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Today in History

(1998) The Rock defeated Mankind in the finals of the Deadly Game tournament to capture his first ever WWF Championship

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Triple post!

 

Nunzio beat Juvi for the Cruiser belt over in Europe I hear.

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Nunzio beat Juvi for the Cruiser belt over in Europe I hear

 

I read that too. That belt gets so little attention that I had forgotten that Juvi even held the title!

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it happened in Europe so that means the title will change hands the next day and it wont be ofically recognized by the WWE, they and WCW have doen this kind of stuff in the past

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WWE have decided to drop the Kerwin White character. On WWE.com, the Kerwin White bio was taken down, and replaced with a bio for Chavo Guerrero, including older pictures of Chavo with dark hair. Chavo's bio does not mention the Kerwin White gimmick at all, rather a reference to Chavo being traded to RAW in the 2005 Draft lottery, and carrying the torch for his family name on RAW. As many know, Chavo was given the Kerwin White gimmick earlier in the year. The idea behind the gimmick was that Chavo was pretending to be a wealthy white male, and wanted nothing to do with his Hispanic background. WWE has decided to scrap this gimmick and have Chavo be able to carry on the legacy of the Guerrero name.

 

 

Wow...A real classy move by the WWE. How unexpected..............

 

Christian had a pretty cool promo at the TNA PPV......Check it out..

 

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Transcript Of Christian Cage's Promo At TNA Genesis

Date Added: November 16, 2005

Story By: Ryan Clark

The following is a transcript of Christian Cage's comments at Genesis this past Sunday:

 

So I guess you can imagine the question I got asked the most this week. "Are the rumors we're hearing true? Is it true you're going to TNA? And if so, why?" Well I'll tell you this much, I'll tell you this much, I didn't come out here to see the same damn guy say the same damn thing week after week after week. And I didn't come here to see a grown man, dressed like a doctor, pulling things out of another man's *buttocks*. And you can be damn sure I didn't come here because I got fired.

 

Which brings me to another rumor I wanna address and put to bed right now, the rumor that I got lowballed in a contract offer. Well that's not true at all. See I was offered a very hefty sum to stay exactly where I was. But the reason I came to TNA is the same reason why each and every one of you is in this arena right now, the same reason why everyone's watching Genesis live on Pay-Per-View. And that reason is that I love wrestling!

 

Now you know, I've been known to crack a joke or two, say something sarcastic, pull a rib. But I don't want anybody to ever forget the fact that I am, without a doubt, the best all around performer in this sport today. It's like this. I'm tired of egos and politics. I wanna see guys in this ring busting their asses. I wanna see wrestling reinvented.

 

Like last night, I turn on SpikeTV, I'm watching Impact-a little plug for you-and it reminded me of when I broke onto the national wrestling scene 8 years ago. There were two companies. One was old, stale, and lacking direction. The other one I was apart of. It was young, hungry, and cutting edge. Fast forward 8 years to this very moment, and there's still two companies. One is old, boring, and lacking direction. And the other one is TNA!

 

And I said this is something that I wanna be a part of. In fact, I wanna be the biggest piece of this puzzle. Which brings me to Jeff Jarrett. I've got two things to say to you. One-you should never wear white pants after Labor Day. And two-I've come to TNA to take the one thing that's eluded me my entire career. The one thing we can both agree on is the most important and prized possession in this sport, the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.

 

So I want everyone right now to stand up and take notice that Christian Cage is here. And Christian Cage will fulfill his destiny. Because that's...how I roll!

 

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Alright, They Killed Whitey :biggrin:

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Scott Steiner has been quiet for the most part since leaving WWE last year, however, he will be on the Get In The Ring radio show tonight from 7 to 8. Visit the VoiceOfWrestling.com at that time for the interview. Scott Steiner always says what's on his mind. Steiner recently taped shoot interviews with Highspots and RF Video. He claims that he has never used steroids or HGH

 

 

Gee.....I can't think of anyone who would think that Scott Steiner uses steroids.......... :biggrin:

 

Another WWE Superstar Considered To Be On "Death Watch" By His Peers?

Date Added: November 16, 2005

Story By: Daniel Edler

Source: PWTorch Newsletter (Subscription available www.pwtorch.com)

 

-- In the latest PWTorch newsletter, editor Wade Keller states quite bluntly that there is apparently a top wrestler wrestling in the WWE today who’s considered to be on an “unofficial death watch”. He doesn’t go on to further elaborate on who this wrestler is, but he does go on to mention how people need to do what it takes to keep him alive, even at the “expense of box office receipts, storyline interruptions” and more.

 

-- The deathwatch, which is apparently no secret to most within WWE, is still possibly unknown to Vince McMahon, who would need to be informed. The un-named wrestler, should he pass away, would make the coverage of the shocking and tragic news this week of the passing of Eddie Guerrero look minor by comparison, due to his credentials.

 

 

HHH maybe????????????

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Here's a sad story about Bam Bam Bigelow...

 

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Former WWE Star Facing Difficult Times

Date Added: November 17, 2005

Story By: Ryan Clark

The following is a story from The St. Petersburg Times.

 

Bam Bam Bigelow skidded off the motorcycle and onto the hard wet asphalt on State Road 50 one Sunday in early October on the west side of Hernando County.

 

The woman who had been on the back of his bike hit the pavement with a sound one witness said was like an open palm slapping the surface of water. Then she flopped around like a rolled-up rug.

 

Bam Bam landed about 50 feet up the road. The former professional wrestler with the tattooed scalp and the name no one can forget was covered in blood, but he managed to get up. He held his scraped-up arms straight out from his sides. He lurched back toward the woman, who was moaning.

 

He looked like a monster, the witness said later.

 

"Oh, baby," Bam Bam was saying. "I'm so sorry."

 

He collapsed almost on top of the woman. His body was touching hers. His head was by her head.

 

The man who used to wrestle people to the ground and jump on them and pick them up and throw them was powerless. For almost all athletes, there is the inevitability of a life after people stop cheering. For Bam Bam Bigelow, the story includes addiction to painkillers, time in rehab, calls from creditors, a costly divorce, three kids he hasn't seen in more than a year and child support not paid.

 

And a new love.

 

The woman on the bike was Janis Remiesiewicz, who's 41, has a house in Port Richey and has been dating Bam Bam for a year.

 

The name state troopers got off Bam Bam's license was Scott C. Bigelow, 44, with an address in New Jersey.

 

But the last address for Bigelow in public records was in Lake Ariel, Pa., and that ended this past April. It was on a road called the Hideout.

 

Men who weigh more than 300 pounds, have tattooed heads and answer to Bam Bam do not just disappear.

 

Unless they want to.

 

On Oct. 2, though, Bam Bam Bigelow was taken to Spring Hill's Oak Hill Hospital. Janis was flown to Tampa General and listed in critical condition.

 

Meanwhile, the woman who lives in Bam Bam's old house in Allenhurst, N.J., has to deal with the guys who keep looking for the previous owner.

 

"They pull up in front of the house and they stare at the house," Josephine Schror said over the phone. "Then they knock on the door and ask for Scott, and I tell them he doesn't live here no more. And they ask me if I know where he is and then they sit in the car and write s--- down and then they drive off."

 

She says this happens all the time.

 

The e-mails started coming almost immediately after the story about the crash ran in the St. Petersburg Times.

 

Wrestling fans wanted to know two things:

 

How is Bam Bam doing?

 

And where has he been?

 

Bam Bam Bigelow was huge. The 6-4 tough guy from small, rough Asbury Park, N.J., wrestled as heavy as 425 pounds. But he was agile enough to jump off the tops of the ropes and down onto his opponents in the ring.

 

His trademark move was a pile driver he called "Greetings from Asbury Park."

 

"It just blows a guy's head right off his shoulders," he once told the Seattle Times.

 

Bigelow played the role of the "heel" in his heyday. That means he was the bad guy in the staged matches. But he was a star.

 

He made his debut in the World Wrestling Federation in 1987 and won titles in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling. He wrestled with Hulk Hogan and Diamond Dallas Page and against Andre the Giant. He was in the headliner match at 1995's WrestleMania in front of more than 16,000 people.

 

He was even in a couple of B movies and did a commercial for Slim Jim.

 

But his wrestling career did not come to an easy end.

 

WCW folded in 2001. He didn't go to WWE. There was no ECW anymore.

 

Bam Bam had back problems. He had surgery. He went on a radio show in early 2002, according to 1wrestling.com, and said his career was not over and that this was "just the beginning."

 

According to www.obsessedwithwrestling.com and other pro wrestling Web sites, Bam Bam retired in November 2002 and unretired a month after that, only to lose to someone named Abdullah the Butcher, then quit for good in 2004 - ending a slow, reluctant fade from fame.

 

"It's kind of like Hollywood," said Ron Jordan, who writes a syndicated wrestling column from Fort Worth, Texas. "Only so many people can be on top at one time. Most of these guys, when they slip from the big leagues, like the WCW or the WWF or the new WWE, they just kind of slip into obscurity. Then they show up in some small arena or at a YMCA or something."

 

Bam Bam opened a deli in Hamlin, Pa., where he sold a 2-pound hamburger. That didn't last.

 

Anthony DeBlasi, who writes for Wrestling-News.com, said in an e-mail that Bam Bam contacted him early in 2004 asking for help selling a wrestling ring and some of his other mementos on eBay.

 

Frank Goodman, Bam Bam's agent, also got a call: "Scott said, "Listen, I need to make money again.' "

 

Bam Bam wrestled in small shows on New York's Long Island in the early and middle parts of 2004. Then he started missing shows, according to Goodman. The last time he wrestled was Nov. 19, 2004.

 

And then he disappeared.

 

"Nobody could find him," said Dave Meltzer, editor of Wrestling Observer.

 

One of his best friends in wrestling died in April. Bam Bam didn't show up at the funeral.

 

A wrestling fan spotted him in Tampa over the summer, took a picture and posted it on the Web.

 

"That's the only way we knew he was alive," Goodman said.

 

Then Bam Bam Bigelow left Hernando County's Bayport Inn with his girlfriend on the back of his brother's 1998 black-and-chrome Harley Davidson and headed toward SR 50.

 

He stopped at the intersection of U.S. 19. The light turned green and he sped off, then stopped again at Deltona Boulevard. Both times, according to a witness, Debby Tessier of Brooksville, he almost tipped over.

 

Tessier had her cell phone out and was dialing 911 before the bike even went down.

 

It happened about 4:30 p.m., according to the report from the Florida Highway Patrol, when Bam Bam tried to change from the outside lane to the inside. Bam Bam and Janis weren't wearing helmets. No other vehicles were involved.

 

The Harley hit the ground.

 

Eventually they did too.

 

Janis came to a stop on her stomach with her arms by her sides. She was wearing a tank top and denim short shorts.

 

"The skin on her face was just chewed up," Tessier said. "Her noise and mouth were just pouring blood. . . . "We thought she was dead."

 

The FHP is waiting for the results of Bam Bam's blood test to come back from the toxicology lab in Tallahassee.

 

"We are well aware of what the factors were that led to this crash," FHP spokesman Larry Coggins said.

 

The FHP has up to a year to file charges against Scott C. Bigelow. "Charges are forthcoming," Coggins said. "Absolutely."

 

The accident threw Bam Bam back into the public eye. Any attempt at anonymity was over.

 

Calls started to come along with the e-mails.

 

Bam Bam's ex-wife, Dana Fisher, returned a call from the St. Petersburg Times a few days after the accident. She and Bigelow divorced five years ago, and their oldest child is now 17.

 

"I always figured it would come back on him sooner or later and that he'd have to answer questions and be accountable," she said.

 

Court records in New Jersey show a charge of endangering the welfare of a child in May 2004. He was accused of driving recklessly with one of his children in the car, but he said it was because of a seizure. The charge was dismissed two months later.

 

There is a possession of marijuana charge from August 2004. Guilty.

 

In the last few years, he has been sued by Jersey Shore Anesthesia, Jersey Shore University Medical Center and the state's Department of Motor Vehicles. The judgment amounts range from $2,700 to $19,440. The cases are open.

 

Fisher has sued him three times this year for nonpayment of child support.

 

Bam Bam owes $8,909.

 

"He did pay something this year, but he's not paying like he should," said Monmouth County probation officer Charlotte Shaw. "If he was here, I'd do a bench warrant."

 

Goodman, Bam Bam's agent, talked last month about how his client still could make $800 to $1,000 a night.

 

"He is money in the bank," Goodman said. "He is a wrestling legend. Other than Andre the Giant and Hulk Hogan, he is the best 300-pound-plus wrestler to ever step in a wrestling ring. I've got to tell you something: I have a show next month, and I would put Bam Bam Bigelow in that show for $1,000 without even giving it a thought.

 

"Because he's Bam Bam Bigelow."

 

Bam Bam has had it with Bam Bam. He just wants to be Scott.

 

Those records up in Jersey aren't the only reason he wanted to disappear.

 

He didn't want to talk at first. He didn't want to talk when he was in the hospital. He didn't want to talk when he got home.

 

On a recent Sunday, though, he was sitting on a couch in Janis' house in Port Richey. A black Nike ball cap covered the tattoos on the top of his scalp.

 

"I don't know if it's hiding or disappointment or what," he said. "But being Bam Bam Bigelow is a pain in the a--.

 

"You did this the first half of your life and now this is the second half and now you're bruised and battered. So what the hell can you do? What can you do?"

 

Scott C. Bigelow has no real permanent address. He sometimes stays with his brother, Todd, who's one year older, at his home in Spring Hill, but most of the time he's in Port Richey. "He goes back and forth," Todd Bigelow said.

 

In his best years, according to him and his agent, he was making anywhere from $750,000 to $1.2-million. He lost everything, he says, in his divorce: cars, trucks, motorcycles, his house. Now he lives on Social Security disability.

 

Creditors call.

 

The child support isn't going away.

 

Medical bills are coming.

 

"You can't pay what you can't afford," he said.

 

When he talks about Janis - "a bright spot in my life" - Bam Bam's lower lip turns soft.

 

"Both of us should've been dead from this accident," he said.

 

"Not should've been," Janis said. "Could've been."

 

"I had a few beers that day," he said. "But it wasn't nothing exceeding what people go overboard with. Who knows? It's all a blur. It doesn't matter. It happened."

 

Bam Bam broke his nose and got a deep cut on his forehead and still has a gash in his leg and scabs on his elbows and knees. Janis has a broken foot and a nasty scar around her right eye.

 

He creaks. He gets up slowly.

 

He says he was addicted to OxyContin for most of his career in wrestling but that he is now clean. He says he came down here because the warm weather makes his aches and pains feel a little less sharp. He says he wanted to get away.

 

Most of his friends are dead.

 

Ted "Flyboy Rocco Rock" Petty died of a heart attack in 2002. Jerry "the Wall" Tuite died of a drug overdose in 2003. Chris Candido died in spring of a blood clot after he broke his leg wrestling in Japan.

 

"And it's all due to wrestling," he said. "It's that simple. With me there's no glory in wrestling. . .. I thought out of sight, out of mind would be the best thing for me."

 

Yet he said on this particular Sunday - five weeks to the day after the accident - that he's happier now than he has ever been.

 

"It's like two phases of life," he said, sitting on the couch next to Janis, holding her hand. "The man who had everything and was miserable. And the man who has nothing and is happy.

 

"It don't cost nothin' to go watch the sunset," he said.

 

That's what Bam Bam Bigelow keeps telling himself.

 

 

com: Eugene Hospitalized, Suspended

Date Added: November 18, 2005

Story By: Ben Johnson

The following message was posted on WWE.com Friday:

 

Nick 'Eugene' Dinsmore was rushed to the hospital last night in Manchester.

 

He has since been released from the hospital, sent home and suspended indefinitely. WWE.com will have more details as they become available.

 

 

WTF?????????

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I like the Eugene character, I hope Nick is OK.

 

This scares me though.

 

 

Fox News Channel will be doing a story at 10EST tonight on Eddie Guerrero and the deaths in pro wrestling.

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I think Flair os on the Death watch

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From what I've been able to gather, I'm pretty sure that its Stone Cold who they are referring to on the deathwatch. Apparently, he has had some heart problems and he is not taking care of himself. His drinking has gotten way out of control. Thats not an act. He REALLY does drink that much. One of my drivers went hunting with a group once that included some wrestlers. Goldberg, Austin and Regal were among them. He said that Austin drank about 20 beers at a time along with passing around a bottle of Wild Turkey.... :biggrin:

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thats my life!

 

Today in History

(2002) Jeff Jarrett defeated Ron "The Truth" Killings for the NWA World Heavyweight Title.

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who cares about that?? he beat kkwik!!!!

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Today in History

(1999) Bret Hart wins the WCW World Title by defeating both Sting and Chris Benoit in 2 matches on the same night.

 

Is that Better?

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Heres a Eugene update:

 

Breaking News: Eugene Sent To Rehab

Date Added: November 21, 2005

Story By: Ryan Clark

Last week in Manchester, England, Nick “Eugene” Dinsmore was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital after he was found passed out in a hotel lobby.

 

After regaining consciousness, Dinsmore admitting to taking Somas and other prescription medication. As a result of the incident, he was sent home from the WWE International tour and suspended indefinitely.

 

Since returning home, Dinsmore has agreed to seek professional help. He flew to an undisclosed location, where he will spend the next two weeks being evaluated at a drug rehabilitation facility.

 

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"But You're Not Kurt Angle, You're John Cena!"

 

"I'm The Boogy Man!"

 

 

 

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Tonight was proof that RAW still knows how to write good stories.

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It was?

 

I was bored it was all to predictable we as wrestling fans saw everything there 1000 times

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True, But After Months Of No Cable...I'll Take Anything I Can Get,lol

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I finally got around to watching the TNA PPV.

 

- Thanks to Vince McMahon, Justin Credible's new name is PJ Palaco.........

 

- Really weird seeing Christian in TNA

 

- I don't think that Jeff Hardy has ever won a match on a TNA PPV. He lost to Monte Brown.

 

- Several wrestlers had "EG" armbands. Nice to see. Plus there was a lot of Eddie chants and signs.

 

- Best match of the night was Abyss VS Sabu. It was a real hardcore match. Abyss got out the bag of tacks. Both of them were slammed into the tacks. Sabu brought in a chair wrapped in barb wire. At first I thought it was the rubber barb wire. But after Abyss gave Sabu a Black Hole Slam onto the barb wire, I noticed Sabu's back was pretty ripped up when he got up. So I guess it was real barb wire! I always heard that Sabu doesn't speak English very well and thats why he never does promos. Thats not true. At one point in the match, Sabu was going out of the ring to get a table. The cameraman was in his way. I clearly heard Sabu tell the cameraman in perfect English "Get out of the way"...."Get the "F" out of the way!"

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Today in History

(1990) The Undertaker makes his official WWF debut at the Survivor Series with The Million Dollar Team (Ted DiBiase, Honky Tonk Man & Greg Valentine).

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Today in History

(1983) The first "Starrcade" event is held in Greensboro, NC. The show features Ric Flair winning his second NWA World Heavyweight Title, defeating Harley Race.

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Today in History

(1992) Bret "Hitman" Hart defeated Shawn Michaels to retain the WWF Championship at Survivor Series.

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1992? Really? :(

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Let's do Survivor Series predictions:

 

TEAM RAW vs TEAM SMACKDOWN: I predict Team RAW will win this one. I think the x-factor in this match will be Lashley though, how can he handle suddenly jumping onto a big stage, helping mainevent a major PPV.

 

CENA VS ANGLE W/ SPECIAL GUEST REF DAIVARI: How many special guest refs are there gonna be in this feud? Cena retains through some sort of refbump activity.

 

BENOIT VS BOOKER #1: Benoit wins this for the crowd reaction.

 

FLAIR VS HHH LAST MAN STANDING: This is the hardest one to call. I'm gonna say Flair wins when HHH passes out from the Testicular Claw. :(

 

TRISH vs MELINA: The women's division needs something new. Sucks for Trish cuz she is the best. Melina wins this one, despite the fact she isn't very good and her finisher sucks.

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TNA To Test Barbed Wire Ring Setup This Week

Date Added: November 27, 2005

Story By: Ryan Clark

From TNAWrestling.com:

 

UPDATE ON TNA’S FIRST-EVER “BARBED WIRE MASSACRE"

 

TNAwrestling.com has learned that this Monday afternoon in Orlando, Florida, prior to the Tuesday “iMPACT!” tapings, the TNA production crew will be fitting the six-sided ring with razor wire in preparation for the upcoming “Barbed Wire Massacre” between Abyss and Sabu at “Turning Point”.

 

The TNA production crew will be charged with setting up the dangerous structure at the Pay-Per-View and is conducting a test-run on Monday. Each member of the ring crew will wear special gloves throughout to avoid any injury. TNA cameras will be on hand to capture the footage, which will air on ‘IMPACT!” prior to the Pay-Per-View.

 

TNAwrestling.com has also learned that both Sabu and Abyss will be allowed to use barbed wire weapons as well during the bloody and barbaric massacre.

 

The bout will make wrestling history, as it marks the first time a match where the entire ring is wrapped in barbed wire will air live on Pay-Per-View in the United States.

 

MUST SEE TV!!! :(

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Sweet

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Well, I Don't Know About You All, But I Enjoyed The Show. Best Part Was The Last Match. I Look Forward To More Raw vs SmackDown.

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once again the WWE was too Predictable, they are again thinking on th 10 year old level

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Seems To Work Though.

 

And Yes...We All Saw It Coming...But I Enoyed The Show Anyway,lol