(WWE) World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.

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Wow the ECW "Funeral" was amazing, and what Vince said about backing ECW had Some truth to it, more then what alt of People think, if you think about thats why McMahon kept Promoting their PPV's and having Interpromotion activity all the time

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The ECW thing was interesting. I don't think they are going to bring it back as a seperate promotion though because for it to work, they would have to allow Heyman and Dreamer complete authority to control the creative side, since the last thing we would want is Stephanie McMahon writing ECW material.

 

I've had enough of this "Viscera" thing now.

 

I see potential in the Edge/Lita thing. That could go someplace if handled properly and I like this current angle with Chris Jericho and Shelton too.

 

Christian is one guy who should be at the main event level by now.

 

The "Flair-Turns-On-Batista" thing was so predictable. The "Hell-In-The-Cell" match will be a washout since it will just be a "punch and kick" match with lots of blood. Yawn.

 

This draft can't come quickly enough.

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Welcome Back King, I've been a Whipping boy while you been gone

 

anyway

Today in History

(1984) Ric Flair defeats Kerry Von Erich for NWA Title.

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Welcome Back King, I've been a Whipping boy while you been gone

 

Thanks!! :lol:

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this is an article I found on the web by Ryan Droste about the death of Owen Hart since yesterday was the 6 anniversary of his death during a in-ring stunt

 

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Note: If you are a long time reader of this site you have probably read this column before on May 23. I originally wrote this column on May 23, 2002 and ever since then post it on the anniversary of Owen Hart's death every year...

 

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May 23, 1999 is a day that I will remember for the rest of my life. For me, it is one of those days where I will always remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I found out the news that came to shock me that day. I remember it like it was yesterday in fact...

 

I remember the WWF Over the Edge pay-per-view event that night was not one I was overly excited about, so I chose not to purchase it. The week before, I had attended WCW Monday Nitro and forgot to tape Raw that night, so I missed the final Raw leading into the PPV. Instead of paying the money to see a PPV I wasn’t really psyched for, I figured that I would just read live results online or something like that to see what was going on.

 

I believe that same night was the night that one of the big 3 networks (I think it was NBC) aired "The Jesse Ventura Story." So I watched Sunday Night Heat leading into the PPV, and then switched over to "The Jesse Ventura Story" and checked the internet for "Over the Edge" results on the commercial breaks. It was on one of these commercials breaks that I was checking up on PPV results where I first read a headline that was just the beginning of a very long night.

 

"Owen Hart severely injured" the headline read. I was shocked when I clicked the headline to read more, and found out that Owen apparently had been dropped from the ceiling of the arena. I hoped and prayed for the best, that hopefully Owen would be alright and that the injuries wouldn’t be too severe. The thought that he might actually die from this didn’t cross my mind. Not Owen. He’ll be alright. I remember running upstairs from my computer downstairs, and telling my dad who was watching TV upstairs that Owen had been severely injured. He thought at first that what I was telling him was just a wrestling angle, and that Owen would be fine. I explained to him that this was for real, that Owen had been accidentally dropped from the roof of the arena but I didn’t know how bad he was injured. My dad is a big wrestling fan as well, so we both hoped that Owen would be alright.

 

I went back downstairs to the computer to await further updates on Owen’s condition. I sat on the computer, half of me watching "The Jesse Ventura Story", and the other half of me watching the computer screen refresh, hopeful of an update on Owen. It was less than an hour later when the sad news came about to me, and the severity of what happened that night swept me off my feet. I refreshed the website I was checking to find out that due to injuries suffered from that fatal fall, Owen Hart had passed away at the age of 34.

 

I was totally shocked. I never dreamed something like this would ever happen to Owen Hart, a man who was one of my favorite wrestlers. Just a short time after learning the sad news, my dad came downstairs to get a can of soda out of the refrigerator. He looked over at me, and with tears in my eyes, I told him that Owen had died. He couldn’t believe it. The first thing he said was "what?!" He was just as shocked as I had been. He came over to look at the computer to read the news for himself, just to be sure it was true. And how true it was.

 

I immedietely posted about what happened to Owen on the front page of my Bret Hart site that I run (http://hitmanbrethart.cjb.net). I scoured the internet for new information on the situation. My Bret Hart site became one of the first sites on the internet to report on Owen’s death, and I kept the viewers of my page posted with all the latest news on the situation. The one question everyone was asking was "How in the world did this happen?" I was looking all over to figure out the answer.

 

A couple hours later, I talked to a friend of mine online who was from Kansas City. His older brother had been at the event earlier that night, so I got an eye witness account of what happened at Kemper Arena. I believe my site was one of the first internet sites to post information given from someone who had been in attendance that night with details on the fatal fall, if not the first.

 

After staying up til the early morning hours searching for information on just how something like this could have happened, I pulled myself out of the computer chair and stumbled into my bedroom. I remember just staring at my WWF PPV Calendar poster on the wall, which had a picture of Owen Hart in the bottom left corner (this poster still hangs in my room today because of the fact that Owen is on it). I remember just staring at Owen on the poster, and how I couldn’t believe that this had happened. I remembered watching Sunday Night Heat where they were talking about his match tonight, and who would have ever thought then that something like this would happen? I remember lying in my bed, playing "Life Goes On" by 2pac, and just continually staring at that poster on my wall with tears in my eyes. What a night it had been.

 

When I went to school the next day, I remember walking up to the school staring up at the clouds in the sky thinking that Owen must be up there now. I can still see the sky that morning as if it were yesterday morning. As I walked into school and sat down in the cafeteria where everyone hung out before classes started, I remember hearing one of my best friends say something that caused me to almost punch him out then and there. He was a friend that wasn’t really a wrestling fan, and he would always try to give me a hard time about being a wrestling fan. The first thing that he said to me that morning was "Hey Ryan, did you hear about that wrestler guy getting killed?...pretty funny." I was shocked that anyone would say something like that. I just replied "No, it’s not funny at all man..." with kind of a sad look on my face still I’m sure. I was mad that he had said this, but also emotionally drained from the long night, so I just kind of sat there after that without saying much. He could tell that I was serious about this, and just kept quiet and didn’t say anything else about it after that.

 

I remember then in my first hour class, 9th grade US History, another one of my good friends (also not a wrestling fan) coming over to my desk and saying he heard the news that morning. He said that he heard the name "Hart" and immediately thought of me because he knew I liked a wrestler with that name and that I had a website dedicated to him. I told him the Hart he was thinking of was Bret Hart, but this was his younger brother Owen and I was a fan of his as well. My friend just told me he was sorry and walked back over to his desk as class started.

 

The Raw show dedicated to Owen that night was very emotional. My dad had left early that morning to go out of town, so he wasn’t able to watch it with me so I taped it for him (a tape I still have and will never tape over). I remember just watching all of the wrestlers tell their personal stories of Owen, and I couldn’t help but cry along with them. At the end of the show, when Steve Austin did his tribute to Owen with Owen’s picture on the titantron, I remember tears coming down my cheeks. This is supposed to be professional wrestling and everything is supposed to be staged, but what had happened over the past 24 hours was all too real. After seeing all of the wrestlers wearing the "OWEN" black armbands on Raw, I remember taking a black pen, and writing "OWEN" across the back of my white Nike shoe. He was a wrestler I was never going to forget.

 

I hadn’t always been an Owen Hart fan. When I was younger, and he was feuding with his old brother, and my favorite wrestler, Bret, I wasn’t all too fond of him. Owen played the heel character so well, I used to get upset about some of the things he would say about Bret. This was, of course, before I got old enough to learn about how the business really operates.

 

Then, sometime around 1997, I began to learn more about the way wrestling really works. Also around this time, Owen had reunited with his big brother Bret and brother-in-law Davey to form the new Hart Foundation group. I began to look at Owen in a different light. Not as the cowardly heel, because I knew more about the business now and how it worked, but I began to look at him as a great wrestler and a great interview. I was beginning to study matches more now, and I really started to realize just how good "The Rocket" really was.

 

I remember laughing hysterical at an interview Owen did about his upcoming match with Steve Austin at SummerSlam ’97. The stipulation of the match was supposed to be that the loser had to kiss the winner’s rear end. Well, during the interview, Owen pulled out a package of "Blistex" lip balm and told Austin that he better bring some of this with him to SummerSlam, because he was going to need it when he had to kiss his *buttocks*!

 

I then watched Owen survive in the WWF on his own as the "Lone Hart" when the rest of his family went to WCW after Montreal. I watched him join the Nation of Domination. I watched him all the way to the end when he was teaming up with Jeff Jarrett as "Canadian Country" while at the same secretly portraying his old gimmick as the Blue Blazer. I hoped someday the WWF would finally realize what kind of talent they had in Owen Hart and give him the title that he so richly deserved after all these years, the WWF Title. I knew that Owen could go down as not only one of the best Intercontinental Champions of all time, but also as one of the best WWF Champions the company had ever had. Who knows, maybe it would have happened. But sadly, it just wasn’t meant to be.

 

Owen Hart passed away that warm spring evening back in 1999, but even now, 6 years later to the day, his memory lives on. I don’t believe that he will soon be forgotten. I’d like to close this column with a quote from the article I wrote on my Bret Hart site about Owen Hart’s passing back on the night of May 23, 1999...

 

"Goodbye Owen "The Rocket" Hart. May the Rocket that you are carry you high to the heavens above where you will be forever Immortal."

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It was a black shocking day.

 

I was watching that PPV and I remember JR saying "we have a real problem here".

 

I wasn't exactly sure what was happening because they cut to the crowd. All I knew was that he was seriously injured and later when they said he had died, I was just stunned. I didn't know what to think.

 

I miss Owen Hart.

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-- Although no deal has been reached yet, if TNA moves to WGN, they would most likely be getting a Monday night slot, from 8:00 to 10:00 PM eastern time. TNA’s contract with Fox Sports Net ends this Saturday. So, if TNA does leave FSN, they would be without a TV show until they debuted on WGN. This is why TNA wants to sign a short-term deal with FSN to keep Impact on the air, however the network doesn’t want to sign for any deals under six months in length.

 

WGN is now viewable to many in the north-east, as well as other parts of the country.

 

TNA still has one final meeting with Spike TV, however it’s best not to get hopes up on that, as the company considers it a long shot.

 

I would love to see a new Monday Night war

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I would love to see a new Monday Night war

 

So would I.

 

TNA need that deal with Spike, to gain any kind of significance.

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Something called The Nelson Group and NWA Ohio has made an offer to buy TNA. Hacksaw Jim Duggan is involved with them somehow. Some group called Panda Energy owns 71 % of TNA and thats who they want to buy out.

If they are unsuccessful with that, they are going to go ahead and launch a new promotion. Apparently, they have a lot of money behind them and feel they could launch a big promotion.

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Hmm..A Monday Night War II...That's Exactly What Brother And I Said The Business Needs!

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I got this from Prowrestling.com

 

t appears TNA's run on the Fox Sports Network will end with this Friday's episode of Impact!, scheduled for 5/27 at 4 PM. Impact! is not listed for the following Friday 6/3 on Fox Sports, with the timeslot instead filled by "The World Series of Darts."

 

There are no listings for TNA anywhere on Fox Sports' schedule for the months of June and July, which is as far as the schedules are posted on The Fox Sports website. As it stands right now, it appears that the company will be going dark, with the exception of their scheduled PPVs this summer.

 

The rumor making the rounds at Impact! this past week was that an announcement about the television future would be announced in the next 7-10 days. We do know WGN was the leading candidate over Spike TV.

 

Last week, TNA signed both NWA champion AJ Styles and X-Division champion Christopher Daniels to new deals through 2007 and also announced plans for an August PPV event, titled Sacrifice.

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and this is funny

 

Memphis, TN -- Jerry "The King" Lawler's son Kevin has been arrested. Police busted him for burglary at a Raleigh apartment complex Monday night. A woman says she caught him in her house with his pants down. She says he was asleep on her pillow, wearing nothing but a red t-shirt.

 

"She approached her bedroom, and she saw an individual lying on the floor of her bedroom, partially clothed, and asleep with a pillow," says Memphis Police Sgt. Vince Higgins.

 

The victim tells NewsChannel 3 she ran to a neighbor's house because she was scared. She called police, and officers eventually caught Lawler near her home. She tells us she had never met Lawler before, and was very alarmed when she found him in her bedroom.

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I read those storys too. Lawler should be up for parent of the century since all of his kids are constantly in trouble.

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Some thoughts on RAW:

- Lita/Edge - You gotta love the "We want Matt" chants...lol

- Davari - He should do less wrestling and more yelling.

- Steven Richards - Its hard to believe that some years ago he was being called the next Shawn Michaels.

- Jericho - I see a heel turn coming

- Wow. ECW, WCW and WWE all in the ring at the same time.I would have loved to see that back in the day.

- Kane - Nice promo.

- Flair/Batista - I smell a set-up

- Maria - "Interior motive"??? How dizzy is this moron? She can't string 2 sentences together without screwing up! She should just lie on her back and do what she does best.

- Viscera - I know this is just wrong, but I think hes hilarious.

- Batista/Edge - I thought for sure that Kane would do a run-in

- Flair screwjob - Who didn't see THAT coming? Too short of a vacation for HHH.

Edited May 25, 2005 by Kor37

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- Maria - "Interior motive"??? How dizzy is this moron? She can't string 2 sentences together without screwing up! She should just lie on her back and do what she does best.

 

I volunteer to help her with that

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is it me or is Cena and angle the only decent things on Smackdown now

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I think Cena definately needs that "edge" to his character.

 

I get sick of him saying "DA CHAMP IZ HERE!!!!!" all the time.

 

He's supposed to be a hardcore rapper. I want him to be aggressive and talk about "smoking dem fools" who try to take his belt. The WWE have the chance to make Cena the most controversial performer in the history of the company. They should take advantage of that. If I was the head of the WWE I would tell Cena to pretty much say anything he wanted. The more anger and controversy it caused, the better.

 

I like the Eddie/Rey angle. That one should run for a while. Which can only be a good thing.

 

The Angle/Booker thing I don't like because Sharmell has been made the focal point of the feud which doesn't really make sense. Booker should be retiring soon and personally I'd like to see Angle feuding with HBK.

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Some thoughts on Smackdown:

 

- Carlito/Morgan - These guys are like Abbott & Costello

- Teddy Long - He stutters better than Morgan

- Carlito/Big Show & Hass/Holly VS M & N - Is this a rerun of Judgement Day?

- Cena/JBL promo - Way to long and boring

Angle/Jobber - I thought for sure that Tazz would run in.

Angle VS Sharmell - LOL.....That will be nothing but a big joke.

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ECW matches announced

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the PPv should be good, if they are true to the ECW style like they promise

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Don't expect the WWE to keep it's promises dude.

 

They have ZERO faith in ECW and Paul Heyman, which is why an entire squad of WWE "Superstars" (I hate that term) will appear on the PPV.

[Kor37 9]

The ECW matches seem very ho hum. I'm still going to get the PPV but I'm not expecting much.

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Question:..ok i dont much about WWE but i do watch it from time to time when Hang puts it on,what i wanna know is what is a "Stunner" Hang wont tell me and the only thing i can think of is a stunner is a nice looking girl or something :P

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:P B) :blink:

 

From what I've seen, none of the Diva's are "stunners".

 

Hard looking wenches, yeah, that fits.

[Kor37 9]

A stunner doesn't refer to any of the divas. A stunner is a wrestling move. Its a finishing move used by Stone Cold Steve Austin. The move is done by quickly turning your back to your opponent,reaching around your opponents head with your right hand so that your opponents head sort of rests on your right shoulder and then jumping down to the floor to a sitting position causing your opponents head to crash down onto your shoulder.

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My thoughts on Raw Tonight

 

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ok I Really wanted to see Lillan in a Bikini, ruined my whole night

 

Victoria heel Turn Whoopie Dooooo

 

Y2J is great

 

Christian is great

 

Former IC champ Val Vens is really pittyful anymore

 

ECW PPV will have the Sandman thats worth getting it for me

 

Batista beat the heel Arabs to a Bloody pulp, that was kool, I still say if McMahon could do some 4-D Thinking and a big twist turn them face

 

oh and TNA signed a Deal with WGN Superstation to renew the Monday night wars!

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Today in History

(2000) Chuck Palumbo & Sean Stasiak defeated Kronik for WCW Tag Team Titles

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WWE Monday Night RAW Thoughts:

 

- The Viscera thing is boring me now. The only good that came out of it was the Victoria heel turn. The only problem is that there isn't really a Women's Division in the WWE anymore.

 

- Christian, this guy is awesome. He should be WWE Champion by the end of Summer.

 

- Val Venis is now a complete and utter jobber. Go to TNA Val.

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Today in History

(1999) Bam Bam Bigelow & Diamond Dallas Page defeated Saturn & Kanyon for WCW Tag Team Titles.

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oh and TNA signed a Deal with WGN Superstation to renew the Monday night wars

 

The only problem with that is that most of us here on the east coast don't get WGN

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I get it in Pittsburgh, Maybe you should get Satellite