Archive for April, 2005

Chris Candido, Rest In Peace

Never really knew much about his career, but damn, what a sad story.

ECW PPV

A snippet of some of Dave Meltzer’s information on the upcoming ECW PPV, from a recent issue of the Observer. I don’t feel comfortable posting Dave’s stuff, but the Observer in one of the few things I buy that I genuinely feel is more than worth the money. I thought by doing it, and including [...]

Angle-Michaels

I know we’re almost a month removed from Wrestlemania, but I still think Angle/Michaels was one of the greatest matches in WWE history, and an easy * * * * *. Here’s a few notes on the match I found interesting, from Dave’s Wrestling Observer newsletter:

WMXXI Buyrate

By now, you’ve probably seen the big news. Wrestlemania XXI, widely predicted to have a significantly lower buyrate than last year’s Twentieth Anniversary show, has come in with a preliminary buyrate of nearly 950,000, exceeding last year’s preliminary number’s by 14% according to the E. The final buyrate always comes in higher, so it’s looking [...]

TNA: Lockdown

All silly booking cliches and jokes aside, it’s amazing how even after all these years, you can still tell a Dusty Rhodes booked PPV just by watching it. For better or worse, the man has a way of leaving a fingerprint the size of the Grand Canyon all over any wrestling product he touches. I’ve [...]

Bloody Mary

I can’t believe Edge is the one who dumped a bloody mary on Amy Weber!

For old time’s sake…

Discuss.

So let me get this straight…
Eric Bischoff said HBK couldn’ get a singles match for Backlash against Muhammed Hassan. Bisch says HBK needs to choose a partner or no match. HBK asks Hogan to come back because he needs a partner desperately (this after saying he didn’t need a partner) otherwise he doesn’t get Hassan [...]

The Champ Is Here

Credit: JRG

Releases

Well, it seems to be spring cleaning time. Let’s take a look at recent releases from the WWE:
Confirmed
Matt Hardy
Rhyno
Molly Holly
Rumored
Jesus
Chilly Willy (from OVW)
While no explanations have been given outside of WWE.com announcing that Molly’s departure was by “mutual agreement”, rumors and conjecture are already running rampant. Are there going to be more roster cuts? [...]