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WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan was interviewed this week by The Southtown Star and spoke about a number of topics, including his family, advice for aspiring wrestlers and the upcoming Hulk Hogan Fan Appreciation Day. Some of the Hulkster’s most interesting comments came when the subject of WWE vs. TNA came up.

“I watch both products. (TNA’s) like the little engine that could. Everybody thought they wouldn’t be around for long, and they’ve been chugging along for seven years. They gain momentum every week. They seem to be real fresh. When a lot of guys go over to that side of the fence, they seem to get a spring in their step,” Hogan said. He added that he also watched the WWE product saying, ” Vince is the constant. He’s the standard of excellence. I just love watching his show because you never know what he is going to do. Plus, the production — you can’t even touch his production. It’s so dialed-in. It’s amazing just to see how they put the pieces together.”

“If you look at history, everyone says, ‘History repeats itself.’ With all of the choices in the universe of entertainment, I look at the big package and look at the big picture from 40,000 feet. I see history repeating itself. I see TNA getting strong. I see Vince McMahon being impeccable except for a few little holes in the boat.”

Hogan continued, “TNA is lacking that one momentum-shifting move, that one big name that would even the playing field, the brand (that is) just as powerful as the WWE brand. (TNA’s) lacking the big piece of the puzzle. It wouldn’t matter who did what in the past. It will be a totally even playing field. You never know.”

Matt Hardy has posted a new blog on WWE Universe including a graphic photo of his abdomen following surgery on July 2.

Hardy said he knew he was injured half was through last weeks WWE Superstars triple threat match against MVP and Kofi in Green Bay. “The triple threat match against MVP and Kofi in Green Bay was the straw that broke the camel’s back. In a few days, I’m gonna post a tell-all blog on my WWE Universe page and fill everyone in on everything.”

He added, “when Kofi gave me a cross body from the top rope, my intestines basically exploded out of my abdominal wall. And not just in one spot, but in two spots. It was so excruciatingly painful it’s almost hard to describe. It felt like someone took a hot knife and sliced it deeply into my lower abdomen. I did my best to try and get through the remainder of the match, but I knew I was hurt badly. I had to have it fixed, or face major health problems. Problems that could have possibly killed me. So I had do what was good for me, my career, my friends, and my loved ones. And that was get it corrected and fixed.”

Hardy also thanked the WWE, Dr. Pappas, Duke Medical Center, Shannon Moore for their support through the injury.

Graphic photos of his surgery are online. He posted a pic on his MySpace account.

# The following is from TNAWrestling.com:

On Thursday night, TNA Wrestling returns to SpikeTV at 9/8c for two hours of Total Nonstop Action as the road to the July 19 “Victory Road” Pay-Per-View continues.

The below is a preview of what will take place on the huge broadcast (card is subject to change):

- Will a TNA World Title change hands on Thursday night? All of the TNA World Champions will be in action on the broadcast, including TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle, Knockout Women’s Champion Angelina Love and TNA World Tag Team Champions Beer Money!

- Main Event Mafia Members Kevin Nash and Matt Morgan will team up to take on Legends Champion “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles and Daniels

- Mike Tenay will conduct a very special and rare interview with TNA X Division Champion Suicide! What will the mysterious superstar say to the wrestling world?

- Homicide will battle Doug Williams of the British Invasion in a Ladder Match with the briefcase and a shot at the X Division Championship on the line

- Plus, new matches will be announced for the “Victory Road” Pay-Per-View event! All this and much more on Thursday’s “iMPACT!” broadcast on SpikeTV!

# The following matches has been taped for this weeks edition of ECW on Sci Fi which will air this Thursday for this week only.

* Katie Lea Burchill vs. Nikki Bella

* Shelton Benjamin vs. Yoshi Tatsu

* Ezekiel Jackson vs. Local Wrestler

ECW Championship #1 Contender Match
* Christian vs. Vladimir Kozlov

ECW Champion Tommy Dreamer will also be appearing on the show.

I am attending a WWE house show here in San Diego, CA. and I just witnessed Edge get injured during his match with Jeff Hardy.

He was running towards Jeff and appeared to have either twisted or even broken his ankle. His foot was in a very awkward position. The match was immediatley stopped.

EMTs came running to attend him and he was helped out of the ring. He even took the time to take the mic and say “sorry” to the fans.

Variety reports that Warner Bros. has officially bought Midway Games for $33 million. The TNA video game license was not part of the assets sold to WB though, putting the future of the TNA video game series in some shady ground for now.

The Star Bulletin has an article up about WWE’s house show in Honolulu, Hawaii this weekend and features Chris Jericho commenting on facing Ricky Steamboat on the show. “I’m looking forward to it. I don’t really look at Steamboat as a legend. He’s just a great performer and one of the best of all time. It’d be like playing hockey against Wayne Gretzky — even though he retired years ago, he’s still better than half the people on the ice nowadays. Steamboat, at 55 years old, is still better than 80 percent of our roster … (and) being from Hawaii, it’s a huge deal. It’s going to be very sentimental for him and the fans, and of course I plan to spoil it and stick it in his face and all of the fans when I end the party and annihilate him in front of everyone.”

The following matches are scheduled for tonight’s edition of WWE Smackdown:

- Finlay vs. Ricky Ortiz
- Dolph Ziggler vs. R Truth
- Kane vs. Rey Mysterio
- Hart Dynasty vs. Cryme Tyme
- Melina vs. Maria vs. Michelle McCool vs. Layla
- WWE Unified Tag Team Title Match: Edge and Jericho © vs. CM Punk and Jeff Hardy

– Roddy Piper’s DUI arrest has garnered notable media coverage from pro wrestling sources and celebrity gossip sites, but it was not the WWE Hall of Famer’s only presence in the mainstream media Thursday. An MTV interview with Charlie Day of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” hypes an upcoming Roddy Piper appearance as a highlight of the FX comedy’s upcoming season.

“One of my favorite scripts right now is an episode called ‘The Gang Wrestles for the Troops,’” said Day. “In our attempt to honor the troops coming back from Iraq, we try and put on a wrestling match and ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper is appearing in that. He’s playing a down on his luck wrestler called Da Maniac.”

– As part of its website hype for the new ECW talent, WWE.com also acknowledges Tiffany’s recent “promotion” to full-time GM for the ECW brand (she had previously been the interim general manager). The hype is interesting, given rumors that I’ve heard in the last few weeks that Tiffany is considered a frontrunner to replace Lilian Garcia because of the “realization that she is not cut out for the role she is in.”

Christy Hemme’s band HEMME will be playing The Social in Orlando tonight.

As noted on Wednesday here on the site, Tony Atlas’ future with WWE is very much in doubt following the transfer of his associate, Mark Henry, to the Raw brand this past Monday. Company officials plan on pushing the “World’s Strongest Man” as a top babyface, which as a result, has left Atlas to fend for himself as he is not being brought alongside him. As of this week, he is still considered a member of the ECW roster, but creative has no idea on how to use him. His contract may be coming due as early as next week as he returned to the company on July 8, 2008 and signed a deal (more than likely a one-year deal) shortly thereafter.

Howard Finkel pointed out in his latest blog on the WWE Universe site that ECW General Manager Tiffany has dropped the “Interim” label from her title. He feels the length of “The Abraham Washington Show” should be shortened up a bit, but thinks the young star has promise.

Here is the updated card for next months WWE Night of Champions pay-per-view.

WWE Championship Triple Threat Match
Randy Orton (c) vs. Triple H vs. John Cena

World Heavyweight Championship Match
CM Punk (c) vs. Jeff Hardy

WWE Unified Tag Team Championship Match
Edge and Chris Jericho (c) vs. Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase

WWE Divas Championship Match
Maryse (c) vs. Mickie James

Kofi Kingston defending his United States Championship against Big Show or Evan Bourne is also rumored to be on the card.

The following matches have been announced for the TNA Victory Road PPV:

TNA World Title Match:
Kurt Angle © vs. Mick Foley

TNA Legends Title Match:
AJ Styles © vs. Kevin Nash

TNA World Tag Team Title Match:
Beer Money © vs. Booker T and Scott Steiner

Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

The word going around the locker room is that Vickie Guerrero was only being paid $500 per appearance by WWE. On top of that, she had to cover her own hotel and road expenses.

Typically, talent on the main roster net a $75,000 downside guarantee at the very least, so her salary was drastically below even the lowest paid main roster performers in the company.

Some wrestlers are understandably fired up over this rumor, as the feeling is that the company could have done more to take care of a person who was such an integral part of WWE.

Although, it’s worth noting that WWE paid for Eddie Guerrero’s funeral and likely did more to help out Vickie financially than the locker room is aware of.