MISC STUFFKurt Angle was interviewed in The Asbury Park Press, discussing how he juggles his family responsibilities with his extensive traveling schedule. Angle's advice includes getting rest while on the road so you don't need it once you arrive home, having long conversations with all family members, making plans and discussing them while away, and don't bring your work home with you.
WWE drew about 2,700 fans to the house show in Green Bay. I am not sure how much of that was paid vs. comps.
Steven sent this one. ... WWE has registered some new trademarks: Khasrow Daivari, Jesus Aguilera, Muhammed Hassan, The Marine, Eye Scream Man and Randy Wear.
PT sent this one. ... The repeat showing of Taboo Tuesday in the UK (shown Thursday 21st) was slightly edited. Jerry "The King" Lawler's, "Maybe I want to go all the way back to kindergarten." comment, during Trish Stratus' entrance, was edited out. The grammar school comment wasn't.
Thanks to Navdeep Ghali for the following ... Finally, WWE is releasing a special magazine devoted to the Raw Diva Search, with Christy Hemme on the cover, and pictures of all 10 finalists inside. WWE is really milking all they can from this search.
For those interested, Tough Enough hopeful Brian Carlucci (who was cut from the competition after tearing a biceps, but received a developmental contract anyway) has an official website online at http://www.spartanswinger.uni.cc. The website noted that he has signed a WWE developmental deal and will be heading to Ohio Valley Wrestling as soon as he is medically cleared to return to the ring from the injuries he occurred during the Tough Enough tryouts in California.
Waterproof Blonde announced that they recently recorded a new theme for Christian, which will be used on the upcoming WWE Themes 6 CD that is scheduled to be released shortly by Sony. The track is titled, "Just Close Your Eyes."
In one of those things that makes me think WWE thinks wrestling fans are idiots, they have a “get well card” on their website now for “the injured” John Cena. So much for the days when WWE didn’t work the fans on their website.
Jonathan D. Jones sent word that according to Amazon.com, WWE’s “ThemeAddict: WWE The Music, Volume 6” CD will be released November 16.
WWE sent out a press release saying the video game, “WWE SmackDown! Vs. RAW” is scheduled to ship on November 2.
Triple H will not be at the house shows this weekend due to his attending the Mr. Olympia weekend, which is a huge bodybuilding event, at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
Chris Jericho's band Fozzy will be playing 11/26 in Camp Hill, PA at Gullifty's, 11/29 in Baltimore, Maryland at Thunder Dome, 12/3 in Augusta, GA at Playground Bar and 12/10 in Columbus, GA at Soho.
The early Raw preview for next Monday is teasing whether Edge will return and "what will be his mind set?" They later asked the question that most people felt would be addressed this past week, "So what becomes of the World Tag Team Championship he currently shares with Chris Benoit?" WWE decided that Monday's show was too full to address the tag belts, so they held off an explanation until next week.
Trading card company Donruss has released a Brock Lesnar rookie card in their Playoff Honors Football set. If you want to track down the card, be prepared to pay up during your search as it's $6.00 a pack.
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