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Backstage News On Booker T & Sharmel In TNA

2007-11-13T11:36:00.000-08:00

Booker T and his wife Sharmel made their TNA debuts Sunday night at the Genesis Pay-Per-View. Both have signed TNA contracts and will be appearing on iMPACT! this Thursday night.

Booker is said to be nothing but a pleasure behind the scenes thus far. He was completely fed up with the WWE lifestyle and is embracing his new role in TNA with excitement. He has told many within TNA that he's very appreciative for this opportunity and wants to do anything he can to contribute to the TNA product.

Sharmel is also fitting in very well backstage with the other TNA Knockouts. The women's lockerroom in WWE is said to be very "territorial", with the newer divas not being accepted at first by the more established women stars. In TNA, the top women (Karen Angle, Gail Kim, Miss Brooks) have embraced Awesome Kong, ODB, Angel Williams and now Sharmel.

Chris Jericho Returning Next Monday

2007-11-13T11:34:00.000-08:00

WWE has confirmed the return of Chris Jericho before it actually happened. The latest issue of WWE Magazine features Chris Jericho on the cover with the tag line “Chris Jericho: The real story behind Y2J’s shocking return”. On the cover photo Jericho is shown plugging in two power cables. The magazine will hit newsstands later next week.

As we have been reporting for over a week, WWE decided to go forward with plans to bring Jericho back on the November 19th edition of RAW (one night after Survivor Series). This became pretty clear during the Save_Us videos that aired on WWE television last night as the videos all but confirmed Jericho was coming to RAW next month.

Credit: Ryan Gray

TNA Genesis Results

2007-11-12T12:04:00.000-08:00

Event: TNA Genesis Pay-Per-View Results
Airdate: Sunday, November 11th, 2007 (Live On PPV)
Location: Universal Studios Soundstage 21 in Orlando, Florida
Results by WrestleView.com

- The TNA promo hit.

- The PPV began with the crowd in Orlando standing for the National Anthem in honor of Veteran's Day.

- A video package aired highlighting tonight's PPV.

- Footage was shown of a limo arriving in Orlando for tonight's PPV.

- Abyss defeated Black Reign in a Shop of Horrors Match. TNA placed weapons around the ringside area as the announcers remind us that anything goes. Abyss cracked a big board over the head of Reign followed by sending him through a wall. They brawled to the entrance ramp area and Reign gave Abyss a quick suplex over a few trash cans. Abyss got a barbed wire bat and hit Reign with it a few times. They did a big spot where Abyss chokeslammed Reign off the stage. Believe it or not, a board full of rap traps was revealed and put in the ring by Abyss. The finish saw James Mitchell try to interfere, but Abyss put Reign's rat down his clothes and Abyss took a shot on the board full of rat traps. Abyss then dodged a brass knucks shot and hit a Black Hole Slam for the win. After the match, Abyss unlocked a black box at ringside. Inside was a wrestler with a red mask on (believed to be Johnny Stamboli doing his Red Rum gimmick). Reign and the wrestler beat up Abyss, put him in a box and pushed it off the entrance ramp. So much stuff went down that you almost couldn't believe what you just saw.

- Backstage, Jeremy Borash tried to find out who was in the limo that arrived earlier. A security guard told Borash to leave.

- Backstage, Crystal interviewed The Motor City Machineguns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley).

- The Motor City Machineguns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) defeated Team 3D. Very solid tag team match between these two teams. Sabin and Shelley attacked 3D during their entrance. The action spilled to the ring and 3D bailed from the ring early on when MCMG got in some offense. Sabin got taken out later on with some 3D double team moves. Brother Ray crotched both Sabin and Shelley on the turnbuckles when they were posing. Tons of quick offense by MCMG on Brother Devon at this point in the match. Ray pulled the referee out of the ring when Sabin had a pinfall on Devon. Ray then took off his belt and started whipping Sabin with it. Doomsday Device by 3D on Sabin, but Sabin kicked out during the close pinfall. 3D brought a table into the ring and put it in the corner despite the referee trying to prevent them from doing so. The finish saw Sabin run up the table, flip back and then send Devon through the table. MCMG then hit a double enziguiri kick on Ray to get the pinfall.

- Backstage, Jeremy Borash is with Kurt Angle, Karen Angle and Kevin Nash. Borash said he couldn't find out who was in the limo. Kurt and Karen started arguing. Angle asked Nash why he wasn't upset and then started accusing him of being in on the secret about Sting's mystery partner. Nash then threw Angle against the wall and told him to calm down.

- Backstage, Crystal interviewed TNA Women's Champion Gail Kim about her title defense tonight.

- Gail Kim defeated ODB, Roxxi Laveaux & Angel Williams in a Four Way Women's Match to retain the TNA Women's Title. Not much here as it was a fairly quick match. ODB was acting crazy throughout the match and the fans in Orlando seemed confused. The referee sent VKM to the back early on. ODB then continued the crazy and started slapping the ass of all the women in the ring. The finish saw Roxxi spit mist into the eyes of ODB allowing Kim to hit a modified neckbreaker on ODB to get the pinfall. After the match, Awesome Kong appeared and stared down Gail Kim.

- Backstage, Jeremy Borash is with Karen Angle. They approach the limo and Karen opens the door. James Storm and Eric Young were inside the limo drinking. Looks like it was the wrong limo.

- Jay "Black Machismo" Lethal defeated Sonjay Dutt to retain the TNA X Division Title. Dutt took out Lethal early on with a quick flip dive over the top rope to the outside. Lots of quick back and forth action between the two early on as well. Dutt grounded the action by applying a body scissors submission on Lethal. Another quick spot saw Lethal hit a suicide dive through the ropes on Dutt on the outside. Dutt responded with a Camel Clutch on Lethal in the ring. The finish saw Lethal hit the Lethal Combination followed by a flying elbow off the top rope to get the pinfall on Dutt to retain the title. After the match, Lethal and Dutt hugged and then So Cal Val was invited in. Team 3D then ran out and started attacking Lethal and Dutt. Ray got on the mic and said Sabin and Shelley cheated. Ray said they were taking the X Division Title hostage and left with the belt.

- Backstage, Crystal was with Kevin Nash. Nash said he knows that Sting's partner won't be Scott Hall tonight after what went down on Impact.

- AJ Styles & Tomko defeated The Steiner Brothers to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles. The match started off early on with AJ Styles and Scott Steiner. Scott kept taking out out Styles, causing Tomko and Rick to get tags. Scary moment saw Rick hit Tomko with a botched Death Valley Driver. Tomko looked a bit dazed, but responded with a quick clothesline on Rick. Scott got the tag and Styles and Tomko did some double-teaming. Tomko broke up a pinfall attempt on AJ after a top rope bulldog by Rick went down. The finish saw the referee get bumped allowing Styles to hit a low blow on Rick followed by a steel chair shot. Styles got the pinfall on Rick to retain the tag titles.

- Backstage, Crystal was with Robert Roode. Roode reminded Samoa Joe that he made him bleed.

- A second limo was shown arriving to the Impact Zone. This one was white.

- Samoa Joe defeated Robert Roode. They showed the female fan in the crowd holding up a sign asking Robert Roode to hire her. She again stared down Ms. Brooks. Early on in the match, Roode jumped over the top rope and tried to take out Joe, but Joe moved out of the way. Joe put Roode on a chair at ringside to do the Ole kick, but Roode stood up and sent Joe's knee into the guard railing instead. Joe responded sending Roode into the steel steps and then hitting the Ole kick. A shot of a knocked out Ms. Brooks at ringside was shown and the announcers have no idea how it happened. In the ring, Joe applied an STF on Roode that was eventually broken up when Roode got to the ropes. They kept showing shots of Ms. Brooks knocked out being checked on by EMTs. The finish saw Roode attempt The Payoff, but Joe blocked it and hit the Muscle Buster for the win.

- Backstage, Karen Angle tried to tell Kurt Angle that everything was under control. Kurt didn't believe her and left the room. A shot of Angle going out the parking area to the white limo was shown, but Sting cut him off from getting close.

- Backstage, Crystal was with Christian Cage along with AJ Styles and Tomko. Cage said he is used to people trying to make a name off him and hopes Kaz is ready for tonight. Cage told Styles and Tomko to stay in the back because he didn't need help tonight. Styles winked and said okay. Cage said he was serious.

- A video recap of the Fight for the Right tournement is shown. Junior Fatu is not shown or mentioned.

- Kaz defeated Christian Cage in a "Fight For The Right" Tournament Final Ladder Match to become the #1 contender for the TNA World Title. Very good match between these two guys. Big spot early on in the match where Cage put the ladder across the ring apron and guard railing, put Kaz on top and connected with a Frog Splash from the top rope. A second ladder was brought in and both ladders were setup next to each other with both men climbing up. Cage reached over and took out Kaz with reverse DDT off the ladders. Another big spot saw Kaz attempt a leg drop on Cage from the ladder, but Cage moved and Kaz landed on another ladder. Cage setup the ladder again and went for the contract on a clipboard, but Kaz dropkicked him off. The contract actually fell off the clipboard and it was noted by the referee that the way to win was to get the clipboard. This is bringing back bad memories when the "X" kept falling during past Ultimate X matches. The finish saw AJ Styles and Tomko come out, which distracted Cage. This allowed Kaz to push Cage off the ladder and onto Styles and Tomko at ringside. Kaz then went up the ladder and got the clipboard to get the win.

- Backstage, Jeremy Borash checks on James Storm and Eric Young who were still having a drinking contest from earlier in the night. Storm was passed out and Young stole the "drinking championship belt" that Storm was bragging about earlier.

As assumed, Sting's mystery partner tonight in the Genesis tag team main event is Booker T. They really built the anticipation for the announcement with some slow music until the familiar "CAN YOU DIG IT, SUCKA?" line hit the speakers.

(8) Tag for the Title for the TNA World Title: Kevin Nash & Kurt Angle (c) vs Sting & BOOKER T. His entrance theme sounds just like his WWE one. Great crowd reaction for Booker. Nash looks worse than ever in the ring. He seems like he can hardly move around. Booker does the Spinaroonie and the crowd goes nuts. Booker hits the axe kick on Angle but Nash breaks up the pin.

Booker hits the axe kick on Angle but Nash breaks up the pin. Karen distracted the ref. which brought out Sharmell to stop her. Styles and Tomko ran down to the ring and laid out Sting which allows for Angle to get the pin and retain his title.

Tomko and Styles celebrated in the ring with Angle. Christian came out on the entrance ramp with a confused look on his face as the PPV went off the air.

Update On The Missing Divas From WWE.com

2007-11-12T12:03:00.000-08:00

Source: PWInsider.com

To update everyone on the missing Divas pages from WWE.comm, apparently it's not a decision of the creative team even though everything that's put on WWE.com is approved by the WWE creative team first. The Divas section are an important and high trafficked part of WWE.com.

One source in WWE creative is saying that the removal of the Divas from the site was not something that creative wanted to do and there is some kind of behind the scenes issue that the company is trying to work out regarding WWE Divas being on the site. Stay tuned for more information as we get it.

Booker T made TNA Debut

2007-11-12T12:02:00.000-08:00

Former WWE & WCW world champion Booker T makes official TNA debut at "Genesis" PPV!

WWE SMACKDOWN TAPING RESULTS - SPOILERS

2007-11-09T12:05:00.000-08:00

Highlight for spoilers:

Credit: Wrestlezone
Thanks to Andy for sending these in, stay tuned later for a more detailed report!
I attended SD live from Bakersfield CA, so here's some quick match results. Order may not be entirely right.

-- The Major Brothers won a tag team battle royal to earn a title shot later "tonight." Other teams were Deuce/Domino, Jesse/Festus, Drew McIntyre/Dave Taylor and Jimmy Wang Yang/Shannon Moore. The Majors eliminated Deuce/Domino for the win.

-- Victoria w/Kenny beat Michelle McCool w/Chuck Palumbo. Victoria won with a DDT.

-- Finlay beat Rey Mysterio after knocking Rey off the top rope as Rey was about to hit a West Coast Pop and hitting the Celtic Cross. Match had to have gone around 20 minutes, really good stuff.

-- CM Punk beat Jaime Noble. Afterwards, the Miz attacked Punk and John Morrison attacked Miz, leading to a three way brawl. Punk won the day, but was laid out by Noble.

-- MVP/Matt Hardy beat The Major Brothers to retain.

-- The Undertaker beat The Great Khali in a No Holds Barred match. No weapons were used, Taker won with a Triangle choke

Tna Impact Results

2007-11-09T11:59:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the November 8th, 2007 edition of the TNA impact! Report.

This Sunday is Genesis. Scott Hall is in the house tonight.

Fight for the Right Finals: Christian Cage vs Kaz
Lots of back and forth action early on, leading up to a commercial break. After the break the action gets more high impact. After AJ and Tomko get involved Christian is able to hit Kaz with a ladder and get the win.
Winner: Christian Cage

Matt Morgan comes out and declares the match a No Contest. So at Genesis it’s going to be Kaz vs Christian Cage in a ladder match.

JB is with Nash and the Angles. Nash and Angle get in a war of words that is broken up by Karen. She is going to go talk to Scott Hall.

AJ challenges Scott Steiner to a takedown match. Most takedowns in 5 minutes wins.

Gail Kim vs Alexa Jade
A relatively short, back and forth match which sees Kim get the pinfall.
Winner: Gail Kim

VKM come out afterwards. They say Roxxie will win this weekend. She is in the ring behind Gail Kim. She hits Kim with a dominated type move. Angel Williams powerbombs Roxxie. ODB comes down and hits a fallaway slam on Angel. Gail Kim hits a missile dropkick on ODB.

Karen tries to seduce Scott Hall. She says he can trust her. Hall says in wrestling you can’t trust anyone. Scott Hall says he’s here to see Nash.

Karen has a meeting in the men’s room.

Team 3D vs Jay Lethal and Abyss
After Black Reign comes out and attacks Abyss, 3D gets the victory.
Winners: Team 3D

Angles calls out Scott Hall. Angle goes to his lockerroom. Tells Hall to stay out of his business. Scott throws him into the wall and tosses him out of his lockerroom.

Scott Steiner cuts a pretty decent promo on AJ. Basically calling him a little boy.

Takedown Challenge: Scott Steiner vs AJ Styles
the ropes are taken down and AJ is wearing amateur wrestling gear. Tomko throws powder in Steiner’s eyes. Steiner still gets the win.
Winner: Scott Steiner

Main Event: James Storm, Robert Roode and Kurt Angle vs Eric Young, Samoa Joe and Sting
Storm taps out to the Scorpion
Winners: Sting, Joe and Young.

Scott Hall comes out and talks to Nash. He says he is not Sting’s partner.

Booker T as Stings Mystery Partner?

2007-11-09T11:58:00.000-08:00

Much like WWE has done with their "SAVE_US" videos, TNA Wrestling has joined in with a cryptic puzzle of their own to promote a major surprise at Sunday's GENESIS PPV.

In the latest "TNA Today" video, a mystery link shows up that takes you to the domain "11t11n07a.com" (11/11/07). There, you can solve a puzzle that appears to reveal Booker T as Sting's mystery partner.

A brick wall is shown with graffiti all over it. You can clearly make out the name "BORDEN" spelled backwards, which is Sting's last name. You can also make out the word "GENESIS" and other TNA-related numbers and words.

Most importantly is the clue at the bottom - the name "HUFFMAN" spelled backwards. As many know, Booker T's real last name is Huffman. Also at the top of the brick wall are the letters "BT" - initials for Booker T.

Credit: Wrestlezone

Chris Masters, Y2J & Raw, Marella

2007-11-08T16:29:00.000-08:00

WWE has come to terms on the release of SmackDown Superstar Chris Masters. We wish Chris the best in all his future endeavors.
Source: WWE.com

- There was actually an idea pitched to Triple H by WWE Creative to call The Great Khali’s handler “Arab Bischoff” in the opening D-Generation X segment this past Monday on RAW. For whatever reason the line ended up not getting used.

- Several people in WWE were said to be happy with Santino Marella’s work on RAW this past Monday in the beer truck segment with Stone Cold. Many were surprised at the lack of pop that Austin received but felt that Marella sold the “hose down” well.

- The current plan for Chris Jericho’s WWE return is for it to occur the night after Survivor Series on the November 19th edition of RAW from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. It is not likely that Jericho will return at the pay-per-view as the company does not want to overshadow the upcoming return of Edge. While all return plans are subject to change, November 19th is the current date WWE officials are working with.

Source: Various

Nick Hogan Arrested

2007-11-08T16:25:00.000-08:00

Nicholas Bollea was arrested minutes ago for Reckless Driving Involving Serious Bodily Injury. He will be transported to the Pinellas County Jail when this happens. He will be transported to the Pinellas County Jail when this happens.

Bollea, who is the son of wrestler Hulk Hogan, was involved in a high-speed crash in August that left his friend critically injured. 22-year-old John Graziano III remains in the hospital, reportedly on life support.

Police have been investigating the crash, but up until this point, no charges had been filed. Investigators say Bollea was racing his Toyota Supra against a Dodge Viper when he lost control and crashed into a tree.

The driver of the Dodge Viper, 22-year-old Daniel Jacobs, has been issued a court summons for Reckless Driving.

In addition to Reckless Driving Involving Serious Bodily Injury, Bollea is also charged with: Use of a motor vehicle in commission of a felony, A person under the age of 21 operating a vehicle with a breath-alcohol level of .02 or higher, and illegal window tint.

Nick's rep, Adam Handelsman, EVP of 5WPR, issued the following statement to TMZ "Nick and the entire Hogan Bollea family are saddened that criminal charges have been filed in regards to the tragic single car accident on August 26, 2007. Nick will meet and answer these charges in the appropriate arena a court of law."

The statement continues. "The family's primary focus and concern still remains for the continued recovery of Nick's longtime friend John Graziano. The Bolleas will also continue to stand by the Graziano family and help them in any way they can. The tragedy to both families is compounded by the fact that unfortunately John was not wearing his seatbelt. Thankfully, Nick was wearing his. Because of what happened to John, the entire Bollea family will make it a priority to increase public awareness about the importance of always wearing your seatbelt. There has been much speculation as to the speed and wet road conditions surrounding this accident. Although all the evidence has not been evaluated, preliminary reports from the experts indicate that this was not, in fact, a high-speed accident. Because Nick is still a juvenile and has no prior criminal record, we are disappointed that he is being charged as an adult offender. However, we are confident that the evidence will demonstrate that this was an accident. We ask all who follow these events to keep an open mind as to the facts until they have been ultimately determined. Finally, we thank all who have prayed for John's recovery and ask for your continued support and prayers."

Source: Wrestlezone.com

Chris Jericho Update, Nicolas Cage/Wrestling News

2007-11-08T16:16:00.000-08:00

In today’s New York Post mentions Nicolas Cage and Darren Aronofsky attending a Ring Of Honor event at the Manhattan Center. The article said that Nicolas Cage was in attendance for the duration of the show and interviewed several of the wrestlers.

Chris Jericho is at a book signing today at Booksoup in West Hollywood, CA. Tomorrow, Friday, November 9, Chris Jericho is scheduled to be Redmond, WA at Borders at 7pm for a book signing. On Saturday he will be at McChord Air Force Base in Washington at 10:30am and at the Fort Lewis, WA base at 1pm. Then on Sunday he will be in Lake Forest Park, WA at Third Place books at 5:30pm.

Source: WrestlingObserver.com