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- There’s no word on what injury Umaga has sustained exactly, but like Ken Kennedy, he was hurt last week and as such was not used for Tuesday’s SmackDown taping. Speaking of Kennedy, he is due to see a doctor by the end of this week.

- ECW’s latest show on Sci-Fi was up to a 1.5 rating.

WWE News: WWE Announcing Shuffle, Vince McMahon Focusing More On Raw Than SD, SmackDown Writing Team

source: ProWrestling.NET

– In case you missed it, Matt Striker made his debut as a color commentator when he filled in for Tazz on last night’s edition of ECW. Tazz filled in for Mick Foley as the color commentator at the SmackDown taping later in the evening. As reported earlier, there was a good chance that Foley would sit out this week’s show to sell his injuries stemming from his beatdown from Edge last week. Foley is still tapped to appear at the SummerSlam pay-per-view in some capacity. However, it still remains unclear if Foley will sign a new contract with WWE and continue to serve as the color commentator of SmackDown after SummerSlam.

– The majority of Vince McMahon’s creative focus is still aimed at Monday Night Raw. One WWE source estimates that McMahon dedicates between 75 to 85 percent of his energy towards Raw.

– At the moment, Michael Hayes and Chris “Big Dick Johnson” DeJoseph are writing SmackDown together. Hayes serves as the lead writer of SmackDown, while DeJoseph maps out the show. Creative team member Ed Koskey currently handles the bulk of what you see on ECW each week as he pretty much writes the show himself. Regarding the Smackdown writing crew, one source summed up the working relationship between Hayes & DeJoseph by saying, “Michael doesn’t know what’s cool and hip, while DeJoseph lives for VH1 and MTV.”

WWE News: Stephanie McMahon Up For ‘Best Writer’ Award, Hogan Takes Shot At Creative Team; WWE Encyclopedia

– CableFax, a cable industry publication, has announced the nominations for the CableFax Program Awards. There are several nominations regarding WWE, likely submitted by WWE. Vince McMahon is up for a 2008 CableFAX Hall of Fame Inductees award. Shawn Michaels is up for a Best Actor/Actress/Host award. Monday Night RAW is up Best Show or Series In The Following Genre: Other award. Vince McMahon’s Car Explosion is up the Best Surprise Ending award. Stephanie McMahon is up for a Best Writer award. WWE is also up for a Best Use of HD Technology award alongside the NHL. It’s interesting to note that there is no WWE nomination for the Most Unrealistic Scene That Was Most Entertaining award. You can see the complete nominations list at this link.

– TMZ.com has a video of a photog asking Hulk Hogan questions. He asks him about his divorce, how his son is doing, and his thoughts on Freddie Prinze, Jr. joining WWE. Regarding Prinze, Jr., Hogan says, “I think he’s probably just as qualified as everybody else up there that knows nothing about the art form of the business.” You can see the video at this link.

– DK Publishing has plans to release a WWE Encyclopedia as a part of the WrestleMania XXV hype next March, reports PWInsider.com. The book will cost around $40. DK Publishing has published similar books for other entertainment companies such as DC Comics.

WWE News: New SummerSlam Match Added, SummerFest At Venice Beach This Weekend & More

– The Summerslam Anthology DVD set was officially released yesterday.

– This Saturday (August 9th), WWE is hosting free event on the beach in Venice, California. WWE SummerFest will feature live matches, autograph signings with the WWE superstars and Divas as well as several bands performing. WWE is advertising appearances by Ken Kennedy, Carlito, The Miz, John Morrison, Shannon Moore, Funaki, Tommy Dreamer, Elijah Burke, Candice Michelle, Layla, Lena Yada, Lilian Garcia and Jimmy Hart. The Bands “Prima G” and “Omar Cruz” will be performing as well.

WARNING: The following news item contains a minor spoiler for this week’s SmackDown ..

– Jeff Hardy vs. MVP has been added to SummerSlam

WWE News: Update On Mick Foley’s Contract Expiring: Unhappy, Possibly Leaving

Source: prowrestling.net

As we reported here earlier this week, Mick Foley has been unhappy with his role as color commentator on SmackDown! and is considering leaving WWE when his contract expires in the coming weeks. There has been talk of holding him off television this week to sell the angle he did with Edge at the end of last week’s Smackdown, but it should be noted that the Edge angle was not specifically written as a way to get Foley off television.

The main factor contributing to Foley’s unhappiness is Vince McMahon yelling into his headset during SmackDown! broadcasts. McMahon regularly feeds lines to and communicates with WWE announcers while they are working and Foley is said to be at the end of his rope.

There was an incident that took place several months back while Mick Foley was calling SmackDown! with Michael Cole. Foley felt that Vince got so out of line with his yelling that he called Vince later that night to discuss the situation. Although sources indicate that Vince has toned i down while producing Foley since then, Mick is still bothered by the way he and other announcers have been produced.

Foley is expected to appear at SummerSlam in some capacity, but that show is being seen as a possible end-date for Foley if he chooses not to sign a new deal the company.

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WWE Releases Second Quarter Results, Declares Stock Dividend & More Financial News

– The Associated Press reports that World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. declared on Monday a regular quarterly dividend of 36 cents per share on its Class A shares of common stock. The company expects to pay the dividend Sept. 25 to stockholders on Sept. 15. WWE owner Vince McMahon’s family has waived 12 cents per share of the dividends. Class A and Class B shares owned by the family will instead receive dividends of 24 cents per share.

– WWE released its second quarter financial numbers this morning and reported a net income of $7 million or 10 cents per share. This figure is below the 12 cents per share that Wall Street analysts predicted yesterday, which sent WWE stock down over 7% on Tuesday morning.

In a press release that accompanied the information, Linda McMahon stated, “The Company made important progress in terms of its fundamental operating objectives. We achieved a significant increase in revenue from our international operations, continued the strong growth of our live event, licensing and home video sales, and maintained improved trends in our pay-per-view business.”

The second quarter financial report can be viewed online at WWE’s corporate website at this link.

– WWE will hold its Q2 2008 Earnings Conference Call today at 11am ET.

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WWE House Show Results from Evansville, Indiana 8/2/08

Matt Prater’s August 2nd RAW House Show from Evansville, IN Review

Howard Finkle was the ring announcer and Jillian Hall was the hostess (she
was in the crowd and gave a couple of people in the nosebleeds some
ringside seats and allowed a kid to be Mickie James’ manager).

* Kofi Kingston vs. Paul Burchall (w/ Katie Lea)*
-This was a good, fast paced match. Kofi won with his finisher.

* Snitsky vs. DLo Brown*
-At the end of the match, Dlo went for the Low Down and Snitsky rolled out
of the way. When they returned to their feet, Snitsky hit the running big
boot and got the win. That was surprising, considering that Snitsky never
wins anymore and DLo just made his return.
*
Lance Cade vs. Paul London*
-This match was pretty fast paced. At one point during the match, Cade got
his nose busted open and was bleeding pretty bad. Cade won the match with
his finisher. After the match, refs came into the ring to disinfect the
ring.
*
Mickie James & Kelly Kelly vs. Burchall & Beth Phoenix*
-This was a good match. They allowed a fan to be Mickie James’ manager for
the evening. In the end, Mickie James got the win with her jumping DDT.

Santino came to the ring and got the microphone and Beth was still in the
ring. He told her she has lost her focus because she has been distracted
since they kissed a week ago. He then said that he was going to retire his
opponent after the match.

* Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs. Santino Marella*
-This match lasted about 10 seconds as Hacksaw hit the 3 point stance and
got the win. After the match, Beth Phoenix put Santino on her shoulder and
carried him out.

* Intermission* – During the intermission, my friend went to the concession
stand. There was a long line, so he didn’t get back in time for the next
match, but he met Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat walking around and that made
his day. My friend said that when Kane’s music hit all the little kids
came running back into the arena and then when Batista’s music hit, every
little kid that was left ran back in as soon as they could.

Jillian came out to the ring and said she was going to give the crowd a
gift. She then started singing, but was cut off by Kane’s music.

* Kane vs. Batista*
-This match got off to a REALLY slow start. They literally walked around in
circles with no action for a few minutes. When my friend got back to his
seat, he asked if he missed anything and I was like, “what you’re seeing
right now is all that has happened.” When the match finally got going, it
was actually decent. They made their way outside and used the steel steps
a couple of times. At the end of the match, Kane hit the chokeslam, but
Batista kicked out after a 2 count. Kane went to get his bag and the ref
tried to take it away and Batista speared Kane to pick up the victory.

* John Cena vs. Ted Dibiase Jr. & Cody Rhodes in a Handicap Match*
-Finkle said that RAW GM Mike Adamle ruled this to be a Handicap match. In
the end, Cena won with the STFU. I personally thought it was a bad idea to
have Cena squash the tag champs, but oh well. After the match, Cryme Tyme
entered the ring to help Cena and Cena FUed Dibiase Jr.

* CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho in a No DQ Match for the Title*
-They had been urging the fans to send in a text message to vote on the
match stipulations throughout the night. The choices were something I
can’t remember, 2 out of 3 Falls, and a No DQ match. I have been to enough
House Shows to know that the “fans” always choose the third option, so it
was a No DQ match.

Even though it was supposed to be a No DQ Match, the ref prevented Cade from
getting involved. When it spilled to the outside, the ref urged them to get
back into the ring. It was a good match, but the No DQ stupidity killed it
for me. Personally, I would have prefered a 2 out of 3 Falls match.
Anyway, during the match, Punk went for the GTS, but Y2J raked his eyes
and put him in the Walls of Jericho. Punk reached the ropes. In the end,
Jericho grabbed a chair (and the ref tried to stop him) and Punk kicked the
chair in his face and hit the GTS for the win. Punk celebrated by holding
the title up in the corner and bowing to the fans.

* Biggest Pops:*
John Cena (even though it was mixed, he still got the loudest reaction,
mostly positive)
Batista
CM Punk
Kane

*Biggest Heat:*
Jericho (for ranting on HBK)
Santino

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Report sent in by Derek

I attended tonights RAW house show at the beautiful but slightly ran down Roberts Stadium in Evansville, Indiana. It was my son’s first WWE live event and he had a great time watching the action from our second row seats. Anyway. here are the results to best of my memory.

Opening match was Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston against Paul Burchill. It was back and forth but Kofi hit his finisher for the win. We all won since Katie Lee Burchill was at ringside.

The next match was D-Lo Brown against Snitsky. It warmed my heart to see D-Lo, minus his protective vest, facing ol’ yellow teeth. Too bad for D-Lo that Snits had his a-game on tonight and beat the crap out of D-Lo after mising a frogsplash. Snitsky was nice enough to pose post victory with a grin to show us his yellow teeth.

Lance Cade came out and reminded us that we were all crap and the only person he could trust besides himself was Chris Jericho. Good luck with that Lance. Anyway, Paul London made his way down to the ring and put up a decent fight for a guy who has been moved to jobber role. He was even kind enough to break open Cade’s nose bridge and give us a fair amount of blood flow. Cade hit his finisher and promptly left the ring while the refs scrubbed his blood out of the mat.

Next up was a Divas tag team match, Mickie James and Kelly Kelly (along with some random kid as guest manager) against Katie Burchill and Beth Phoenix. How it ended exactly I can’t remember, but I think James pinned Burchill. Lots of hooting and hollaring during this match.

Then of course we have Santino come out and face off with Beth Phoenix, telling her she was distracted and that he would retire an old man that night with his new hold the Santino clutch. Anyway, the old man was Hacksaw Jim Duggan who came out with US flag and chanting USA. To make a short story shorter, he pinned Santino in about twelve seconds. Hacksaw left and Beth Phoenix carried out Santino like a sack of potatoes.

Intermission

Kane vs. Batsista. A back and forth macth with Kane getting most of the offense. Until Kane goes for his bag that he is keeping his mask in (come on, you know it is his mask) and Batista hits the spear for the pin.

The next match is a handicap match between Cena and the tag champs Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase Jr. I have never wanted to jump the rail more than now at a wrestling match. I hate Cody Rhodes. Rhodes and DiBiase dominate Cena for awhile and then Cena fights back, puts Rhodes in the STF and wins. Then Crime Time hits the ring to even things up. Cena and the Crime Time pose and leave. What no witty John Cena promo????

Finally the main event. CM Punk defends his title against Chris Jericho in a No DQ match. Supposedly we fans texted in our votes and chose this match. Jericho started out with grabbing the mic and telling us we were all garbage and he would do to all the men , women and children (and maybe your pet dog) what he did to HBK . He then called down Lance Cade and the match was on. It was back and forth with everything from Jerich baring a turnbuckle to Punk throwing Jericho into the crowd but the end came as already before. Jericho grabs a chhair, Punk dropkciks it into Jericho’s head and then hits the GTS for the win. Punk is my kids’ new favorite wrestler. And Katie Le Burchill is mine.

Fun show, lots of stuff going on with Jillian Hall running around in a short black dress. She even sang for us, and I like her singing. Maybe not but I do like her. Anyway that was the Raw house show for Evansville, Indiana on 8/02/08

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Report sent in by Tony Clutter

I went to the Evansville, Indiana WWE RAW house show and here’s what happened:

Jillian Hall was acting like a hostess throughout the evening.

Kofi Kingston beat Paul Burchill
(Katie Lea was at Paul Burchill’s side)

Snitsky beat DLO Brown

Lance Cade beat Paul London

Mickie James and Kelly Kelly beat Katie Lea and Beth Phoenix

Hacksaw Jim Duggan beat Santino in like a 5 second match
then Beth Phoenix picked up Santino and carried him out.

Batista beat Kane.

By order of new GM Mike Adamle it is a Handicap match
as John Cena beat Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase Jr

In a world title match CM Punk beat Y2J

Howard Finkle and Arn Anderson was seen also.
It was a lot of fun it was my 2nd WWE event ever!

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WWE House Show Results from Springfield, Illinois 8/1/08

Report sent in by Shane Pastrovich

WWE Raw house show results
Springfield, IL Prairie Capital Convention Center
August 1, 2008

I thought this show was much better than the Smackdown show I saw last September. Here are the results.

Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston beat Paul Burchill with the Trouble in Paradise spin kick to retain the title. A good, albeit, somewhat short match.

Snitsky beat Hacksaw Jim Duggan with a big boot. This was basically a squash. Duggan got very little offense in but the crowd loved him like always.

Lance Cade beat Paul London with his Rock Bottom/powerbomb finisher. Cade did some mic work before the match.

Women’s Champion Mickie James beat Beth Phoenix with her DDT to retain the title in a typical match between the two. A kid was selected earlier in the night to be the guest manager for Mickie James. Afterwards, Santino Marella did some mic work which lead to the next match.

D-Lo Brown beat Santino Marella with the frog splash

Intermission

Batista beat Kane with a spear after Kane was preoccupied with that bag he’s been carrying around. A slow match in the beginning that got better late with both hitting their signature moves along with several near falls. Another kid was picked to be the bell ringer for this match.

John Cena beat World Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes & Ted Dibiase in a handicapped match when he made Dibiase tap out to the STFU. Cena hit all his signature moves and hit an FU after the match and celebrated with Cryme Tyme. No mic work by any of them.

World Champion CM Punk beat Chris Jericho in a no disqualification match with the GTS after hitting Jericho with a chair that Jericho had intended to use on Punk. Fans got to vote on the stipulation for the match. Either Falls Count Anywhere, Best 2 out of 3 Falls, or no DQ. I think they knew which one it was going to be without the so-called voting. Text messaging sucks and is overrated. Both Lance Cade and Jericho did some mic work before Punk came out. Jericho kept stalling and Punk got on the mic and said he’d let the fans in Springfield beat up Jericho after he’s done beating him up. After the match, Punk told the crowd he’s a 200 plus pounder from Chicago but the Springfield crowd made him feel right at home and he thanked the crowd.

Show started right at 7:30 and with the intermission it ended at around 10:15 or so. Howard Finkel was the announcer. He came out to Guns N Roses “Welcome to the Jungle” to signal the start of the show. Jillian Hall was there and she picked out the kids who got to participate and she started to “sing” before Kane’s entrance music cut her off. All in all a good show.

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WWE News: An Update On Chuck Palumbo, The Brian Kendrick, Cena & McCarthy Promoting SNME

– Since being drafted to Raw, Chuck Palumbo still has yet to make a television appearance on his new brand. Reader Ronzilla sent in the following regarding his encounter with Palumbo at last week’s Raw at the Mohegan Sun… First off I am a HUGE fan of Lordsofpain and I have been for years. I check it religiously everyday. My girlfriend makes fun of me lol.. Anyway I was at Mohegan Sun on Monday and I met Chuck Palumbo. He was shopping with his son ( i belive it was his son ) in a music shop and I got a chance to talk to him. He said he hasn’t been on raw because he has been having nagging shoulder injuries and his knee has been bothering him.. I told him that I enjoyed the stuff he did with Jamie Noble and he didn’t seem like he was too pleased with how it came about.. He said “It’s all politics.. That’s all it is..” Referring to his angle with Jamie Noble. I told him that I heard about Noble and HHH/HBK being friends backstage ( I read it off of your site of course ) so it looks to be true.. Anyway Chuck was a really nice guy and HUGE in person. Just some info thought you guys might like to know!! peace out, RONZILLA.

– SmackDown star Brian Kendrick is now going under the name “The Brian Kendrick”. WWE.com changed his profile to reflect his new ring name. You can see the updated profile at this link.

– John Cena & actress Jenny McCarthy did media this past week to promote tonight’s Saturday Night’s Main Event telecast, as well as Generation Rescue, to inform and raise money to combat Autism. The two appeared on Extra, Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood last night. They also appeared on Fox & Friends on the Fox News Channel this morning.

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WWE SNME Taping Results (08/02) *Spoilers* 07/28/2008

WWE taped this Saturday’s edition of Saturday Night’s Main Event at the Verizon Center in Washington D.C. Special thanks to Wrestling News World readers Katerina, Katie, B-Dawg, Aaron Coleman, and Alejandro Villarroel for sending text-message updates. If you are attending a WWE event in the near future and would be interested in assisting with our live coverage please email your name, the date of the show, and your mobile number to me by clicking here.

* Ted DiBiase has been spotted entering the building.

* A red carpet has been rolled out.

* A WrestleMania XXIV video package is shown.

Dark Match:
* Paul London b. Charlie Haas
- London comes out with a new haircut. He got the win after hitting a shooting star press.

* Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler make their way out to ringside.

Saturday Night’s Main Event: (Airing This Saturday)
* CM Punk comes out to a huge pop with the title belt around his waist as he joins Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross.

* JBL, Cody Rhodes, Kane, and Ted DiBiase Jr. b. John Cena, Cryme Tyme, and Batista.
- JBL got the win after pinning JTG.

* A video of Carmen Electra is shown speaking on autism.

* The Great Khali b. Jimmy Want Yang.
Khali won via pinfall in a squash match.

* A video of Jeff Foxworthy is shown speaking on autism.

* Jenny McCarthy is on her way out to ringside.

* Edge b. Jeff Hardy
Edge got the win with the spear after MVP came out and kicked Jeff in the head.

 

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