– Three police officers planned to rob Jerry Lawler’s house in Memphis, and they were arrested on a variety of charges. One of the women involved in this conspiracy is April Veach, Lawler’s ex-girlfriend. Click here for the WREG story and
here for the WMC story on this news.
– WWE punished Bob Holly for how he acted with Rene Dupree at a recent house show, giving him stiff shots to the head. He was fined and had to job in a dark match at the SD tapings.
– In addition to today’s Daily News story on the WWE/MNF spoof, today’s Daily Variety picked up the story as well. Additionally, the financials got reported on in the NY Times, Variety, and elsewhere.
– Bret Hart appears on TSN’s Off the Record on 12/13, and Randy Orton will be on soon also.
– Here is a list of the matches on the RVD “One of a Kind” DVD:
WCW
1993 vs. Pat Rose
1993 vs. Scotty Flamingo (Raven)
ECW
TV debut against Axl Rotten on 1/5/96
4/20/96 against Sabu
6/22/96 against Sabu at Hardcore Heaven
2/1/97 RVD & Sabu vs. Eliminators
4/13/97 vs. Lance Storm at Barely Legal
5/12/97 RAW match with Jeff Hardy (when ECW was working with WWE)
11/30/97 vs. Tommy Dreamer in a flag match at Remember
4/4/98 match with Bam Bam Bigelow
3/21/99 match with Jerry Lynn from Living Dangerously
9/16/99 match with Balls Mahoney from Anarchy Rulz
1/7/01 final ECW PPV show against Lynn
WWE
7/22/01 against Jeff Hardy from Invasion
6/23/02 vs. Chris Jericho from King of the Ring
9/29/03 against Christian in a ladder match for the IC title on RAW
– Today’s CBS Early Show ran a piece of 94-year-old Frances Chacon, who is a huge wrestling fan, who had a wish to meet a wrestler for her birthday. HHH met her and gave her an autographed copy of his book “Triple H’s Approach to a Better Body” as well as four tickets to Saturday night’s house show in Philadelphia. The piece can be found online here.
– WrestlingObserver.com’s Dave Meltzer is reporting that Tough Enough competitors Dan Puder and Daniel Rodimer are two of the top guys based on non-televised physical activities/training, while Mike Mizanin has as much desire as anyone left going into tomorrow’s show. Justice Smith has been a physical disappointment, and The Miz has far from been impressive. Ryan Reeves sticking around this long has been a surprise.
– The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle today ran a story about Rene Dupree’s latest poodle “Ginger” which explains that she was paid about $350 for her appearance.
– Last week’s Smackdown was the highest rated UPN show of the week.
Credit: WrestlingObserver.com
