Post by EUGENE on Apr 18, 2005 16:31:05 GMT -5
Steve Austin will be the guest on Jimmy Kimmel's ABC show tonight.
WWE returns to Madison Square Garden in New York City tonight for the combined Raw and Smackdown event. . After tonight's shows, both brands will be going to Europe for this week's tour, which will end with both brands taping their TV in Birmingham, England next Monday and Tuesday.
Only one match has been announced for tonight Raw, Triple H vs. J. R. It has been said that this match will have more of an angle involving Batista rather than an actual match. We haven’t received no update to Triple H’s neck injury which he suffered last week on Raw, he is expected to be on the go tonight.
The Raw show line-ups for house shows roughly have Batista vs. Triple H with Ric Flair working on top, Shawn Michaels vs. Edge, Kane vs. Hassan, Shelton Benjamin vs. Christian vs. Chris Jericho for the I.C. title, Chris Benoit vs. Tyson Tomko, William Regal & Tajiri vs. La Resistance for the tag titles, Victoria vs. Trish Stratus for the women's title, Hurricane vs. Chris Masters and Val Venis vs. Viscera.
- The Smackdown show line-ups for house shows roughly have JBL vs. John Cena on top, Undertaker vs. Heidenreich, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, Big Show vs. The Bashams & Kurt Angle, Booker T vs. Rene Dupree, Charlie Haas vs. Luther Reigns, Paul London vs. Billy Kidman vs. Chavo Guerrero vs. Spike Dudley for the Cruiserweight title, Scotty 2 Hotty & Funaki vs. Akio & Shannon Moore, Nunzio vs. Mark Jindrak, and Carlito & Dawn Marie vs. Hardcore Holly & Torrie Wilson.
- Trish Stratus has apparently replaced Randy Orton on the cover box of the upcoming Wrestlemania 21 DVD.
- Marty Jannetty no-showed one of his final indie dates over the weekend. He was booked to work for Southern Championship Wrestling at the Nashville Fairgrounds. The rumor making the rounds was that rival promoter, Bert Prentice, called the WWE and said something which led to his no-show. The next SCW event at the Fairgrounds is 5/14 with Terry Funk and Sid Vicious.
- The WWE are releasing a special 96-page ECW magazine on 5/31 to coincide with the One Night Stand PPV. The mag contains a written introduction from Paul Heyman, a complete history of matches and landmark events as well as features on the wrestlers, women and fans.
Al Snow worked for National Wrestling Superstars in Tower City, PA on Saturday 4/16.
Chris Jericho attended the Black Label Society show at the Masquerade in Tampa, Florida on Saturday night. There were a number of lcoal independent workers present as well.
Ringside seats for Hardcore Homecoming are nearly gone at $150 each and are expected to be sold out by the end of today.
New Years Revolution (featuring the elimination chamber) is now up to 300,000 PPV buys.
- The Royal Rumble is up to 475,000 buys.
- No Way Out is up to 220,000 buys, but would be the third lowest total since '98.
Batista was on Cold Pizza this morning on ESPN 2. The description was the first two minutes he came off subdued and uncharismatic. The host noted he didn't start wrestling until 31. Dave said it was 29. When asked what the company saw in him, he said, "Well, I'm really not put together like othre human beings." He noted he wouldn't be where he was if he wasn't mentored by HHH and he sadi, "I'm not that big dude yelling in your face, `brother,' telling you to take your vitamins." He plugged tonight's show. The host brought up Batista's wife Angie battling cancer. He got choked up and his eyes moistened and he apologized for his reaction saying he wasn't expecting that, but said dealing with it helped him appreciate everything more. They thanked him and moved on. The final minute, maybe because it was real, gave him more personality than almost anything he's done so far
The new Divas 2005 special magazine hits newsstands tommorrow (April 19). Look for the sexy Christy Hemme on the cover. Inside, there are more than 100 amazing images of Torrie, Stacy, Trish, Lilian and all the other WWE Divas.
credit: Impact.
WWE returns to Madison Square Garden in New York City tonight for the combined Raw and Smackdown event. . After tonight's shows, both brands will be going to Europe for this week's tour, which will end with both brands taping their TV in Birmingham, England next Monday and Tuesday.
Only one match has been announced for tonight Raw, Triple H vs. J. R. It has been said that this match will have more of an angle involving Batista rather than an actual match. We haven’t received no update to Triple H’s neck injury which he suffered last week on Raw, he is expected to be on the go tonight.
The Raw show line-ups for house shows roughly have Batista vs. Triple H with Ric Flair working on top, Shawn Michaels vs. Edge, Kane vs. Hassan, Shelton Benjamin vs. Christian vs. Chris Jericho for the I.C. title, Chris Benoit vs. Tyson Tomko, William Regal & Tajiri vs. La Resistance for the tag titles, Victoria vs. Trish Stratus for the women's title, Hurricane vs. Chris Masters and Val Venis vs. Viscera.
- The Smackdown show line-ups for house shows roughly have JBL vs. John Cena on top, Undertaker vs. Heidenreich, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, Big Show vs. The Bashams & Kurt Angle, Booker T vs. Rene Dupree, Charlie Haas vs. Luther Reigns, Paul London vs. Billy Kidman vs. Chavo Guerrero vs. Spike Dudley for the Cruiserweight title, Scotty 2 Hotty & Funaki vs. Akio & Shannon Moore, Nunzio vs. Mark Jindrak, and Carlito & Dawn Marie vs. Hardcore Holly & Torrie Wilson.
- Trish Stratus has apparently replaced Randy Orton on the cover box of the upcoming Wrestlemania 21 DVD.
- Marty Jannetty no-showed one of his final indie dates over the weekend. He was booked to work for Southern Championship Wrestling at the Nashville Fairgrounds. The rumor making the rounds was that rival promoter, Bert Prentice, called the WWE and said something which led to his no-show. The next SCW event at the Fairgrounds is 5/14 with Terry Funk and Sid Vicious.
- The WWE are releasing a special 96-page ECW magazine on 5/31 to coincide with the One Night Stand PPV. The mag contains a written introduction from Paul Heyman, a complete history of matches and landmark events as well as features on the wrestlers, women and fans.
Al Snow worked for National Wrestling Superstars in Tower City, PA on Saturday 4/16.
Chris Jericho attended the Black Label Society show at the Masquerade in Tampa, Florida on Saturday night. There were a number of lcoal independent workers present as well.
Ringside seats for Hardcore Homecoming are nearly gone at $150 each and are expected to be sold out by the end of today.
New Years Revolution (featuring the elimination chamber) is now up to 300,000 PPV buys.
- The Royal Rumble is up to 475,000 buys.
- No Way Out is up to 220,000 buys, but would be the third lowest total since '98.
Batista was on Cold Pizza this morning on ESPN 2. The description was the first two minutes he came off subdued and uncharismatic. The host noted he didn't start wrestling until 31. Dave said it was 29. When asked what the company saw in him, he said, "Well, I'm really not put together like othre human beings." He noted he wouldn't be where he was if he wasn't mentored by HHH and he sadi, "I'm not that big dude yelling in your face, `brother,' telling you to take your vitamins." He plugged tonight's show. The host brought up Batista's wife Angie battling cancer. He got choked up and his eyes moistened and he apologized for his reaction saying he wasn't expecting that, but said dealing with it helped him appreciate everything more. They thanked him and moved on. The final minute, maybe because it was real, gave him more personality than almost anything he's done so far
The new Divas 2005 special magazine hits newsstands tommorrow (April 19). Look for the sexy Christy Hemme on the cover. Inside, there are more than 100 amazing images of Torrie, Stacy, Trish, Lilian and all the other WWE Divas.
credit: Impact.
