LIVE AUDIO WRESTLING: THURSDAY UPDATE
*Here are the matches on "Smackdown" tonight in Canada on The Score, taped Tuesday night in Mobile, Alabama:
*Finlay Vs Bobby Lashley
*William Regal Vs Paul Birchall
*Jillian Hall Vs Kristal Marshall
*Chris Benoit Vs Gregory Helms
*Kurt Angle & Rey Mysterio Vs Randy Orton & Mark Henry
*TNA and the Chicago White Sox announced a big cross promotional deal this year a player from the White Sox will be awarded a replica X division title at the end of every game as the player of the game. The White Sox will also be involved in some angles with TNA throughout the year.
*The entire Juniors division has been scrapped by the WWE as today they announced they are releasing Mascarita Sagrada, Tsuki, Pequeno Violencia, Octagoncito, Piratita Morgan and Super Porky.
*The replay for "Impact" only did a 0.4 making the combined rating from Saturday and Monday the lowest comvbination since debuting on Spike TV back in October.
*Triple H will be a guest on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" tonight at 12:35am EST on NBC.
*Sid Vicious was on the "Below the Belt" show last night and stated that WWE was in contact with him to come in for "WrestleMania 22" to do a match with Hulk Hogan because they couldn't find an opponent for Hogan but never heard back from them.
*Here are the pre show matches for the "Destination X" show this Sunday:
*Shannon Moore Vs Cassidy Reilly
*Elix Skipper & David Young Vs Norman Smiley & Shark Boy
*Beth Zazza, the personal assistant to Vince McMahon going back a number of years, has left the company. No reason was given as to her reasoning for leaving but she had one of the most stressful jobs in the company.
*Two more fights have been added to the 4/2 Pride "Bushido" card, which is shaping up to get a hot show:
*Phil Baroni Vs Yuki Kondo
*Joachim Hansen Vs Luis Azeredo
*Chris Leben Vs Luigi Fioravanti has been added to the 4/6 UFC "Ultimate Fight Night" card on 4/6. This is the most stacked card in terms of reality show fighters as Chris Leben, Stephan Bonnar, Josh Koscheck, Joe Stevenson, Rashad Evans, Brad Imes and Josh Burkman are all on this show. Fioravanti is 6-0 and fighting out of Orlando, he has only been fighting for a year.
*Trish Stratus was on the front cover of the "Toronto Sun" today after yesterday's announcement of the inductees for this year for the Canadian Walk of Fame. Stratus is hosting the event on 6/3 at the Hummingbird Center in Toronto. The article can be read here.
*Mike Maurer of the Edmonton Eskimos makes his MMA debut tomorrow night for Maximum Fighting Championships against Darren Appels. The show will air on PPV next month.
*There is an article in the Boston Herald today on Matt Cappotelli and his fight with cancer.
*Brian Knobs was shown on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" during a skit at the NATPE convention where Knobs is pitching a show called "Trailer Park Justice" where he is the judge.
*King of the Cage: Reality Stars airs tonight at 7pm EST on Viewer's Choice Canada.
*The WWE stock closed at $16.50 today.
By: John Pollock
LIVE AUDIO WRESTLING
POSTED -- 03/09/06
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