WWE/ECW News and Notes

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Despite rumors going around, Chris Benoit is not leaving WWE. He is currently expected to make his return in the fall. WWE wanted to bring him back sooner because of recent suspensions on Smackdown, but he just underwent painful hernia surgery and wouldn’t be able to come back until the fall anyway.

nodq

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Thought we could start this thread over here too:)

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Here's a preview from WWE.com of the Classics that are airing on MSG tonight - Link

I've really enjoyed these WWE Classics...

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We have to figure out how to resize pics...

In other news...

WWE Announces Details of Canadian Tryouts (from PWI) - Link

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We didn't have a RAW thread on this site for this past Monday, so I'm going to put this here...

This week's edition of Raw did a 4.2 cable rating, with a 7 share. That is up from last week's number and the 7 share shows that WWE had a larger segment of the homes watching TV when Raw was on this week. That is always a good number. Last week's show only did a six share.

The show did hours of 4.0 and 4.4, with the second hour being strong thanks to the 4.6 that the overrun did.

PWI

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D-Generation X is once again wreaking havoc on RAW. But this time, the degenerates are a little less juvenile. Find out why DX has toned down their antics since reforming and much more. - Link

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Smackdown will be moving to Fridays at 8/7 CT on The Score as of August 11.

The Score...

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*grumble, grumble* See how quickly my plans changed?

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Matt Hardy's staph infection

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Brooklyn Brawler's always ready for action - Link

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Especially versus Sylvan, no?

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John Cena will be doing the coin toss for the Cards/Pats game before SummerSlam.

Heard it on another forum.

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Vince McMahon apparently lost his cool at Shannon Moore who he felt buckled to the ECW crowd by delivering a lackluster match to a horrible crowd reaction and then getting on the mike afterwards saying, "I'm not here to impress the internet." Vince ordered the finish of the dark match between CW Anderson and Moore be changed mid-match to have Anderson go over and he also order that the two switch roles and Anderson work face. On the August 8th show, there was no mention of him on the show so many backstage think he blew his chance.

WO at prowrestling.com

yikes

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Batista was apparently told by many backstage, including Vince McMahon, just what to expect from the crowd before coming out and he still lost his cool nearly directly after walking out. There is a lot of backstage heat on him because of this.

WO at prowrestling.com

What happened?

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You got to feel for Shannon Moore, he had a good thing going for him in TNA and it looks like he will be going nowhere in the WWE.

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WWE management is liking Bobby Lashley right now, and see him as someone that can could be a major player in the long run. WWE believes he has made significant progress since his debut in September.

I like him as well. My only wish is for him to have a more intimidating voice, because when he speaks, he looks like a gentle giant.

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Joey Styles made a special appearance at the ECW house show in White Plains, New York this evening just a few minutes ago, announcing that the September 11th WWE return to Madison Square Garden will feature a combined Raw/ECW taping, making it the first official appearance of the new ECW brand in the World's Most Famous Arena.

prowrestling.com

RAW/ECW taping? No SD!?

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- The supershow on 10/15 at the Los Angeles Staples Center will mean Raw will be taped on a Sunday night for the 10/16 episode.

- WWE will tape Smackdown and ECW on Sci Fi on Sunday, 10/29, to avoid running a show on Halloween night.

Wrestling Observer at gerweck.net

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It’s said that Brian Gewirtz and Michael Hayes are the main enemies of Heyman and ECW right now. They’ve been worried about ECW making the RAW brand look weak and have been doing pretty much everything they can to push down Heyman, who has been on Stephanie McMahon‘s bad side for a while now.

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Nice to have conspiracies within the company.

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Pulse Wrestling Co-editor Dan Hevia called in the following from tonight's ECW House Show in White Plains, NY:

In the Kurt Angle vs. RVD match, with RVD on the turnbuckle, Kurt went to do the pop-up suplex, slipped on the ropes and got crotched on the second and third ropes, likely injuring his groin and/or hamstring. They went right to the finish, and then he was helped to the back by three refs.

Dan will have a full report up later tonight.

insidepulse.com

I hope it's nothing serious.

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A injury is the last thing Angle needs right now.

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Especially when it's his neck that's the worst off......hurting yet another part of one's body.......sigh.

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The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that Batista receieved negative feedback from many of his colleagues for how he handled the booing at the 8/1 ECW show. He was told ahead of time by Vince McMahon and Johnny Ace that booing was likely to occur, however, he lost his cool within seconds of walking to the ring and he never seemed to get past it.

Batista's appearance was heavily edited during the international broadcast of the show. They edited in footage of fans cheering him on and holding positive signs. Also, all the negative chants were overdubbed with a five-minute long "ECW" chant. And lastly, most of the comments both Joey Styles and Tazz made when they called attention to the crowd's negative reaction were removed. When it was all said and done, the editing made it come off as the most positive reaction to an ECW match since its inception.

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More on Angle's injury from lordsofpain.net....

During last night's ECW show in White Plains, New York - Kurt Angle suffered an injury whilst wrestling Rob Van Dam. He suffered a pull groin, something which has been a recurring injury for Angle in recent months. He is now slated to work through the injury during tonight's house show, and ECW's TV taping tomorrow night in Washington, DC.



Credit: PWInsider.com