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More wrestling tidbits!; News on Trish, Russo, TNA, etc
Topic Started: Nov 4 2006, 07:50 PM (167 Views)
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-- Paul Wight (Big Show) is nearly done. His contract is up soon and he's completely shot physically, and there's zero interest on his part in signing a new deal for any length of time. He's a legitimate 530 pounds and his knees and back are gone, and he's suffering from many of the same maladies that plagued Andre The Giant during the latter portions of his career. He's unable to work out due to his physical deterioration, so the only way he can alleviate some of those problems is through a serious diet regimen, and the feeling is that at his age he's not interested in doing that. The planned Hogan/Show match for WrestleMania in Detroit may or may not happen, but if it does it will in all likelihood be the final match of his career.

-- One of the major reasons the ECW house shows are being integrated with Smackdown is that the ECW shows are doing so badly that they are actually bringing down the house show numbers on WWE financial reports. The house show business for Raw and Smackdown has actually been up the past four months, but ECW is doing so badly that it makes it look like things are staying at the same level. Vince McMahon won't admit it, but the feeling is that he's folding ECW into Smackdown so investors will think business is picking up. It's actually a shrewd business move, and the ECW experiment will likely be dead within a year anyway so it doesn't really matter.

-- The final day of Lita's contract is December 1st, though the feeling is that she'll actually finish up at Cyber Sunday or the following night. She won't be doing any more wrestling for awhile as she's going to concentrate on her (not very talented) band and do some indy film work, but the general feeling within WWE is that she'll eventually sign with TNA because of the lax schedule. Actually, there are a lot of middle-to-lower card guys who are making noise about going to TNA because they can make the same kind of money they're making now for a much more prominent position on the card and a lot less time on the road.

-- Jim Ross is currently working without a contract, but don't expect that to last very long, as Vince McMahon hates working with people who don't have a long-term contract. Ross won't sign a long-term deal, though, so it's a bit of a stalemate. JR's refusal to sign a contract stems from the way the company has treated him in the pas, and he'll probably walk the next time they want to embarrass him in Oklahoma, or anywhere else for that matter. TNA has made Ross an offer where he'd be the play by play guy with Mike Tenay as color commentator, shifting Don West backstage to do interviews. This is the best idea I've ever heard. There's always a chance of it happening and Ross is high on TNA, but most likely he'll end up just working on his restaurant chain and barbeque sauce sales. His blog (jrsbarbq.com) is pretty much the best wrestling writing available anywhere these days, and he could probably make $5,000 a month from that alone if he'd put Google ads on there and monetize the thing.

-- Flash Funk should be debuting sometime in the next month.

-- Vince Russo's reputation backstage is said to be far, far better than it was with his last run in the company and worlds apart from how he acted in WWE and WCW. He comes across as less egotistical to those who have previously dealt with him. Some of his previous bad tendencies in booking are still in place, however; Russo tries to get the entire roster over instead of concentrating on just a few stars, and while that sounds good in practice, the end result is that nobody ends up getting over. With the exception of Jim Cornette, however, everyone wants to at least give him a chance because he seems to have honestly changed his ways in regards to sleaze and hotshot booking.

-- In addition to trying to sign Chris Jericho, Dixie Carter and Jeff Jarrett have also been making overtures to Trish Stratus. She probably won't sign because of WWE devotion, but they're trying anyway.

-- I don't think this has been reported anywhere else, but back when John Bradshaw Layfield was working without a contract in WWE, TNA made him an offer.
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The person that wrote this put too much of his own opinion into the report, which compromises the believability of the report. Reporters, by definition, are suppose to report the facts and not let their personal opinions sway things. The fact that this reporter included his own opinions, such as saying Lita's band was not so good and that JR's blog is the best writing on the net makes the entire report look amateurish. That said, there was one part of this report that interests me:

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TNA has made Ross an offer where he'd be the play by play guy with Mike Tenay as color commentator, shifting Don West backstage to do interviews.

Tenay is an excellent play by play man, but he falls flat when it comes to getting stories over. If this team were possible, then JR would be selling the stories, which is his strong point, while Tenay would be calling the matches, which is his strong point. It could turn out to be great, even if it isn't likely.
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Don't see the point of TNA trying to get Trish.
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Kame

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Nov 4 2006, 05:53 PM
Don't see the point of TNA trying to get Trish.

Simple as this - greed.

The Big Show news makes me feel really sad. I hate to hear when people aren't in great medical condition.
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Nov 4 2006, 09:59 PM
The Big Show news makes me feel really sad. I hate to hear when people aren't in great medical condition.

Ya me too

Big Show is easily one of my favorite wrestlers and he should be inducted in the hall of fame
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jackymatic
Nov 5 2006, 02:22 AM
Kametsou
Nov 4 2006, 09:59 PM
The Big Show news makes me feel really sad. I hate to hear when people aren't in great medical condition.

Ya me too

Big Show is easily one of my favorite wrestlers and he should be inducted in the hall of fame

There is no doubt that he is going to be one day. He's the only guy to ever hold the WCW title, WWE title, and ECW title. He has a fun character and it's just kool to watch the guy compete.

I've seen him live on several occassions, I was disapointed that it was Show vs JBL (cause at first it was supposed to be Eddie vs JBL but Eddie was put on the mid-card) but by the time it was half way through the match I couldn't have been happier Big Show headlined.

I hope he gets better soon, we don't need another sad Andre thing to happen :cry:
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Nov 5 2006, 01:17 PM
I hope he gets better soon, we don't need another sad Andre thing to happen :cry:

I think sadly that Show might go the Andre way... but at least, from what I've read from the news, Show really cares about his health and life.
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Andre had the accelerating medical condition though of gigantism or whatever it's called did he not? Big Show had that problem stopped quite a while ago (hence why he doesn't look 80 years old, and why he can still walk).
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