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After a big week in wrestling, Jim Ross chimes in on all the major news and happenings.
on Mick Foley
Small world…I accidentally ran into Mick Foley in LA on Tuesday as both of us were there on personal business unrelated to the other. Mick was in good spirits and has many interesting irons in the fire. [...]

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Jeff Hardy faces another court hearing on drug charges…

It looks like TNA Impact! will replay tonight (Thursday) on Spike TV after all.
After last week’s replay drew a similar rating to the Monday night Live Impact, Spike TV had scheduled the movie Predator for the old Impact! slot.
Well, Predator is now set to air at 7PM EST, and Impact is back 9PM on Spike [...]

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Huge thanks to Inside Pulse reader Brian Gilmore for sending along pictures and more pictures of the Hulk Hogan Fu Manchu contest, and now sends this report:
Whatcha Gonna Do, Brother, when the two biggest Fu-Manchu’s, The Arch and Hulk Hogan, run wild in St, Louis?
The wrestling Icon from Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Hulk Hogan, [...]

Tell that to The Rock and Mick Foley…

Full results of the show that will air this Friday night.

After originally signing a short contract that ended soon after Wrestlemania 26, it now appears that Bret Hart will be continuing to work with WWE into the Spring. Hartis booked to be part of the Smackdown tour in the European show, with him being announced as a special enforcer for Edge vs. Chris Jericho matches.
On [...]

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ROH goes full speed ahead into Michigan and Canada this weekend

The trial for Jeff Hardy’s drug charges begin on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 in North Carolina.
While the details of his TNA contract have not been made officially public, reports are that it is a 1 year deal. Jeff would be doing around 100 dates for the company, which would be a combination of TV [...]

After the initial ratings report more details have now come out.
WWE Monday Night Raw averaged 5.60 million viewers, with hour 1 doing a 3.66 rating and hour 2 doing a 3.73. RAW’s first hour (which drew 5.57 million viewers) was the most viewed first hour since August 4th, 2009, while hour two (5.63 million viewers) [...]

USA Network sent out a release about its ratings, with a large segment about Raw which i have copied here:
Only a pair of series-high episodes of “Pawn Stars” on History outperformed WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW this week among P18-49 (2.59 million) while among P25-54 (2.46million), RAW was behind only “Pawn Stars” and a series-high [...]

WWE Monday Night Raw did a 3.7 rating
TNA Impact did a 0.8 rating.
more details to come!

On TNA Impact this week, Ric Flair beat his own head to bleed, which was part of the script and storyline. However, he went overboard at the tapings, going as far as to cup his own blood and throw the blood into the crowd.
TNA management reportedly gave him a “tongue lashing” backstage about the [...]

Jim Ross checked in with a pre-Raw blog covering some great topics like Steve Austin and breaking the news of a contract with WWE.
on talking to Steve Austin:
I talked with Steve this weekend and he was really excited about being back on Raw and feeling that live audience, adrenaline rush that one experiences. I cannot [...]

Last night was week 2 of the 2010 Monday Night Wars. However, TNA superstar Kevin Nash was actually watching Raw! Throughout the night he described his friendship with Stone Cold Steve Austin and then progressively got more and more crazy and upset on the twitter
First he said:
just talked to Austin on the phone said [...]

WWE officially added Stu Hart and Gorgeous George to the 2010 WWE Hall of Fame class during last nights WWE Monday Night Raw.
Here is the latest and presumably full lineup, with Bob Uecker expected to be announced Next week on Raw
WWE Hall of Fame 2010
“Million Dollar Man” Ted Dibiase (inducted by Ted Dibiase Jr, Brett [...]

Now that WWE Raw with Stone Cold is in the books, the focus turns to next week’s show, which is the final Raw before Wrestlemania 26.
So far, WWE has announced a major handicap tag team match featuring Randy Orton & Triple H vs. Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase & Sheamus
The show is guest hosted by [...]

As of today, WWE Raw superstar Kofi Kingston is not booked for Wrestlemania 26.
When Drew McIntyre was added to Money in the Bank on Smackdown last week it bumped the participants in the match to 9. The expectation was that Kofi would be added as the 10th. However, that did not happen this week on [...]

After TNA Impact last night, the full card for TNA Destination X 2010 is pretty much set:
TNA Title Match:
AJ Styles (c) vs. Abyss
TNA Knockouts Title Match:
Tara (c) vs. Daffney
TNA X-Division Title Match:
Doug Williams (c) vs. Shannon Moore
TNA Tag Team Title Match:
Matt Morgan and Hernandez (c) vs. Beer Money
Ladder Match (For A Shot [...]

Last night at WWE Monday Night Raw, they taped 2 matches for Superstars and had a dark match for the live crowd:
SUPERSTARS MATCHES
(1) The Bella Twins beat Katie Lea Burchill & Jillian. This was an awful match, and I hope no one else has to suffer through it.
(2) Christian & Yoshi Tatsu & Mark Henry [...]

With WWE Monday Night Raw in the books, the card for Wrestlemania 26 seems to be nearly complete, with just a Diva’s match to be announced:
No DQ, No Count-out Career vs. Streak
Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker
Vince McMahon vs. Bret “The Hitman” Hart
Raw World Title
Batista (c) vs. John Cena
Smackdown World Title
Chris Jericho (c) vs. Edge
Unified Tag [...]

Amazing Red complimented a reporter from FHM Magazine, who was at the Impact Zone to do a story on the Beautiful People, about the Adidas sneakers he was wearing. The reporter had been given them as part of a product placement arrangement and agreed to swap them for a signed T-shirt from Red. [...]

Another former WWE star to debut in TNA?

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We are back for week 2 of the Monday Night Wars 2010! Paul Marshall will have full live coverage of WWE Monday Night Raw, and because no one else will do it I love TNA and the fans, I will be handling TNA Impact! We’ll be updating starting at 9PM Eastern, check out last week’s [...]

News on an unexpected reunion between WWE and a now-paralysed former wrestler…

Jim Ross inspires back-to-the-future hiring policy…

Talks are underway about a new WWE contract for Goldberg…

How has TNA’s recent creative direction been planned?

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J.R. talks about WrestleMania dream matches, WWE’s recent hiring of Dennis Condrey, Steve Austin hosting the next Raw and his TV future… also: links to his great three-part interview with Heavy.com’s Jeremy Botter.

Sandy Scott, former pro wrestler and wrestling executive, died on Thursday at the age of 75 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, according to SLAM! Wrestling. Our thoughts are with his fans, friends and family.

How was Monday’s live iMPACT! scheduled to end? What’s the most popular official YouTube Web match? Answers within!

Will he get a spot on stage or from the nosebleeds?

At 68 years of age, former WWF Tag Champ John Hill passed away on Thursday, writes SLAM! Wrestling. Our thoughts are with his friends, fans and family.

The Miz talks about being hazed in WWE, how he doesn’t quit and his aspirations for the future.

HHH talks about his mother-in-law’s politics and whether or not he wants to get involved in that arena, being married to the boss, how it feels to have an action figure in his likeness, in-ring injuries, what he spends his money on and more.



Friday, March 19

Live Events
AAA Lucha Libre
Television Taping
Gimnasio Juan de Barrera
Distrito Federal, Mexico – 8:30 pm
Matches include Cibernetico/ Psycho Clown/ Murder Clown/ Monster Clown vs. Chessman/ Alex Koslov/ Joe Lider/ surprise partner and Octagon/ La Parka/ El Elegido vs. Dr. Wagner Jr./ Silver King/ surprise partner

CMLL Lucha Libre
Television Taping
Arena Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico – 8:30pm
Matches include Volador Jr./ La Sombra vs. Mistico/ Felino in a mask vs. mask match and Mr. Niebla/ Maximo/ Hector Garza vs. Ultimo Guerrero/ Atlantis/ Rey Bucanero

Florida Championship Wrestling
Plant City Armory
Plant City, FL – 7:30 pm

Mach 1 Wrestling
American Sports Center
Anaheim, CA

Ohio Valley Wrestling
Television taping
Davis Arena
Louisville, KY – doors open at 6:00 pm

Ring of Honor
Ford Community & Performing Arts Center
Dearborn, MI – 8:00 pm
Matches include Tyler Black/The Briscoe Brothers vs. Chris Hero/The American Wolves and Roderick Strong vs. Kenny Omega

TNA Wrestling
Pensacola Civic Center
Pensacola, FL – 7:30 pm

WWE Raw
El Paso County Coliseum
El Paso, TX – 7:30 pm

Television Broadcasts
WWE Smackdown
Television broadcast on MyTV Network – 8:00 pm eastern

If you would like your promotion to be included on the weekly calendar, please send an email to davidb@insidepulse.com with either your upcoming schedule or a link to your upcoming events on your website.

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Monday Night Wars - what are you watching this week?

  • RAW (44%, 136 Votes)
  • TNA (33%, 102 Votes)
  • Recording and watching all (9%, 28 Votes)
  • Flipping around (8%, 26 Votes)
  • None (3%, 9 Votes)
  • ROH (2%, 7 Votes)

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