Foto e video dell'incidente che ha coinvolto The Undertaker

Durante il suo ingresso, la giacca ed il cappello dell'Undertaker hanno preso fuoco dopo un incidente causati dai pyro.




Link del video:

http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhKMy8e6JGdZN753tC

WWE Superstars rating

0.9.

TNA Impact rating

1.2.

TNA Update

Jeff Hardy è stato contattato da una promotion internazionale di recente, a cui ha risposto che al momento gli è impedito di lasciare gli USA fino alla fine del processo. Ha detto che non lotterà fino a che non avrà risolto i suoi problemi giudiziari e quando ciò avverrà è intenzionato a lottare full-time per la TNA.
Coloro che hanno parlato con Jeff dicono che questa sua scelta sia stata motivata dal carico di lavoro meno pesante e dall'angle della WWE che lo vedeva preso in giro da CM Punk quando fu arrestato.


The addition of the new crew have made more of a difference in ratings in the U.K. The last show before Hogan came, which aired on Bravo on 1/3, did 57,000 viewers. The Hogan, Flair, etc. debut aired on 1/10 and did 68,000 viewers. Since then, 1/17 did 103,000 viewers (most watched single episode of a wrestling show in the country that week, as Smackdown did 76,000); 1/24 did 83,000 (beating Raw, but not Smackdown) and 1/31 did 103,000 (beating Smackdown, but not Raw).

Anche se le Knockouts hanno quasi sempre ottenuto il quarto d'ora con più telespettatori, il nuovo regime ha deciso di mandare meno wrestling femminile in tv, con le knockouts utilizzante principalmente in vignette, in modo particolare le Beautiful People.


RVD era ospite al Fight Network radio, dove ha dichiarato di aver avuto altre due conversazioni con la TNA in settimana: una con Hogan e una presumibilmente con Dixie Carter. Ha detto di essere ottimista su un suo possibile arrivo in TNA, per via della schedule degli impegni non eccessiva e per la continua volontà da parte della compagnia di volerlo nel roster.

Lo stop all'utilizzo di Scott Stiner è paragonabile all'addio di Cornette dopo l'arrivo di Ed Ferrara. Con l'arrivo di Ric Flair il managment ha deciso di interrompere i rapporti con Steiner per via del ben noto odio che questi nutre nei confronti del Nature Boy.

David Taylor ha ufficialmente preso il posto di Scott D'Amore come agent della divisione Knockouts, ed alla sua prima giornata di lavoro ha subito ottenuto pareri ottimistici sul suo operato.

Karen Angle e 2 Cold Scorpio erano presenti nel backstage agli ultimi tapings.

Buyrates dei ppv WWE del 2009 paragonati al 2008

09Worldwide 09Domestic 08Worldwide 08Domestic:

Royal Rumble 450 288 575 403

No Way out 272 174 365 256

WrestleMania 960 582 1041 697

Backlash 182 116 210 141

Judgment Day 228 146 252 169

Extreme Rules/One Night Stand 213 136 200 134

Bash/Night of Champions 178 114 286 191

Night of Champions/Bash 267 166 196 135

SummerSlam 369 229 477 329

Breaking Point/Unforgiven 169 105 211 146

Hell in Cell/No Mercy 283 164 261 157

Bragging Rights/Cyber Sunday 181 105 153 92

Survivor Series 235 136 319 191

TLC/Armageddon 228 132 193 116

TOTALS 4215 2593 4739 3157

I DVD targati WWE più venduti nel 2009

The best selling DVDs of 2009 ended up, based on units shipped, WrestleMania at 248,000, Rise and Fall of WCW at 172,000, Best of Saturday Night’s Main Event at 133,000 and Greatest Wrestling Stars of the 90s at 118,000.

ECW final rating

1.14.

Raw rating

3.4.

Primo sguardo alle action figure TNA della Jakks Pacific alla Toy Fair in NYC

Annunciati i membri dello show NXT

Chris Jericho as the mentor for Wade Barrett

Matt Hardy as the mentor for Justin Gabriel (who was Justin Angel in FCW, the current FCW champion)

MVP as the mentor for Skip Sheffield

Carlito as the mentor for Michael Tarver

Miz as the mentor for Daniel Bryan (Bryan Danielson) and there is humor in that

Christian as the mentor for Heath Slater

C.M. Punk as the mentor for Darren Young (longtime Northeast indie wrestler Fred Sampson)

R-Truth as the mentor for David Otungs (Jennifer Hudson's fiance)

TNA-Jeff Hardy Update

Fonti TNA dichiarano che per Jeff Hardy c'è un contratto pronto per lui una volta che avrà risolto le sue note vicende giudiziarie.

TNA Destination X Update

Non si sa se i piani siano stati cambiati o se non ci siano mai state le intenzioni di svolgere un intero ppv per la X Division, ma ad oggi ciò non avverrà. A Destination X vi sarà il ritorno dell'Ultimate X match ed in teoria un paio di match della categoria X Division.

TNA Impact spoilers per lo show del 25/2 e 4/3

TNA Wrestling taped the remainder of the 2/25 edition of Impact and the 3/4 edition (the final episode in the Thursday night timeslot) tonight from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. Below are full taping results:

* Xplosion match, Okada vs. Alex Shelley. Okada is, of course, Kazuchika Okada from NJPW. Winner via Sliced Bread #2, Alex Shelley

* Xplosion match, Kiyoshi vs. Homicide vs. Amazing Red. Winner via standing shooting star press, Amazing Red

* Xplosion match, Hamada vs Traci Brooks. Winner via Hamada Driver, Hamada

* Impact match, Desmond Wolfe w/Chelsea vs. Abyss. Winner via black hole slam, Abyss. AJ Styles and Ric Flair attack after the match. Wolfe used a chair and attacked Abyss too. They're all beating Abyss up until Hulk Hogan comes out to stop it. Hogan takes out AJ, Flair and Wolfe and then Flair takes out his leg and they all whoop him. Flair and AJ deliver chops to him and Abyss has been handcuffed to the ring. AJ, Flair and Wolfe continue their assault on Hogan and AJ hits Hogan with the world title. Hogan is bleeding. Abyss hulks up and rips the handcuffs and everybody makes a run for it. Hogan gets on the mic after a couple minutes and says since Flair wants to stick his nose in his business, he's going to wrestle in a match March 8th. AJ Styles & Flair vs. Abyss & Hulk Hogan.

* For the TNA Global Championship, Rob Terry vs. Mr. Anderson. Before the match, Anderson asks if he's supposed to feel sorry for spitting on some medals given to Kurt Angle from the widow of a fallen soldier? Angle comes up behind Anderson and nails him with a chair shot. Angle calls Terry over. Terry grabs Anderson and brings him to the ring. The match has officially started. Winner via Running Power Slam, Rob Terry. Match ended as soon as it started.

* ODB vs. Daffney. Daffney got DQed for going nuts and using the ring steps to smash ODB's leg while it was around a ring post. She then used a mop on ODB's leg. Dr. Stevie had to pull her off.

* Eric Bischoff promo. He's man enough to admit his mistakes. You have to look back at the things you've done wrong and not feel bad but learn from them. He says Jeff Jarrett is different and he'd like him to come out. Jarrett is out with music and pyro. Bischoff knows the situation is tough but he can put it all behind him. Eric has something for him, the barbwire bat. He knows asking him to use it is disgusting and unfair. He feels Jarrett did the right thing not using it, but he didn't do the right thing by him. He's giving him one more shot to do the right thing. He wants Jarrett to go to catering and flip some burgers. He also wants to follow health codes and puts a hairnet on Jarrett. He asks him if he has a problem and Jarrett says nothing. Eric says happy flipping and leaves.

Non title match, Motor City Machine Guns vs. Generation Me vs. Beer Money Inc. vs. TNA Tag Team Champions Matt Morgan & Hernandez. Beer Money, Inc won after Storm superkicked Morgan and Roode schoolboyed him. Morgan was showboating too much and was being a jerk to Hernandez. Neither was happy with the other after the match.

* Doug Williams vs. Rob Terry. Winner via short chokeslam, Rob Terry. Brutus Magnus attacks Terry afterwards. He and Williams gang up on Terry and leave him laid out.

* Impact opening (likely the start of the 3/4 edition)

* AJ Styles and Ric Flair come out first. There are a lot of ladies with them again. Flair says he's overwhelmed at all this talent. They've had time to think about last week with Hulk Hogan. They want Hogan out so they can give him a present and give back to TNA. Hogan and Abyss come out. Flair asks if he can assume that this will be peaceful. Hogan says he's got nothing to worry about because this is not the time for it. Flair wants to apologize for their bad judgment and actions. Flair offers Hogan all his ladies but says Abyss gets nothing. Hogan says he doesn't want anything from Flair, not a beer or one of his hits of Viagra. Hogan said he promised everybody not to step in the ring and help TNA get to the top. But after what they did, he and Abyss are getting in the ring to take Flair and the wannabe Flair to school. Flair says if that's what he wants then he'll do it. He said the one thing he never did was beat Hogan on national TV. AJ says Hogan had it all when he wrestled. Now AJ is the champ. AJ says it's time to get out of here and train. Bischoff comes out and says AJ has business to take care of tonight. AJ vs. Desmond Wolfe vs. The Pope vs. Abyss is happening tonight.

* Angelina Love is out. She calls Velvet Sky a bitch and says she's not leaving until she gets out here. Velvet comes out wielding a pink belt. Angelina goes after her and beats her all over the place. Angelina brings her in the ring and delivers a scissor kick. She takes the belt and is going to use it until the rest of the Beautiful People run out. They hold Angelina down so Velvet can whip her with the belt. They beat on her and then pose to their music and leave.

* Mr. Anderson is out dressed as Angle with a bald cap, mouth guard, fake tan and a tag that says loser. He says he's the best wrestler as well as the most injury prone wrestler in the world today. He said he broke his neck tying his shoe and from walking his dog. He said he did it while taking a dump and drinking a Yoohoo and however else. He said he had serious business to discuss. Mr. Anderson cut his head but in reality he just wants sympathy. Angle comes out and attacks Anderson. Anderson bails to the outside and throws a beer in Angle's face. He then Angle Slams him in the ring, takes the bald cap off and snaps it on Angle. Anderson takes Angle's tags and leaves.

* Tomko vs. Jeff Jarrett with no music or pyro. Winner via sunset flip out out of the corner, Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett got busted open hardway at some point during the match.

* Four Corners Match for the TNA Championship, Desmond Wolfe w/Chelsea vs. "The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero vs. Abyss vs. AJ Styles w/Ric Flair. Pope's ankle is still injured. Flair uses a chair on it while the referee is distracted during the match. Winner via Figure Four leg lock on The Pope, AJ Styles. After the match, AJ, Flair and Wolfe take turns working over Pope's ankle. Abyss makes the save until Flair uses the barbwire bat on Abyss. They then take turns beating him up. Hogan comes out for the save and uses the bat on Flair and busts him open. Security and agents Dave Taylor and Pat Kenney come out to stop Hogan but he's beating up everybody. They finally get control. Hogan gets a mic and says in four days it's on. Pope, Hogan and Abyss are in the ring being held back. Pope breaks free and goes after AJ but gets stopped. He breaks free again but gets stopped. Now AJ and Wolfe break free and try to attack but get stopped. Hogan has the belt and is posing with it but AJ rushes in and attacks. Free for all again. Pope gets the bat and swings it wildly and that clears the ring to end Impact.

Ecco chi ci sarà su WWE NXT!

FCW Champion: Justin Angel
Daniel Bryan
Kaval
Skip Sheffield
Joe Hennig
Brett Dibiase
Darren Young
Heath Slater
Michael Tarver

Raw is Springer TV report

WWE Raw Report
By: Todd Martin

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Date: 02/15/10 from Des Moines, IA.

The Big News: Well, so much for the streak of excellent Raws. Hell, so much for the streak of non-dreadful Raws, too.

Show Analysis:

Sheamus beat Randy Orton via DQ. There were RKO chants early. Sheamus hit a power slam but missed the big boot. Orton went for the RKO but Sheamus escaped. Orton gained control with the Garvin stomp but was distracted when Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes came to ringside. Sheamus took over with punches, kicks and knees. Orton responded with punches, kicks and stomps. Orton went for the RKO and Sheamus kind of escaped.

On the outside, DiBiase tried to attack Sheamus behind the referee’s back. Sheamus fought him off immediately so Rhodes attacked Sheamus from behind. The referee saw that and disqualified Orton. Afterwards, Orton gave Rhodes the RKO. Sheamus then dove in with a big boot on DiBiase and Orton gave Sheamus the RKO. This match was quite boring with a redundant crap finish.

Bret Hart came to the ring. He said it was no shock that Vince McMahon wasn’t there, because Bret would be waiting for him. Bret said the words were echoing in his head that he deserved to be screwed. Bret said he thought Vince deserves to have the crap beaten out of him. Bret added that he would have loved to take out Vince at WrestleMania but it wasn’t meant to be. He thanked the wrestlers, fans, and John Cena. He said goodbye and left. He said goodbye to the wrestlers backstage, shook hands with Cena, and went to leave. I didn’t understand Bret’s motivation here at all, but that’s a minor quibble compared to what would come.

Next up was the big angle. Off camera a woman backed her car into Bret’s limousine as Bret was getting in. When they panned to Bret, his leg was hanging out of the car. They showed another camera angle later that made it seem Bret’s leg should have been severed or at the very least crushed, but there wasn’t even any blood. Bret was put on a stretcher and left in an ambulance. They played this up as a huge deal throughout the rest of the show. It looked completely fake.

I won’t go so far as to say this was a complete disaster or that they ruined the Bret/Vince angle in one week, but this was such an idiotic, ill-conceived directional turn. Has there ever been a vehicular assault angle in pro wrestling that has worked? It always looks like bullshit. Nobody ever buys it. It just makes the whole angle look fake. And of all the angles to not interject this idiocy into, it was Bret and Vince because the whole reason the angle was working was the realism of it all. People buy that Bret is angry at Vince for Montreal and the years of tumult that followed. Nobody buys that Bret is angry at Vince because Vince paid some woman to try to cripple him with an automobile on Raw.

This is exactly the sort of scenario we all feared WWE would do with Bret and Vince: substitute the real life issue between the two for some contrived, WWE scripted bullshit. After weeks of quality build I had completely let down my guard and assumed WWE was going to follow through this angle well, and then they pull this shit.

Mark Henry and MVP beat Miz and Big Show. MVP hit a yakuza kick on Miz and Henry hit the world’s strongest slam but Show broke up the pin. Big Show tagged in and hit a DDT but missed a Vader bomb. MVP then got the tag. He hit a face buster and yakuza kick on Show but ran into a kick from Show. Miz tagged in and covered, but MVP reversed into a pinfall of his own for the win. This match felt really rushed, as they had to make time for the 45 minute segment that would follow.

Next up was the Jerry Springer Show on Raw. Because, you know, WWE doesn’t want to be viewed as low brow, white trash entertainment. The announcers put Springer over huge and billed him as a television legend, which is sort of like Mel Gibson seeking to salvage his reputation by doing a buddy comedy with Michael Richards. The theme of the show was WWE’s most intimate relationships revealed.

Springer brought out Kelly Kelly, whose acting throughout this segment was Tiffany level atrocious. She said she was pregnant but wasn’t sure of the father because she has been in a lot of relationships. Santino came out and said he was the father. Kelly said that when Santino was sleeping she needed someone to finish the job. Michael Cole then got up and said, “That was our little secret, you loose lipped hussy!” Jerry Lawler then said Kelly was talking about him. Springer of course responded that Kelly was too old for Lawler.

The Bella Twins were out next. Nikki said that Brie was a man and they got into a fight as Santino tried to get people to chant “Jerry.” Springer wanted to know who was in the room with Kelly. Chris Masters came out, which brought out an angry Eve Torres. She got into a fight with Kelly over Kelly taking her man. The wrestlers again tried to get people to chant “Jerry.”

Masters said Torres wasn’t getting the job done. So Torres said she was also cheating with Great Khali. Khali came out and made out with Torres. Springer then said he had the results of the paternity test, and of course it was Hornswoggle. Springer left. Lawler then told Springer this was all a charade. No, really? Ranjin Singh said the Great Khali felt like the audience that this was a waste of time. No, really? Mae Young then came out and made out with Springer as the wrestlers yet again tried to get the crowd to chant “Jerry.” There were more wrestlers chanting “Jerry” than people in the crowd doing so.

This seriously may have been the low point in the history of Raw. Just the most moronic, interminable, negative stereotype-affirming nonsense. “Entertainment” by idiots and for idiots. And no, I don’t consider “it’s supposed to be awful” to be a particularly compelling defense for awful television programming.

Ted DiBiase beat Kofi Kingston in a brief match. Since DiBiase was going over, Kingston got the whole match. He hit a dropkick, clothesline off the top and boom drop. He set up for trouble in paradise but ran into the corner and DiBiase hit Dream Street for the pin.

They announced Antonio Inoki for the WWE Hall of Fame. This was kind of surreal in that they were acknowledging all this history that they have basically pretended never happened for decades. They talked about the formation of New Japan, the match with Muhammad Ali and the shows in North Korea. Props to WWE for bringing this history to the fans’ attention. They also announced Jewel and bull rider Ty Murray as the guest hosts next week. NASCAR, Jerry Springer, bull riding, it just gets better and better.

John Cena was in the ring and had an argument with Batista on the video screen. Cena was sarcastic and smarmy discussing how Batista attacked him from behind. Batista laughed and said Cena keeps running his mouth when Batista isn’t there. Batista said he will be on Raw next week and Cena can run his mouth then. He finally wished Cena luck on Sunday. Maybe it’s just me, but I find Batista’s character so much more likeable than Cena’s.

HHH beat John Cena via DQ. Cena hit a fisherman buster and threw HHH over the top, but accidentally dove into the barricade. HHH got heat during a commercial break but Cena quickly came back with shoulder blocks and the five knuckle. He went for the FU but HHH got out and hit a clothesline. HHH went for a superplex but Cena blocked and hit a top rope rocker dropper. Cena went for the STF but HHH reversed into a half crab. HHH hit a high knee, face buster and spine buster. He went for the pedigree but Sheamus ran in with a big boot for the DQ. He gave Cena the big boot too and hit a razor’s edge on HHH.

I just don’t buy that in 2010 crap finishes help build PPV matches. They’ve been done way too frequently for way too long and they just make matches feel pointless. I’d much rather they book TV matches where guys go over and then match up the guys who go over at the PPV to settle who the best is. Instead, they have a bunch of matches with crap finishes and then the same guys wrestle on the PPV. The hook for watching the PPV seems to be that this time we may actually give you a real finish.

WWE is essentially like a really stupid con man running a shell game. He offers you a free try, only he rigs it so you lose. Then he tries to get you to play again, only this time for $45, and says this time he’s going to play fair. This is not a very profitable con job. There are better strategies to be had, both in terms of engendering goodwill with your audience and in profiting more on PPV.

Final Thoughts:

This was so much worse than other recent editions of Raw. It had bad matches, bad finishes, bad angles and a dreadful Jerry Springer skit. It wasn’t just a letdown, but rather a gigantic step in the wrong direction.

If you want to hear a much more positive take on WWE’s WrestleMania direction, you can check out a podcast I did with Alex Reimer here at www.thesportsstuff.com. It was recorded prior to this edition of Raw and is as a result much more upbeat. Also, I forgot to mention this last week, but I was on the Fight Show podcast with Mauro Ranallo talking wrestling and MMA on February 3, so you can check that out too through iTunes via hardcoresportsradio.com/podcast.

Impact spoilers from Orlando

Awesome Kong and TNA settled their issues, at least enough that she was wrestling on tonight's show in an Xpolsion match as Kong & Hamada beat The Beautiful People to keep the tag titles

For Thursday's show:

Show opens with a Pope promo, talking about his match with A.J. Styles at Lockdown. Ric Flair and Styles came out with several women. Pope called him Dick Flair, which comes from the mid-90s and Shane Douglas. As Flair corrected him on the name, Pope said your name may be Ric, but you're still a Dick. He called Flair a well dresseed piece of crap. As Pope and Flair went back-and-forth, Styles started insulting Pope and Pope went after both of them. They beat down Pope and Pillmanized his ankle with a chair. Styles then put on the figure four and security had to pull Styles off him.

Tara b Daffney via DQ in a non-title match for using a tool box as a foreign object. She ended up putting a bicycle railing on Tara and started smashing the railing with a chair until Dr. Stevie came out and took her to the back.

Orlando Jordan b Samoa Joe clean with the back stabber

Kaz (no more Suicide) & Amazing Red & Generation Me b Doug Williams & Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin & Brian Kendirck when Kaz pinned Doug

Eric Bischoff announced Jeff Jarrett vs. Abyss and if Jarrett doesn't hit Abyss with a barbed wire bat, then Jarrett has to leave TNA.

Abyss vs. Jarrett saw Jarrett think about using the bat but refusing to. Eric Bischoff stopped the match and ordered his new team of henchman, which are Homicide, Raven, Desmond Wolfe, Tomko and Rhino) to attack both men. They held Abyss and called for Hogan to unmask him, but Hogan refused to unmask him and called him to the back.

Beer Money b Brutus Magnus & Rob Terry by pinning Magnus. Rob Terry is now the Global champion. Magnus said Terry was a screw up and that he and not Terry should be Global champion. So Terry teases giving Magnus the belt, but then attacked him and laid him out so it looked like a face turn for Terry.

Hogan, Bischoff and Abyss are in the office. Hogan told Bischoff to leave. Hogan said that Abyss is a real life monster, and took off his WWE Hall of Fame ring and gave it to Abyss telling him it was a ring that would give him magical powers.

Kurt Angle b Daniels with the ankle lock

Angle did a promo saying the chain that he wore was given to him from soldiers he met at an army base in Texas and that Ken Anderson disrespected them by using it as an object. He vowed revenge on Anderson. Anderson was all sarcastic saying how touched he was and amazed at Angle's ability to kiss people's ass for attention. They ended up brawling with Anderson using a low blow and laying Angle out with a mic. Anderson claimed TNA stands for Total Nonstop Anderson.

There was a brawl with Eric Young & Kevin Nash vs. Scott Hall & Syxx-Pac. Hogan showed up. This may be the end of the show

They taped some stuff ahead for the 2/25 show

It opened with Flair and Styles doing an interview. Styles says, "To be the man, you've got to beat the man." Flair cut a promo on Hogan and Abyss. Abyss came out to Hogan's "American Made" music and wearing Hogan's ring. Flair said Abyss may be superhuman when it comes to strength but he's not a Hall of Fame wrestler and calls him a clown. Flair said Abyss couldn't even shine his shoes. Abyss said that's true because he's not a shoe shine boy. Styles called Abyss a joke and he and Flair demand Abyss take the Hall of Fame ring off and give it to Styles, a real Hall of Fame wrestler. Then Hogan came out and a four-way argument beings.

Team 3-D b Nasty Boys in a tables match. Jesse Neal is back as a babyface as he got the helmet from Jimmy Hart and threw it to Devon to set up the win, which was a 3-D on Sags through a table

Beer Money challenged for a tag title match. Hernandez agreed to give them a match.

Kaz b Brian Kendrick

La TNA torna a collaborare con la ROH

Con l'annuncio della partecipazione dei MCMG allo show della ROH in Maggio, la TNA ha deciso di approvare la partecipazione dei loro wrestlers agli show della ROH purchè non vengano mandati in onda su HDNet, in PPV o su DVD.

Ecco le date per i prossimi tapings di Impact

Monday February 15
Tuesday February 16
Monday March 8 (Live)
Tuesday March 9
Monday March 22 (Live)
Tuesday March 23
Monday April 5 (Live)
Tuesday April 6
Monday April 19(Live)
Tuesday April 20

Ora è ufficiale: la TNA sbarca al Lunedì sera contro Raw!

Nella conferenza stampa di oggi, come previsto, è stato dato l'annuncio del passaggio di Impact al Lunedì sera, dalle 9 pm alle 11 pm, in diretta concorrenza con Raw, anche se USA Network vorrebbe un Raw di 3 ore ogni Lunedì.

Questo il recap della conferenza:

TNA President Dixie Carter officially announced that TNA would be moving Impact to Mondays on 3/8 during a press conference that was broadcast online.

After being introduced by Mike Tenay and making the announcement, Carter commented that she and Hulk Hogan said in October 2009 that they were going to "turn wrestling upside down" and they have done that. Carter also commented that Hogan indeed brought the "rocket fuel" that TNA needed to go to the next level.

Carter introduced Hogan at this point. Hogan said that when he came to the company, he had no idea how quick "such amazing things would happen." Hogan said it was game time and it's game on. Hogan commented that he's never been around a company before with such positive people and work ethic. Hogan said that if he was told three or four years ago, that he'd be around such positive people "during the twilight of his career", he's have thought you were crazy.

Hogan said they were making history "and things are going to change like they have never changed before." He promised they were going somewhere that no "sports-entertainment company has gone before." Hogan said that he feels a spring in his step and is proud to be part of TNA.

Hogan said that the move wasn't a "Hulk Hogan thing" but more about the hard work and foundation of the last several years. Hogan said, "This place is real, there's no agendas here." Hogan said Dixie and Bob Carter gave him a chance to "have life after life."

At this point, they opened it up to questions from the media:

*They were asked about the length of the Monday move. Dixie Carter said they foresee it as "happening forever." She noted some episodes will be live and some will be taped but they are in it for the long haul.

*Dixie was asked about the 9 PM timeslot. Carter said they could have done 8-10 PM but the 9PM timeslot was the best decision to start with. Hogan said that from a wrestler's point of view, if you want to prove you are the best in the fight, you want the fans to choose who is the best by going head to head. Hogan said that for him, that was the only option. Hogan said their might be other reasons to switch the timeslot around from a network point of view, but the wrestlers like a good fight.

*Hogan was asked about the Monday Night Wars in the past. Hogan said that they started "across the street" at Disney in WCW and they took over in six months. Hogan said that today, it isn't a competition because TNA has a better product and better talent. He said that from being around for a few months, he knows that they have a better production. He said they aren't here to relive history, but to make new history. Dixie said that wars are waged over long periods of time and they are in it for the long run and want to increase their ratings over time.

*When asked about Impact expanding into a three hour show, Dixie said there were no plans or talks for that, but there were talks of additional programming on Spike.

*They were asked if they expected any response from Vince McMahon. Hogan laughed and said he'll give them the inside scoop. He said that Vince won't acknowledge it because he doesn't see anyone as competition, but the talent he's spoken to in WWE are hoping TNA does well. He said the talent want there to be leverage and they want there to be something more than a monopoly. Hogan said the office isn't happy TNA is doing this.

*Dixie was asked about the company's expectations over time. Carter said that if they can hold the ratings they had on Thursday and move them to Mondays, they will be happy and can grow from there. She said the fans are the real winners and that they are having fun at their jobs. She's hoping to give back some of the passion that wrestling fans have lost or to make new fans and to make everyone proud to be a wrestling fan. She said people aren't proud to be fans and she wants to give them a reason to make them proud to be fans again. Hogan said that he used to go wrestle in "another place" and it was the longest day of his life. Here, everyone loves being here and he wouldn't even set benchmarks because he's "afraid to predict anything" because TNA's talent are raising the bar so hard and fast. Hogan said he wouldn't even know where to begin in regard to expectations because things are happening so fast.

WWE Superstars rating

1.02, 1,174,000 telespettatori.