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Sting News, Bad Blood/GAB Note, Wrestlers On TV, Rock, Austin

The following is from PWInsider.com: Dish Network is offering a package for both WWE PPVs this month.  If you have Dish, you can purchase a package for $59.99 and you will have access to WWE Bad Blood and WWE Great American Bash this month.  The Rock’s 2004 appearance on Punk’d will air June 2nd at […]

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Christian’s Injury, HBK taking time off & Booker T news

Christian has been kept off the road recently so he can rest the back injury that he suffered a few weeks ago during the cage match against Chris Jericho. Christian has been suffering painful back spasms stemming from the injury, and it the only real cure is a good amount of rest. This injury is […]

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Austin/WWE Update, Who WWE Blames For Austin’s Loss, Rock; More

WWE still feels as though losing Steve Austin was the fault of Austin’s high powered attorney, who is said to not even watch pro-wrestling.  Austin’s attorney talked Austin out of a deal that would have earned him over $1 million a year working one day a week most weeks. While WWE had talked of possibly […]

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Kenzo & Hiroko Suzuki’s WWE Meeting, Hirohito, Playboy; More

Hiroko Suzuki recently did an interview in Japan where she announced her WWE signing, as well as the details of how it went down. She stated that she went to a meeting with Vince McMahon where he laid down the Hirohito gimmick and the ring costume for Kenzo Suzuki.  Hiroko said that she let Vince […]

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RAW and Smackdown! Previews

RAW 24/05/04 PreviewWHAT’S NEXT FOR KANE?May 24, 2004Last week’s Monday Night RAW was a memorable one for Kane. The Big Red Monster defeated Val Venis in singles competition, won a Battle Royal to become the No. 1 Contender for the World Heavyweight Championship at Bad Blood and received an answer of “yes” from Lita to […]

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WWE News update

The 17th May edition of RAW scored a 4.0 rating, with a 6.1 share, which is way up from last week’s 3.4 rating. The May 20th Edition of Smackdown! did a 2.9 rating which is up 0.1 from the previous week. Konan has now signed a one year contract with WWE as an announcer, as […]

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NWA-TNA PPV Results May 19th 2004

Jerry Lynn vs. Bobby RudeThe show started off with one of the two World X Cup preview matches of the night. Jerry Lynn came to the ring anxious to get his hands on Team Canada’s manager Scott D’Amore, but first he had to beat Bobby Rude in order to get his 5 minutes in the […]

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Michael Cole and Tazz upset, Mick Foley at SummerSlam news

Sources are saying that apparently Michael Cole and Tazz are pretty frustrated with the way they are portrayed by Vince McMahon on Smackdown these days, and many feel that it is shining through in their announcing. In addition to that, they are not exactly happy that they are considered the “number two” announce team on […]

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WWE unleashing gimmicks on Smackdown!

With most of their major stars gone and no other place to sign away new stars, WWE is now in the middle of going with a new plan for the future. They have moved most of their stars, marketable talent, and quality athletes to RAW, and hope to create extreme gimmicks on Smackdown. The plan […]

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Ideas fueling Smackdown!, Updates on DDP, Konan and Waltman being backstage at Judgment Day

If you are wondering where the “more 1980s” style of product on the Smackdown brand is coming from, it’s the baby of Bruce Prichard. Prichard is part of the Smackdown creative team and is largely an idea man for the brand (while David Lagana writes the actual show). Of late, he has come up with […]