the paper. "And she used to go crazy whenever Rob was on TV. He was her favourite."

As noted last night, Nattie Neidhart worked a dark match against Victoria at last night’s ECW/SmackDown tapings from Roanoke, Virginia.

Two new matches were announced for WWE Armageddon at last night’s tapings. As expected, Finlay vs. The Great Khali was confirmed and Batista vs. Edge vs. The Undertaker in a three-way match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship was also announced.

Carlito has been removed from the opening video on RAW and replaced with Chris Jericho. Take this for what it’s worth, however, it is expected that Carlito is on his way out of WWE.

The main event for next week’s episode of ECW on Sci-Fi will be a Pick Your Poison match with ECW Champion CM Punk choosing to face either Big Daddy V or Mark Henry. Next week’s edition of ECW on Sci-Fi will air on Thursday at 10 PM EST instead of its normal timeslot. It will be interesting to see how the show does as it will go head-to-head with the second hour of TNA iMPACT.

ECW, RAW, Ric Flair, and Million Dollor man

Just a reminder that ECW will air on Thursday next week at 10EST. That goes head-to-head with the second hour of TNA iMPACT!. The show will be taped Tuesday night. I can't believe they didn't even note the day change during this weeks telecast. That shows you how much they care about ECW.

Dave sent this in: The live broadcast of WWE Raw, that airs every Monday on Sky Sports 3 is moving. As of next Monday 3rd December, RAW will still be live at 2am, but will be on Sky Sports 1. Also, the "15th Anniversary RAW" will air live one hour earlier at 1am on Sky Sports 1. WWE programming on the whole will be moving off Sky Sports 3 onto both Sky Sports 1 + Sky Sports 2 in the next few weeks.

At this point, Ric Flair is being considered for the main attraction for next year's WWE hall of fame. Mae Young's name has also surfaced as a possible inductee.

"The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase (who no longer works for WWE as an agent/producer) will be signing autographs from 6 to 8PM on 12/1 at Omega Sports in the Summit Mall in Niagara Falls, NY. Call 716-605-0985 for more interested.

SmackDown!/ECW and DH Smith's dad

In between the SD! taping and ECW taping tonight (there was about a 20 minute delay) they did a match with Drew Macintyre defeating James Curtis.It's interesting to note that with the huge delay in between the two shows nearly a quarter of the crowd left before ECW even began.It was Nattie Neidhart who faced Victoria in a dark match prior to the SD! tapings.

Carlito is booked for a big Three Kings Day show in Puerto Rico for WWC on 1/6. AAA in Mexico is also attempting to book Carlito as well.

Today would have been Davey Boy Smith's 45th birthday. Smith, the father of current suspended RAW superstar D.H. Smith, died on May 18, 2002 at age 39.

SmackDown Spoilers (highlight)

[[ Opening SmackDown! video airs and pyro explodes followed by Edge's music.Edge comes to the ring to open SmackDown! to a huge 'You Suck' chant. Edge talks about is new relationship with Vickie Guerrero and how he wanted to make a statement on The Undertaker for Vickie. He talks about how much he's in love with her. He says she is at home sick and dedicates the match tonight to her. It was basically just a long promo hyping the main event. Huge heel heat for Edge.

A Hornswoggle & Finlay video promo airs.
Finlay & Hornswoggle vs. Deuce & Domino. Finlay & Hornswoggle win after Finlay hits Domino with the Shillelagh and Hornswoggle does the Tadpole Splash for the three count.

An Edge video airs once again hyping how great he is and tonight's main event.

Michelle McCool & Jamie Noble are backstage talking about Chuck Palumbo. It's Chuck vs. Noble later on tonight.

CM Punk vs. Kenny Dykstra is up next. Huge pop for CM Punk. Very even back and forth action to begin. Punk used lots of footwork but Kenny was able to keep him grounded. Good match so far. CM Punk gains control though and is able to hit his kick knee to the face finisher.

Rey Mysterio & Kane vs. Viscera & MVP is up next. They did all four entrances with lots of stalling. Huge pop for Mysterio. Big Daddy V was in for a second and then MVP took over. Rey got the hot tag and the match went back and forth between Rey and MVP. Rey went for a 619 but was tripped up. Big Daddy V came back in for another short period. Kane and Rey team together for some double team moves. Kane hits a clothesline and Rey hits a splash followed by a 619 on MVP for the win. Good ending and the crowd is super hot live.

We get another Edge video hyping how great he is and tonight's main event.
Batista is interviewed in the back about his match tonight with Edge for the World title.

Jamie Noble vs. Chuck Palumbo. Chuck hits his head on the turnbuckle and Noble rolls him up for the win.

Backstage we see a comedy segment with Vince McMahon and Khali's translator. It's announced that Finlay vs. Khali is on for the Armageddon PPV.

The t-shirt guy is out shooting stuff into the crowd and JBL is getting himself some heel heat by calling the Roanoke fans 'Monkeys' for jumping around like idiots for a shirt. Stalling.

Edge vs. Batista for the World title. This match went around 30 minutes and was said to be good. Edge is out to big heel heat and Batista is out to a massive pop. Match starts with Batista on top. Batista uses lots of power moves to begin. Edge ducks out of the ring and gets major heel heat. Crowd is loud and into this one. The two fight outside the ring. Batista throws Edge back in and charges at him only to have Edge pull the ropes down sending in flying back to the outside. Edge is about to go for a spear and the lights go out and the gong hits. After about 10 seconds, 'Taker appears in the middle of the ring and chokeslams Batista as Edge escaped. The match ends on a DQ.

Teddy Long then returns and says since Vickie isn't there tonight he can still make matches so it'll be The Undertaker vs. Batista vs. Edge for the World title at Armageddon. The show will end there. ]]

PWTorch is reporting that last week's edition of WWE RAW was the worst-performing Thanksgiving week edition of the show in ten years.

As posted earlier, Nattie Neidhart worked a WWE show this past Saturday night. Nattie, along with fellow developmental talent Charles "The Hammer" Evans are on the road working shows with WWE this week.

The WWE produced "Triumph and Tragedy of World Class Championship Wrestling" DVD set will be released this December in the U.S. and Great Britain.

Local promos here in Greensboro, NC for the final RAW of 2007 here at the Greensboro Coliseum are advertising the WWE return of Candice Michelle. Candice was projected to be out for six to eight weeks after she was injured on the 10/22 edition of RAW. That final RAW of 2007 will tape Saturday, December 29th and air on that Monday which is New Year's Eve.

BREAKING NEWS!! ASHLEY'S NEW LOOK!, Melina and moree

In her latest WWE.com blog, Melina talks about her botched ring entrance at Survivor Series.

After a net loss of 7 million dollars in 2007, THQ (Publishers of the SmackDown vs. RAW game series) Chief Financial Officer Edward Zinser has announced his resignation.

WWE Diva and Survivor contestant Ashley Massaro updated her blog on MySpace, revealing that she has cut her hair and removed the lip rings. As posted earlier, Ashley has moved to Austin, TX., where she now lives with her boyfriend and fellow Smackdown! Superstar Paul London. She will be part of the Survivor finale on CBS soon and her return to WWE television should come after the finale airs.

TNA: Road to Turning Point, Text Alert and New star

The "Road to Turning Point" will air this Saturday night at 11pm on Spike TV.

TNA sent out a Mobile Text Alert earlier today stating that they will be holding a pay-per-view in Boston in 2008.

The major international star that TNA has been in talks with is "The Beast" Bob Sapp. Sapp has done MMA work and wrestled for New Japan Pro Wrestling. He was also featured in the The Longest Yard remake.

updated PPV card

Here's the updated card coming out of RAW last night for WWE's Armageddon pay-per-view on 12/16:

WWE Title Match
Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho

WWE Women's Title Match
Beth Phoenix vs. Mickie James

Triple H vs. Jeff Hardy

Finlay vs. The Great Khali

Shawn Michaels vs. Mr. Kennedy

It's rumored that Batista will defend his World Heavyweight Title against Edge and The Undertaker in a Triple Threat match, assuming Batista is still the champ going into the pay-per-view. It's also believed that Ric Flair will wrestle in another "Career Threatening Match" on the show. More matches should be confirmed coming out of tonight's ECW and SmackDown tapings.