<font size="3" face="arial">WrestleMania Matches Change, Austin Update, Lita, More Notes</font></p> <font class="newsbody">- Steve Austin is asked in a new interview with FHMonline.com who would he least like to be stuck on an island with, and he says Hulk Hogan. Austin goes on to tell the story again of why he would never wrestle Hogan. Austin says the wrestling business wouldn't be getting any kind of negative attention at all right now if it wasn't for the Chris Benoit tragedy. Austin speaks on The Condemned and a couple of other things in the full interview over at FHM's website. - Brent Williamson sent the following: Amy "Lita" Dumas and her band The Luchagors will be appearing at The High Note (414 21st South) in Birmingham, Alabama on 12/1. - Potential SmackDown matches for WrestleMania 24 now look to be The Undertaker vs. Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship and Edge vs. Rey Mysterio, if Rey doesn't go to RAW. Edge vs. The Undertaker was previously discussed but may be scrapped, for now. </font></p> <font class="newsbody">WrestleMania Matches Change</font></p> <font size="3" face="arial">WWE Jackass Angle Back On, ECW Update, Self_Savior, More</font></p> <font class="newsbody">Apparently WWE will be going ahead with the Jackass angle that was planned for SummerSlam. The idea is to have the angle go down at the Royal Rumble in January. WWE is setting up some promotions that feature some of the Jackass personalities. - WWE.com has added the links to the new Self_Savior videos that debut this past week. - This week's edition of ECW on Sci-Fi did a 1.2 cable rating, the same as last week. </font></p> <font class="newsbody">WWE Jackass Angle Back On</font></p> <font size="3" face="arial">Batista’s Controversial Book, Austin's Movie & More</font></p> <font class="newsbody"> WWE’s Shop website is stating that the controversial Batista book will not be released until October 16th, however you can already purchase the book online. Some fans have already received the book a week ago. Stone Cold Steve Austin’s "The Condemned" movie has dropped from 4th place to 6th on the most rented DVDs list. </font></p> <font class="newsbody">Batista's Controversial Book</font></p> <font size="3" face="arial">JR Comments On Cena's Injury, HBK's Return To Raw</font></p> <font class="newsbody"> Jim Ross has updated his blog today at www.jrsbarbq.com, in this edition he speaks on Cena's injury, plus the return of Shawn Michaels. Here are a few things he had to say : On Cena's Injury - John Cena will unfortunately be out of action for 7-12 months it would appear and Cena being back for Wrestlemania seems like a stretch, but I am no doctor, nor am I underestimating John Cena’s work ethic and will to heal, after under going successful pectorial surgery by the skilled hands of Dr. Jim “Saint” Andrews in Birmingham, Alabama. No one, and I mean no one, will work harder than will John Cena to get back better than he ever was after this major surgery, so any one of us that puts time limit restrictions on Cena aren’t using our best judgment. The “Cena haters” and the anti Cena proponents, I assume, are happy that Cena is off their TV sets for now, but most will retort with the same old, worn out response of “I just wanted someone else to be champion.” Oh well, to each his own I suppose. On Shawn Michaels Return To Raw Shawn Michaels return to Raw Monday was a huge surprise and man did the live crowd, who were super all night, in Grand Rapids, Michigan ever respond accordingly. HBK has been sorely missed as his leadership and maturity in the locker room is a great asset with such a young group of Raw superstars currently competing. I assume HBK will be in the UK this Monday for Raw much to the chagrin of Randy Orton, the new WWE Champion. HBK is feeling great and is as competitive as ever. If there is a man in the WWE with more passion and desire to steal every show on which he appears, I would love to meet him and give him a well deserved attaboy. There is, without fail, some superstars with HBK-level passion but that list is short and very exclusive. The young talents that can find that passion in themselves on a nightly basis will see their status on the cards improve greatly along with their bank accounts. To read his full blog, click here </font></p> <font class="newsbody">JR Comments On Cena's Injury</font></p> <font size="3" face="arial">Bret Hart’s Complete Book Signing Tour Schedule</font></p> <font class="newsbody">Bret Hart is scheduled for a book signing tour in conjunction with the release of his autobiography. The complete book signing tour scheduled is below: Saturday, October 20, 1:00 p.m. – CALGARY Costco, 99 Heritage Gate SE Monday, October 22nd, 7:00 p.m. – TORONTO Chapters, Festival Hall, 142 John St., tel (416) 595-7349 Saturday, October 27, 2:00 p.m. – MONTREAL Chapters Pointe Claire, 6321 TransCanada Highway (corner of St. Jean Blvd.), tel (514) 428-5500 Saturday, November 3, 2:00 p.m. – VICTORIA Bolen Books, 111-1644 Hillside Ave., tel (250) 595-4232 Sunday, November 4, 1:00 p.m. – NEW WESTMINSTER, BC Walmart, 805 Boyd St. Tuesday, November 6th, 7:00 p.m. – EDMONTON Chapters West Edmonton Mall, 88820-170th, tel (780) 444-2555 Wednesday, November 7th, 7:00 p.m. – SASKATOON McNally Robinson, 3130 8th Street East, tel. (306) 955-3599 Thursday, November 8th, 7:00 p.m. – WINNIPEG Chapters,Polo Festival, 695 Empress St., (204) 775-5999 ******CHANGE IN VENUE ********* Saturday, December 1, 12:00 p.m – HALIFAX Costco, 230 Chain Lake Drive Monday, December 3, 7:00 p.m. – CAMBRIDGE Book Express, 355 Hespler, tel (519) 621-9500 Tuesday, December 4, 7:00 p.m. – BARRIE Chapters, address to follow Wednesday, December 5, 7:00 p.m. – LONDON Chapters, 1037 Wellington Road, tel. (519) 685-1008 Thursday, December 6, 7:00 p.m. – WINDSOR Chapters, Devonshire Mall, 3100 Howard, tel. (519) 250-1005 Friday, December 7, 12:30 p.m. – TORONTO Chapters, Indigospirit First Canadian Place, tel. (416) 869-1079 Friday, December 7, 7:00 p.m. – OSHAWA Chapters, Ottawa Centre, 419 King St. West, Oshawa (905) 438-8593 Saturday, December 8, 11:a.m. – MISSISSAUGA Wal-Mart, Square One, 100 City Centre Dr. Saturday, December 8, 2:30 p.m. – AJAX Costco, 150 Kingston Road. Saturday, December 15, 2:00 p.m. – CALGARY Chapters, MacLeod Trail, 9631 MacLeod Trail SW, tel. (403) 212-1442 Sunday, December 16, 2:00 p.m. – BANFF Banff Book and Art, </font></p> <font class="newsbody">Bret Hart's Complete Book Signing Schedule</font></p> <font size="3" face="arial">New Faction To SmackDown, The Condemned Update</font></p> <font class="newsbody">Dave Taylor, Paul Burchill, and Scottish new comer Drew McIntyre will all be put together as a new faction for the SmackDown brand. Burchill has recently been down in Ohio Valley Wrestling as a major heel. McIntyre is said to be a resemblance to a bulkier Brian Kendrick. The Condemned starring Steve Austin dropped from #4 on the rentals charts down to #6. So far the film has grossed $11.12 million via rentals.</font></p> <font class="newsbody">New Faction To Smackdown</font></p> <font size="3" face="arial">WWE Superstar Makes Huge Mistake, HBK Update, More Notes</font></p> <font class="newsbody">Former Spirit Squad member Johnny Jeter is being called up to the ECW roster. Jeter has been down in OVW training since the Spirit Squad split up. - Elijah Burke missed the Springfield, IL SmackDown/ECW live event because he drove to Springfield, MO instead. Because of his mistake, Burke wasn't paid. - Shawn Michaels was telling people before he returned that he would be returning only with a limited schedule.</font></p> <font class="newsbody">WWE Superstar Makes Huge Mistake</font></p> <font size="3" face="arial">WWE Returns To Japan, House Show Updates, More</font></p> <font class="newsbody">WWE has announced that they will be returning to Japan on February 12th. As of right now it is set to be a RAW show at Budokan Hall. There was no RAW house shows this past weekend, most likely due to the lack of main-event talent. The originally plan was to tour upstate New York, but it was canceled. Speaking of house shows the September 29th SmackDown house show in Peoria, IL drew 1,800 fans and $70,000.</font></p> <font class="newsbody">WWE Returns To Japan</font></p> <font size="3" face="arial">Three Notable WWE Debuts, Morrison Cheats Suspension, More</font></p> <font class="newsbody">It appears John Morrison only sat out 28 days of his 30 day suspension. Morrison worked the 9/1 ECW live event and made his return at the 9/29 event. - Indy superstar Matt Sydal made his much anticipated WWE developmental debut at the OVW TV tapings last night defeating Jamie Olivencia. Newly signed WWE developmental talents Andrew Vain and Lupe Viscara also wrestled but lost each of their matches. Also wrestling on the show were The Major Brothers, Paul Burchill and KC James, among others. </font></p> <font class="newsbody">Three Notable WWE Debuts</font></p> <font size="3" face="arial">HBK To Feud With New Hart Foundation?, Survivor Series</font></p> <font class="newsbody">As we have been reporting Harry Smith, T.J. Wilson, Teddy Hart, and Ted DiBiase Jr. are all currently down in WWE's Florida developmental territory working as The New Hart Foundation. Smith is currently the singles champion in the territory. The current plan is for them to start the new foundation in WWE sometime this November. They are currently booked for the November 6th SmackDown taping in Bakersfield, California. There is also talk of them showing up at Survivor Series to attack Shawn Michaels. This does however carry a risk due to the inexperience on the big stage as well as Ted's overall immaturity issues. </font></p> <font size="2"><font face="Arial">HBK To Feud With New Hart Foundation</font></font><font size="1" face="Verdana"> </font></p>
