Friday News and Notes Leading into SmackDown
SmackDown tonight wraps up the wrestling week on TV, and a lot of things happen tonight that will solve some mysteries involving some WrestleMania matches. I did happen to stumble across some things on the net that lead me to think that tonights show is one that you don't want to miss, so if you have a chance, catch it as it airs or tivo it and watch it before the conclusion of the weekend.
Now for some news:
* Hulk Hogan was on "Bubba's" radio show on Sirus yesterday, and went more in-depth on the problems that led him to not being on the card for this years WrestleMania. He said that Vince told him that there was not just one "it" guy anymore, and that the paydays have to go to the bigger, up top guys (I am assuming he means Cena, Micahels, Batista), and that as a guy making a one-time appearence, he will not get paid "the bulk of the money." Hogan went on to say that he wished he could be on the show, but could not get paid like the other "it" guys on the WWE roster. Needless to say, this is mostly just more back and forth between Vince and Hulk as the two really need to get moving on settling their problems and get to the job of getting a deal done and making the fans happy.
* Amy "Lita" Dumas did a recent interview in the Baltimore Sun, and gave some reasons as to her departure from the WWE: "It felt like it was time to at least see what else was out there. It's a job that you have to give 110 percent to be successful at, and I just felt like I didn't have 110 percent to give anymore. I feel like if I would have stayed longer with WWE I would have started to resent my time there, because you're so inundated with the schedule and everything."
* No Saturday Night's Main Event, as NBC has decided to drop the show, which was set to air on March 10th. The WWE must have not had a lot to put behind the show, as they were going to tape it on March 5th, after a live RAW in Phoenix. The network was going to move SNME to late night, like it use to be, but have instead decided to scrap it as a whole for now, with the show being back on in the summer. Reports say that Vince was quite unhappy with the decision.
* Mark Henry, "The World's Strongest Man" returned to in-ring action Wednesday night in Ohio Valley Wrestling. He wrestled for the first time in seven months after tearing his patella in a Saturday Night's Main Event match in July in Dallas. Early word is he should be back in a WWE ring either right before or right after WrestleMania.
Now for some news:
* Hulk Hogan was on "Bubba's" radio show on Sirus yesterday, and went more in-depth on the problems that led him to not being on the card for this years WrestleMania. He said that Vince told him that there was not just one "it" guy anymore, and that the paydays have to go to the bigger, up top guys (I am assuming he means Cena, Micahels, Batista), and that as a guy making a one-time appearence, he will not get paid "the bulk of the money." Hogan went on to say that he wished he could be on the show, but could not get paid like the other "it" guys on the WWE roster. Needless to say, this is mostly just more back and forth between Vince and Hulk as the two really need to get moving on settling their problems and get to the job of getting a deal done and making the fans happy.
* Amy "Lita" Dumas did a recent interview in the Baltimore Sun, and gave some reasons as to her departure from the WWE: "It felt like it was time to at least see what else was out there. It's a job that you have to give 110 percent to be successful at, and I just felt like I didn't have 110 percent to give anymore. I feel like if I would have stayed longer with WWE I would have started to resent my time there, because you're so inundated with the schedule and everything."
* No Saturday Night's Main Event, as NBC has decided to drop the show, which was set to air on March 10th. The WWE must have not had a lot to put behind the show, as they were going to tape it on March 5th, after a live RAW in Phoenix. The network was going to move SNME to late night, like it use to be, but have instead decided to scrap it as a whole for now, with the show being back on in the summer. Reports say that Vince was quite unhappy with the decision.
* Mark Henry, "The World's Strongest Man" returned to in-ring action Wednesday night in Ohio Valley Wrestling. He wrestled for the first time in seven months after tearing his patella in a Saturday Night's Main Event match in July in Dallas. Early word is he should be back in a WWE ring either right before or right after WrestleMania.
