TNA Impact matches, former creative team member discusses the internet's influence on WWE, former Mid-South wrestler death, AWA match listing
Jun 26, 2008 - 07:00 AM |
-TNA is advertising the following matches for tonight's Impact: Kevin Nash vs. Booker T, A.J. Styles vs. Consequences Creed, Christian Cage vs. Brother Ray, Team Japan vs. Team Mexico in a World X Cup match. Check back tonight for our "live coverage" of the show.
-Former creative team member Seth Mates wrote a Newsday.com blog earlier this week regarding whether WWE officials pay attention to the internet. Mates notes that he had firsthand knowledge of the situation because part of his job was gathering feedback on the shows and compiling a list of web rumors.
"By the time I started at WWE full-time the following May, there were a few dozen people getting the web rumor report, and the readership ballooned to more than 120 within a year and a half of then," Mates writes. To read the full blog, visit Newsday.com.
-Former Mid-South wrestler Oni Wiki Wiki (a/k/a Wallace Lam Ho) died at age 88 on Monday. Jim Ross posted an email from Bill Watts on his website regarding Wiki, which you can read by clicking here.
-The internet presale password for the TNA Hard Justice pay-per-view in Trenton, N.J. is "Justice." The presale begins today at 9:00 a.m. (CT).
-Nick Bockwinkel, Larry Zbyszko, Jimmy Snuka, and Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissie are scheduled to appear at the Wrestling Superstars Live event in Rochester, Minnesota on August 2nd, 2008. Visit Wrestlingsuperstarslive.com for more information.
-Awesome Kong is scheduled to appear at the Association de Lutte Feminine event in Montreal, Quebec. Visit Flqalf.com for more details. [Thanks to Devin Cutting of ProwrestlingEvents.tk for the last two items.]
-The following matches are listed for tonight's AWA on ESPN Classic show: (Mitch?) Snow vs. Washington, Steve O. vs. Mr. Magnificent, Soldat Ustinov squash, Larry Zbyszko vs. Ray Stevens, Curt Hennig vs. Greg Gagne for the AWA Title.
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