And all the weekly Reacts:
Randy Savage
Jim Powers told The Interactive Interview on Nov. 9 that the reason Vince McMahon seems to be blocking out Randy Savage is that Savage left without Vince getting the chance to job him out. REACT: This makes sense for several reasons. One, Vince has (and apparently still has) a grudge against Savage. Two, that being true, he would want to get the best of him and job him out to someone for payback. I believe Powers as I read his entire interview, and he sounded honest.
Did anyone else find it strange that we heard Savage's voice several times a few weeks ago on Raw when some old clips were shown?
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TNA Wrestling makes offer to Sarah Palin
TNA Wrestling sent out a press release asking Sarah Palin to appear at next month's pay-per-view Dec. 7 in Orlando. TNA said it would give her a $50,000 check made out to her favorite charity or to "the youth hockey association in her native Wasilla, Alaska.'' REACT: Think Palin will show up? Doubtful, although if reports of wardrobe spending are true, the money would be put to good use.
Weekly headlines and my reacts
WWE's third-quarter PPVs down 9.43% from last year, along with other financial numbers that weren't pretty. REACT: It's a sign of our terrible economy. WWE will survive it.
Paul Heyman suggests bringing in Chingo Bling and not Sean "P. Diddy" Combs for WrestleMania 25. REACT: Heyman is correct.
Bella Twins can be told apart, as one has tattoos above the waistline. REACT: It's interesting to see WWE went ahead and revealed the twins -- Brie and now Nikki. Now, WWE has to worry about hiding the tattoo in certain match angles/endings.
Mike Adamle gone from WWE. REACT: It's good to see both sides agree he wasn't cut out for this role.
Gail Kim closing in on WWE debut. REACT: What's been the holdup?
Jim Ross says "the most cunning and dangerous area of the Smackdown arena before show time" is the Diva locker rooms. REACT: Is this really a surprise? Give us some more information, J.R.!
Undertaker's finisher going from "choke" to the "Devil's Triangle." REACT: It's all due to the Benoit Family Tragedy.
WWE releases Paul London and Chuck Palumbo. REACT: Two talented wrestlers, but WWE hasn't used them for awhile now.
According to pwinsider.com's Mike Johnson, Tommy Dreamer is the only ECW wrestler who was with ECW when it went bankrupt currently under contract to WWE. And the only WCW wrestlers acquired by WWE in its 2001 purchase of WCW who have been with WWE uninterrupted since debuting are Hurricane Helms and Chavo Guerrero. REACT: I think it's safe to say Chavo Guerrero has the longest lifespan of this trio, but time will tell.
Mr. Kennedy says his projected return date is Feb. 28 and he prefers Smackdown. REACT: Wow! Mr. Kennedy has been out forever. I wonder if he would still prefer Smackdown if Triple H wasn't on it, although that can have its downside, too.
WWE also releases Lena Yada, Kenny Dykstra and Elijah Burke. REACT: Yada did nothing. In fact, she just debuted. Dykstra and Burke hadn't been used effectively in months. Cuts are coming down to whether you're currently in an angle, especially considering WWE must cut $20 million!
WWE cracking down on marijuana use. REACT: That's good. The company doesn't need that right now. Let the guessing game begin as to who is being told to "stop right now."
Randy Orton says CM Punk has the music he picked. REACT: Complaining about theme music? Geez.
DIG THIS. Slamming Sarah Palin in a wrestling column will not get you any new readers. The story of her wardrobe has already been proven wrong. Just some liberal-moderate jibber jabber.