venerdì 31 luglio 2009
UFC Conference calls news
Nessun accordo preso con Fedor Emelianenko. Dana ha quindi chiesto di non fare domande sul tema Fedor-UFC.
In Europa la UFC verrà trasmessa da ESPN. Nessuna menzione su un eventuale accordo con la ESPN in America.
Rich Franklin vs. Dan Henderson, come previsto, è stato modificato in Rich Franklin vs. Vitor Belfort.
TIto Ortiz è ufficilamente tornato in UFC, lotterà a 205, e "si ritirerà in UFC".
In Europa la UFC verrà trasmessa da ESPN. Nessuna menzione su un eventuale accordo con la ESPN in America.
Rich Franklin vs. Dan Henderson, come previsto, è stato modificato in Rich Franklin vs. Vitor Belfort.
TIto Ortiz è ufficilamente tornato in UFC, lotterà a 205, e "si ritirerà in UFC".
TNA CREATIVE TEAM UPDATE~!!
In molti ritengo che il licenziamento di Mantell (non riesco a credere che sia vero) sia un forte segnale della volontà di Dixie Carter per ridurre finalmente il potere di Jarrett nella compagnia, se non addirittura cancellarlo, poichè il booker, sin dal 2003, è sempre stato pro Jarrett ed al suo fianco in ogni decisione che potesse avvantaggarlo.
Ad oggi il booking team è composto da Vince Russo (shit~!), Jeremy Borash sotto vari aspetti e Matt Conway.
Savio Vega era invece il "sottotentente" di Mantell.
Nonostante il rapporto amichevole, fra Russo e Jarrett non c'era più quel stretto rapporto di anni fa.
Russo fu assunto direttamente da Dixie Carter.
Dixie Carter sta facendo grossi sforzi per convincere Cornette a lavorare al fianco di Russo come head writers. Cornette ha più volte dichiarato di non essere un wrestling writer, ma un wrestling booker e se non ha la possibilità di bookare wrestling lui non può accettare quel ruolo.
Cornette attualmente lavora nel production truck e come agent per i segmenti backstage ed interviste varie.
Si aspettando altri rilasci la prossima settimana, forse già per questa. (BG e Kip please~!).
Molte persone sono state spiazzate da queste decisioni prese da Dixie Carter.
Ad oggi il booking team è composto da Vince Russo (shit~!), Jeremy Borash sotto vari aspetti e Matt Conway.
Savio Vega era invece il "sottotentente" di Mantell.
Nonostante il rapporto amichevole, fra Russo e Jarrett non c'era più quel stretto rapporto di anni fa.
Russo fu assunto direttamente da Dixie Carter.
Dixie Carter sta facendo grossi sforzi per convincere Cornette a lavorare al fianco di Russo come head writers. Cornette ha più volte dichiarato di non essere un wrestling writer, ma un wrestling booker e se non ha la possibilità di bookare wrestling lui non può accettare quel ruolo.
Cornette attualmente lavora nel production truck e come agent per i segmenti backstage ed interviste varie.
Si aspettando altri rilasci la prossima settimana, forse già per questa. (BG e Kip please~!).
Molte persone sono state spiazzate da queste decisioni prese da Dixie Carter.
Due membri del crative team TNA licenziati~!!
Savio Vega e Dutch Mantell sono stati rilasciati quest'oggi dalla TNA.
Da precisare l'importanza del rilascio di Mantel (oltre al fatto che personalmente l'ho sempre rintenuto un danno) giacchè questi era il braccio destro di JJ nel creative team, un pò come Kevin Dunn lo è di Vince Mcmahon.
Da precisare l'importanza del rilascio di Mantel (oltre al fatto che personalmente l'ho sempre rintenuto un danno) giacchè questi era il braccio destro di JJ nel creative team, un pò come Kevin Dunn lo è di Vince Mcmahon.
giovedì 30 luglio 2009
Brian Kendrick future endevorato~!
Brian Kendrick è stato rilasciato dalla compagnia di Stamford. Il primo approdo del wrestler in WWE è datato 2005.
Quarti d'ora di Raw
Questi i quarti d'ora del Raw con Shaquille O'Neal nel ruolo di guest host GM:
9:00 4.05
9:15 3.85
9:30 3.91
9:45 3.76
10:00 4.08
10:15 3.81
10:30 3.96
10:45 3.90
Overrun 4.27
9:00 4.05
9:15 3.85
9:30 3.91
9:45 3.76
10:00 4.08
10:15 3.81
10:30 3.96
10:45 3.90
Overrun 4.27
Elijah Burke firma~!
Elijah Burke ha firmato con la TNA e debutterà presto con un altro ring name. Il character dovrebbe essere quello di Black Pope.
mercoledì 29 luglio 2009
Raw Rating
L'edizione del 27 Luglio ha ottenuto un 3.95 di rating, arrotondato a 4.0. La prima ora ha ottenuto un 3.89, la seconda 4.0.
martedì 28 luglio 2009
Promettente Tag Team vorrebbe un posto in TNA~!
Gli Young Bucks, promettente tag team della scena Giapponese ed Indy USA, in una recente intervista hanno espresso il loro desiderio di approdare in TNA.
Hanno dichiarato che se avessero un'offerta dalla WWE firmerebbero subito, ma se la TNA si facesse anch'essa avanti, loro sceglierebbero quest'ultima.
Questa l'intero articolo da Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Wrestling:
Young Bucks interview, talk about Dragon Gate, WWE or TNA as future goals PDF Print E-mail
We are Squared Circle Newsletter's writers. Squared Circle Newsletter is a French newsletter which offers you WWE, TNA and many others news twice a week.
This week, we published an interview of The Young Bucks, young and promising indy team.
Here are some highlights :
- We were always inspired by the Rockers and the Hardy Boys we actually do certain things that resemble both those teams. We throw in a mix of lucha libre with american and japanese.
- The NWA is more old school, DG is Japanese style hard hitting high spot action, ROH is a mixture between Japanese style and American just like PWG. So there is some differences between the companies we work but their all great places we probaley prefer working for DG because usually were on tour with them and they have a lot of shows to work in a short amount of time and we prefer staying busy.
- We think that the 2 shows are totally different so you cant really compare them because HDNets show is trying to reach a certain demographic with the WWE style booking while their house shows and PPV's usually reach out to the smart marks.
- Yes we actually hate wrestling in singles matches because we both feed off each other we love wrestling as a tag team and we will probaley try and stay together as a tag team for our whole careers if possible.
- We've worked for the WWE a few times doing little squash matches and work outs with them but we never got signed to a contract but one day we would love to work for them. We want to sign with TNA as soon as possible though if their interested in us, thats our goal our dream is to be in TNA.
- We probaley wouldnt reject a WWE contract unless TNA was offering us something because right now we rather go to TNA.
Jeremy Chevallier (THTG)
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Hanno dichiarato che se avessero un'offerta dalla WWE firmerebbero subito, ma se la TNA si facesse anch'essa avanti, loro sceglierebbero quest'ultima.
Questa l'intero articolo da Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Wrestling:
Young Bucks interview, talk about Dragon Gate, WWE or TNA as future goals PDF Print E-mail
We are Squared Circle Newsletter's writers. Squared Circle Newsletter is a French newsletter which offers you WWE, TNA and many others news twice a week.
This week, we published an interview of The Young Bucks, young and promising indy team.
Here are some highlights :
- We were always inspired by the Rockers and the Hardy Boys we actually do certain things that resemble both those teams. We throw in a mix of lucha libre with american and japanese.
- The NWA is more old school, DG is Japanese style hard hitting high spot action, ROH is a mixture between Japanese style and American just like PWG. So there is some differences between the companies we work but their all great places we probaley prefer working for DG because usually were on tour with them and they have a lot of shows to work in a short amount of time and we prefer staying busy.
- We think that the 2 shows are totally different so you cant really compare them because HDNets show is trying to reach a certain demographic with the WWE style booking while their house shows and PPV's usually reach out to the smart marks.
- Yes we actually hate wrestling in singles matches because we both feed off each other we love wrestling as a tag team and we will probaley try and stay together as a tag team for our whole careers if possible.
- We've worked for the WWE a few times doing little squash matches and work outs with them but we never got signed to a contract but one day we would love to work for them. We want to sign with TNA as soon as possible though if their interested in us, thats our goal our dream is to be in TNA.
- We probaley wouldnt reject a WWE contract unless TNA was offering us something because right now we rather go to TNA.
Jeremy Chevallier (THTG)
SCNewsletter.fr.nf
Altri dati sui rating dell'ultimo Impact
Lo show ha registrato un 1.3 di rating con 1.8 milioni di telespettatori.
Questi i quarti d'ora:
1.25
1.23
1.27
1.36
1.43
1.43
1.30
1.22
Questi i quarti d'ora:
1.25
1.23
1.27
1.36
1.43
1.43
1.30
1.22
AJ Styles Update
Le condizioni di AJ Styles stanno migliorando e non dovrebbe perdere alcun match previsto per lui.
lunedì 27 luglio 2009
Hardy-WWE Update + Vince news(spoiler)~!
La voce che circolava ieri sera vuole Jeff Hardy deciso a rimanere in WWE sino a Summerslam. Niente di confermato al 100% ma questa è la voce che circolava.
Apparentemente Vince McMahon non è rimasto contento dell'opener del PPV, Jericho e Big Show vs. Legacy; infatti a fine match è stato visto scagliare per terra con rabbia le cuffie.
Apparentemente Vince McMahon non è rimasto contento dell'opener del PPV, Jericho e Big Show vs. Legacy; infatti a fine match è stato visto scagliare per terra con rabbia le cuffie.
WWE Night of Champions live coverage from Philadelphia
Chris Jericho & Big Show (new tag team champions) vs. Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes for the tag team title
They were pushing Edge vs. Jericho, showing an Edge taped promo saying he'd come back to face Jericho and Jericho responded back.
This match had almost no heat. Jericho & Show worked as the faces but not overtly so as they were just doing it for psychological reasons to get the crowd with them, but not to be faces. As for the match, it was like a continuation of last week's TNA PPV. It just didn't work and nobody looked good. Finish saw Jericho use a codebreaker behind the refs back on DiBiase and Show pinned DiBiase.
C.M. Punk did a backstage interview asking people if after all the facts are in, are they still going to cheer Jeff Hardy? Punk then came out the entrance way and did the promo in front of fans, and asked for al the fans of Hardy to stand up and make some noise. They found people with merch and Hardy face paint. Punk said he doesn't blame anyone for supporting Hardy, but does blame their parents, or he should say, "parent," because they have to be single parent situations. He blamed the parents for not having any discipline with their children and being enablers. This isn't getting as much heat as you'd think, although there are chants for Hardy. How can you enable your children to look up to Hardy. Anyone under 17 who roots for Hardy are okay, but the problem is parents who aren't sitting down their children and teaching them the proper way to live. It starts with wearing a Hardy shirt, then smoking, drinking beer, Jack Daniels (the gateway drug for marijuana) and he's the one telling the truth. Then comes the old fashioned street drugs, then going through mom's purse because they're addicted to prescription medication. He told all parents to talk to their children. Tell them to "Just Say No." "Yes to the future of a straight edge drug-free America." Punk was very good on the promo, didn't get nearly the heat you'd think the promo would, and even got some cheers.
Tommy Dreamer vs. Christian for ECW title
Both worked as faces. Crowd was dead here for the most part, aside from an ECW chant early. They worked a solid match, but because they were just doing moves without crowd reactions and not changing the pace, it felt like choreographed spots. A ton of reversals, ending whe Christian winning clean with killswitch. The two hugged after the match.
Jericho & Show promo. Show said they aren't friends. Jericho said choosing him was his best business decision. He said they would be a better tag team then the Hart Foundation, British Bulldogs and Road Warriors. Show said they'd be the greatest tag team champions in history. Jericho then thanked Edge for making all this possible.
U.S. title match is next, first pinfalls wins, Kofi Kingston vs. Jack Swagger vs. MVP vs. Carlito Colon vs. The Miz (got the best reaction) vs. Primo (replacing Show)
Good match. They even got the crowd into it with isolation spots and fast action. Carlito started working with Primo, making up with him. When everyone was down and Carlito was working with Primo, Carlito double-crossed his brother using the back stabber. However, Kingston made the save and pinned Carlito with the Trouble in Paradise to retain the title.
Michelle McCool vs. Melina for the women's title.
Melina used a Thesz press off the middle rope, but McCool reversed it with a folding press. These two went out to do a wrestling match. From a wrestling standpoint, well above what you'd expect from a women's match, and second best match so far this show. Crowd didn't seem to really be into it, though.
Randy Orton vs. HHH vs. John Cena is next. Normally that means Orton will go over because a new babyface champion usually ends the show. But today, all bets are off. It could be they expect Cena to be a heel since it's Philadelphia. But this isn't that Philadelphia crowd at all. Cena got heavily cheered.
During the match, the crowd changed and started turning on Cena, even once when there was a slugfest with Orton the crowd was completely with Orton. Clever finish as far as building up a rematch. HHH had Orton in the sharpshooter and then Cena put Orton in the STF. Orton was tapping and the ref went to ring the bell, but didn't ring it because he didn't know who would win in this situation. DiBiase and Rhodes came out to attack Cena and HHH. Because there is no DQ in a three-way, the match continued. Cena had Rhodes up for the Attitude Adjustment but then Orton used the STF on Cena and got the pin, so Orton retained. I wonder how they'll come back from this, because Orton vs. HHH at SummerSlam doesn't sound that enticing. Good finish. Not a great match, but a good title match.
Maryse vs. Mickie James for the Divas title is next. Miz was hitting on Maryse. She blew him off because he didn't win the U.S. title match. Miz shot back and said he's the Miz and can get any girl he want. Miz said she's nothing but a tease and she's going to lose the title, said she always butchers the English language and will come begging at him and he'll have moved. If this was TNA, it would guarantee Miz is helping Maryse keep the title.
James won the title with a DDT. The match killed the crowd. Maryse, as talented as she is, can't wrestle and shouldn't be out there for much time. They went too long, the match fell apart, and the last few minutes were painful to watch as you could tell James lost patience with Maryse when she was off on everything.
Rey Mysterio vs. Dolph Ziggler for the IC title. Maria came out with Ziggler
Clean win by Mysterio with an enzuigiri, 619 and springboard splash. They were put in a bad position on the show, since it wasn't a major match and followed such a bad match. Plus, Ziggler has no credibility with the audience. I can't say Ziggler made a statement with his performance in the biggest singles match of his career, but he did okay.
C.M. Punk vs. Jeff Hardy for the world title headlines the show
They are way late right now. I can't believe they are wasting time showing the prematch video. A case of mistaken priorities
Jeff won the title with a twist of fate and swanton. I guess this makes it a lock that he's staying through SummerSlam. Good match, nothing out of the ordinary . Crowd got into this when Hardy kicked out of a GTS in the middle. Big crowd pop for the title change. Shorter than most main events but it didn't fell rushed at all.
They were pushing Edge vs. Jericho, showing an Edge taped promo saying he'd come back to face Jericho and Jericho responded back.
This match had almost no heat. Jericho & Show worked as the faces but not overtly so as they were just doing it for psychological reasons to get the crowd with them, but not to be faces. As for the match, it was like a continuation of last week's TNA PPV. It just didn't work and nobody looked good. Finish saw Jericho use a codebreaker behind the refs back on DiBiase and Show pinned DiBiase.
C.M. Punk did a backstage interview asking people if after all the facts are in, are they still going to cheer Jeff Hardy? Punk then came out the entrance way and did the promo in front of fans, and asked for al the fans of Hardy to stand up and make some noise. They found people with merch and Hardy face paint. Punk said he doesn't blame anyone for supporting Hardy, but does blame their parents, or he should say, "parent," because they have to be single parent situations. He blamed the parents for not having any discipline with their children and being enablers. This isn't getting as much heat as you'd think, although there are chants for Hardy. How can you enable your children to look up to Hardy. Anyone under 17 who roots for Hardy are okay, but the problem is parents who aren't sitting down their children and teaching them the proper way to live. It starts with wearing a Hardy shirt, then smoking, drinking beer, Jack Daniels (the gateway drug for marijuana) and he's the one telling the truth. Then comes the old fashioned street drugs, then going through mom's purse because they're addicted to prescription medication. He told all parents to talk to their children. Tell them to "Just Say No." "Yes to the future of a straight edge drug-free America." Punk was very good on the promo, didn't get nearly the heat you'd think the promo would, and even got some cheers.
Tommy Dreamer vs. Christian for ECW title
Both worked as faces. Crowd was dead here for the most part, aside from an ECW chant early. They worked a solid match, but because they were just doing moves without crowd reactions and not changing the pace, it felt like choreographed spots. A ton of reversals, ending whe Christian winning clean with killswitch. The two hugged after the match.
Jericho & Show promo. Show said they aren't friends. Jericho said choosing him was his best business decision. He said they would be a better tag team then the Hart Foundation, British Bulldogs and Road Warriors. Show said they'd be the greatest tag team champions in history. Jericho then thanked Edge for making all this possible.
U.S. title match is next, first pinfalls wins, Kofi Kingston vs. Jack Swagger vs. MVP vs. Carlito Colon vs. The Miz (got the best reaction) vs. Primo (replacing Show)
Good match. They even got the crowd into it with isolation spots and fast action. Carlito started working with Primo, making up with him. When everyone was down and Carlito was working with Primo, Carlito double-crossed his brother using the back stabber. However, Kingston made the save and pinned Carlito with the Trouble in Paradise to retain the title.
Michelle McCool vs. Melina for the women's title.
Melina used a Thesz press off the middle rope, but McCool reversed it with a folding press. These two went out to do a wrestling match. From a wrestling standpoint, well above what you'd expect from a women's match, and second best match so far this show. Crowd didn't seem to really be into it, though.
Randy Orton vs. HHH vs. John Cena is next. Normally that means Orton will go over because a new babyface champion usually ends the show. But today, all bets are off. It could be they expect Cena to be a heel since it's Philadelphia. But this isn't that Philadelphia crowd at all. Cena got heavily cheered.
During the match, the crowd changed and started turning on Cena, even once when there was a slugfest with Orton the crowd was completely with Orton. Clever finish as far as building up a rematch. HHH had Orton in the sharpshooter and then Cena put Orton in the STF. Orton was tapping and the ref went to ring the bell, but didn't ring it because he didn't know who would win in this situation. DiBiase and Rhodes came out to attack Cena and HHH. Because there is no DQ in a three-way, the match continued. Cena had Rhodes up for the Attitude Adjustment but then Orton used the STF on Cena and got the pin, so Orton retained. I wonder how they'll come back from this, because Orton vs. HHH at SummerSlam doesn't sound that enticing. Good finish. Not a great match, but a good title match.
Maryse vs. Mickie James for the Divas title is next. Miz was hitting on Maryse. She blew him off because he didn't win the U.S. title match. Miz shot back and said he's the Miz and can get any girl he want. Miz said she's nothing but a tease and she's going to lose the title, said she always butchers the English language and will come begging at him and he'll have moved. If this was TNA, it would guarantee Miz is helping Maryse keep the title.
James won the title with a DDT. The match killed the crowd. Maryse, as talented as she is, can't wrestle and shouldn't be out there for much time. They went too long, the match fell apart, and the last few minutes were painful to watch as you could tell James lost patience with Maryse when she was off on everything.
Rey Mysterio vs. Dolph Ziggler for the IC title. Maria came out with Ziggler
Clean win by Mysterio with an enzuigiri, 619 and springboard splash. They were put in a bad position on the show, since it wasn't a major match and followed such a bad match. Plus, Ziggler has no credibility with the audience. I can't say Ziggler made a statement with his performance in the biggest singles match of his career, but he did okay.
C.M. Punk vs. Jeff Hardy for the world title headlines the show
They are way late right now. I can't believe they are wasting time showing the prematch video. A case of mistaken priorities
Jeff won the title with a twist of fate and swanton. I guess this makes it a lock that he's staying through SummerSlam. Good match, nothing out of the ordinary . Crowd got into this when Hardy kicked out of a GTS in the middle. Big crowd pop for the title change. Shorter than most main events but it didn't fell rushed at all.
domenica 26 luglio 2009
Franklin vs. Henderson II Update
Dana White sta pensando cambiare Franklin vs. Henderson II per lo show UFC del 19 Settembre.
Ha dichiarato che il suo lavoro è di scegliere i match che i fans vogliono vedere, ed ha capito che questo match non lo vuole nessuno.
Franklin ha risposto dicendo che ad oggi nessuno gli ha riferito di un cambiamento sul sudetto match.
Ha dichiarato che il suo lavoro è di scegliere i match che i fans vogliono vedere, ed ha capito che questo match non lo vuole nessuno.
Franklin ha risposto dicendo che ad oggi nessuno gli ha riferito di un cambiamento sul sudetto match.
Rivelato il partner di Jericho...indeed~!
Nel suo account di Twitter, Jericho ha scritto:"Rivelerò l'identità del mio tag team partner Domenica...ma lui è EVIL."
DRAGON GATE USA: Open The Historic Gate
DRAGON GATE USA: Open The Historic Gate
July 25, 2009
The Arena, South Philadelphia
ENTER THE DRAGON PPV Taping
Hostess/Ring Announcer, Dawn Marie
The Arena looks great. The most proffesional production I've seen there. Lots of black curtains on the walls and several jumbo-trons up on the walls at the entrance and in the corners. It was pretty packed but not a sell out. A few empty seats here and there. Every match went between 15 and 17 minutes except for the main event, which went about 20.
BxB Hulk v YAMATO is the opening match. BxB came out with two blonde dancing girls and almost took one of them out when he did his flip off the turnbuckle entrance. Missed her by an inch. Started out with some fast chain wrestling. Some very stiff kicks by both. BxB hit a standing corkscrew moonsault, an incredible missle dropkick and a devastating clothesline. Yamato comes back and gets a sharpshooter. Driver slam by BxB. Then misses a 450 splash. Yamato laughs. Sleeper into german suplex! Winner: Yamato.
2 Cold Scorpio v Ken Doane is next. Scorpio looked pretty old. This was the slowest match of the night but Doane made it good with his heel charisma and work. Started out stalling Zybysko-style. Then got into some chops back and forth. Crowd started chanting "We want Ziggler!" Doane couldn't keep a straight face. Belly to belly and german suplex by Doane. All Scorpio could do was dance. Doane missed a leg drop off the top rope. Then went for a moonsault but Scorpio got his knees up. Winner: 2 Cold Scorpio.
I talked to Doane after the match. Said he isn't booked after tonight but is open to doing more with Dragon Gate. This kid is 23 yrs. old and is just loaded with talent and charisma. Scorpio cut a retro ECW promo to a little bit of a pop but not much.
CHIKARA Eight Man Tag Team Showcase
Fire Ant and Soldier Ant of the Colony, Jigsaw and Mike Quackenbush v Amasis of the Osirian Portal, Gran Akuma and Icarus of F.I.S.T. and Hallowicked is the third match of the night. A very Pro-Chikara crowd. Quackenbush is over and the crowd chants "Quack,Quack!" This was a show stealer. Incredibly fast paced action. I couldn't even begin to call all the spots. It was like a stiff Lucha 8-man without the midgets and transvestites. Jigsaw is absolutely sick! Awesome high flying action! Jigsaw gets the pin. Winners: Team Chikara.
Quack cut a promo saying Dragon Gate and Chikara are like family but there's always some sibling rivalry. I like these two groups together.
Dragon Kid v Masato Yoshino is up next. Not as good as some of their matches I've seen but still very good. Tough following the eight man. They started a slow build and eventually got rolling. I've never seen two guys run the ropes faster than these two. Kid hit a moonsault off the top turnbuckle and caught Yoshino on the floor. Dragon Kid is like a Japanese Rey Mysterio. Huracanrana blocked by Yoshino into a massive powerbomb. Missile drop kick by Yoshino. Dragon Kid hits the rana standing on the top turnbuckle and gets the pin with a west coast (east coast?) pop. Winner: Dragon Kid.
Tag Team Challenge
CIMA & Susumu Yokosuka v The Young Bucks, Nick & Matt Jackson is next. The Young Bucks remind me of the Hardy Boys. Lot's of great double teaming and tag team specialist-type action. Cima hits a double foot stomp off the railing onto the floor. Lots of near falls. Cima goes coast to coast. A dizzying array of double moonsaults and the Young Bucks get the pin. Winners: Young Bucks.
Afterwards the Bucks cut a promo saying they are no longer "the tag team of the future. After tonight, they are the tag team of the present!"
Dawn Marie announces that Dragon Gate USA will be back at The Arena on November 28th. They will be holding a one night tournament to crown the first Dragon Gate USA Champion. The title will be called Open the Freedom Gate. No participants were named.
I spoke with Gabe Sapolsky during the intermission and he looked exhausted and happy. He said "As long as everything looks okay then I'm happy." Everything certainly looked good.
Open The Dream Gate Champion Naruki Doi v Shingo Takagi is the Main Event. Shingo is sporting a Rising Sun Mullet. Shingo dominates early. Nice build. Shingo hit a devastating powerbomb and a knee to the back of Doi's head off the top rope. Doi rallies and they trade chops. Shingo got Doi up for a vertical suplex and held him there while the crowd counted to 30! Lots of near falls. Doi hits a back suplex off the top rope and gets the pin. Winner: Naruki Doi.
Great show and a pretty hot crowd. Sayanora!
July 25, 2009
The Arena, South Philadelphia
ENTER THE DRAGON PPV Taping
Hostess/Ring Announcer, Dawn Marie
The Arena looks great. The most proffesional production I've seen there. Lots of black curtains on the walls and several jumbo-trons up on the walls at the entrance and in the corners. It was pretty packed but not a sell out. A few empty seats here and there. Every match went between 15 and 17 minutes except for the main event, which went about 20.
BxB Hulk v YAMATO is the opening match. BxB came out with two blonde dancing girls and almost took one of them out when he did his flip off the turnbuckle entrance. Missed her by an inch. Started out with some fast chain wrestling. Some very stiff kicks by both. BxB hit a standing corkscrew moonsault, an incredible missle dropkick and a devastating clothesline. Yamato comes back and gets a sharpshooter. Driver slam by BxB. Then misses a 450 splash. Yamato laughs. Sleeper into german suplex! Winner: Yamato.
2 Cold Scorpio v Ken Doane is next. Scorpio looked pretty old. This was the slowest match of the night but Doane made it good with his heel charisma and work. Started out stalling Zybysko-style. Then got into some chops back and forth. Crowd started chanting "We want Ziggler!" Doane couldn't keep a straight face. Belly to belly and german suplex by Doane. All Scorpio could do was dance. Doane missed a leg drop off the top rope. Then went for a moonsault but Scorpio got his knees up. Winner: 2 Cold Scorpio.
I talked to Doane after the match. Said he isn't booked after tonight but is open to doing more with Dragon Gate. This kid is 23 yrs. old and is just loaded with talent and charisma. Scorpio cut a retro ECW promo to a little bit of a pop but not much.
CHIKARA Eight Man Tag Team Showcase
Fire Ant and Soldier Ant of the Colony, Jigsaw and Mike Quackenbush v Amasis of the Osirian Portal, Gran Akuma and Icarus of F.I.S.T. and Hallowicked is the third match of the night. A very Pro-Chikara crowd. Quackenbush is over and the crowd chants "Quack,Quack!" This was a show stealer. Incredibly fast paced action. I couldn't even begin to call all the spots. It was like a stiff Lucha 8-man without the midgets and transvestites. Jigsaw is absolutely sick! Awesome high flying action! Jigsaw gets the pin. Winners: Team Chikara.
Quack cut a promo saying Dragon Gate and Chikara are like family but there's always some sibling rivalry. I like these two groups together.
Dragon Kid v Masato Yoshino is up next. Not as good as some of their matches I've seen but still very good. Tough following the eight man. They started a slow build and eventually got rolling. I've never seen two guys run the ropes faster than these two. Kid hit a moonsault off the top turnbuckle and caught Yoshino on the floor. Dragon Kid is like a Japanese Rey Mysterio. Huracanrana blocked by Yoshino into a massive powerbomb. Missile drop kick by Yoshino. Dragon Kid hits the rana standing on the top turnbuckle and gets the pin with a west coast (east coast?) pop. Winner: Dragon Kid.
Tag Team Challenge
CIMA & Susumu Yokosuka v The Young Bucks, Nick & Matt Jackson is next. The Young Bucks remind me of the Hardy Boys. Lot's of great double teaming and tag team specialist-type action. Cima hits a double foot stomp off the railing onto the floor. Lots of near falls. Cima goes coast to coast. A dizzying array of double moonsaults and the Young Bucks get the pin. Winners: Young Bucks.
Afterwards the Bucks cut a promo saying they are no longer "the tag team of the future. After tonight, they are the tag team of the present!"
Dawn Marie announces that Dragon Gate USA will be back at The Arena on November 28th. They will be holding a one night tournament to crown the first Dragon Gate USA Champion. The title will be called Open the Freedom Gate. No participants were named.
I spoke with Gabe Sapolsky during the intermission and he looked exhausted and happy. He said "As long as everything looks okay then I'm happy." Everything certainly looked good.
Open The Dream Gate Champion Naruki Doi v Shingo Takagi is the Main Event. Shingo is sporting a Rising Sun Mullet. Shingo dominates early. Nice build. Shingo hit a devastating powerbomb and a knee to the back of Doi's head off the top rope. Doi rallies and they trade chops. Shingo got Doi up for a vertical suplex and held him there while the crowd counted to 30! Lots of near falls. Doi hits a back suplex off the top rope and gets the pin. Winner: Naruki Doi.
Great show and a pretty hot crowd. Sayanora!
TNA-Playboy~!!
Come riportato giorni fa in queste pagine, la TNA era vicinissima a finalizzare un importante accordo; oggi è confermato: la TNA ha raggiunto un accordo con Playboy, grosso partner WWE prima che questi diventasse "Rated PG".
Ai tapings della scora settimana le voci ricorrenti parlavano di un servizio fotografico di Traci Brooks, ed ecco perchè è stata riportata recentemente in TV.
In molti ritengono che anche Christy Hemme e So Cal Val abbiano posato.
Ai tapings della scora settimana le voci ricorrenti parlavano di un servizio fotografico di Traci Brooks, ed ecco perchè è stata riportata recentemente in TV.
In molti ritengono che anche Christy Hemme e So Cal Val abbiano posato.
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