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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

– The Fresno Bee recently conducted an interview with John Morrison to promote next Tuesday’s Smackdown/ECW television taping in Fresno, California. It’s a basic interview as Morrison discusses his progression from wrestling in front of dozens of people to thousands in WWE. “My parents were there and they started wondering about my career choice,” Morrison said about wrestling his first show for Ohio Valley Wrestling.

– Jim Ross’ has posted his latest column on WWE.com as he gives his predictions for this Sunday’s “The Bash” pay-per-view.

– Chris Jericho said on his Twitter account yesterday that he was enjoying some drinks in light of Michael Jackson’s sudden death. Jericho wrote: “Totally drunk in protest of michaels death… Michael could be the best dancer/ singer ever…” He also posted some more peculiar messages concerning Jackson, as well as Farrah Fawcett (“My favorite farrah poster is the one with the red bathing suit”) and Ed McMahon.

Mickey Rourke was on the BBC appearance ‘Friday Night with Jonathan Ross’ and back asked about WWE and WretleMania, he had the afterward to say: “I did anticipate about it but bodies – people, added than me – gave me altered opinions and told me I shouldn’t. And I’ve absitively to accept to them this time. So, no, I’m not accustomed to wrestle.” Note from Ryan Clark: Thanks to the abundant readers who beatific that forth aftermost night! I do apprehend Rourke vs. Jericho at ‘Mania 25 for those who accept asked but we’ll all accept to delay and see afterwards Sunday night. Will Rourke change his mind?! That’s the capital catechism on everyone’s apperception these days.

During his aperture from WWE, Chris Jericho was featured in a abhorrence blur alleged Albino Farm. MTI Home Video has best up the film, which is now set for a abatement DVD release.

CM Punk will be a presenter at the Epiphone Revolver Golden God Awards. The commemoration takes abode on April 7th in Los Angeles.

Paul Heyman has his latest UK Sun commodity up on their website, discussing angry heels and Randy Orton leads the pack.

Partial Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter (F4WOnline.com)

SPOILER ALERT: It will be arise tonight on Sci-Fi’s ECW that Christian will face ECW Champion Jack Swagger for the Championship on abutting week’s show.

WWE admiral formed adamantine this accomplished weekend to accomplish abiding the actuality that Edge was activity to be alive both Elimination Chamber matches and acceptable the World Heavyweight Title didn’t aperture to the internet. Vince McMahon was bent that chat got out that Christian Cage was declared to comedy the role of the guy who attacked Jeff Hardy all those times, which led to Matt Hardy accepting Christian’s atom on SmackDown. To accomplish abiding cipher on the WWE aggregation knew what was activity to happen, they put a huge tarp over the Elimination Chamber on Sunday afternoon so cipher abroad in the architecture could see the WWE Superstars in the arena planning out the matches.

As things angle now, Chris Jericho will be adverse a ‘legend’ at WrestleMania. I’d accept to say that the top contenders at this point would arise to be Steve Austin or Hulk Hogan.

In commendations to Mickey Rourke’s comments aftermost night at the SAG awards, the plan is to accept Rourke vs. Jericho at WrestleMania. Vince McMahon did a complete 180 in commendations to The Wrestler already the blur best up Academy Award nominations. McMahon is acquisitive that the Oscar fizz surrounding the amateur “playing wrestler” for the blur will accord WrestleMania a lot of fizz as he absolutely accomplish into the ring. Rourke had talked to Roddy Piper about authoritative the appearance, and according to Afa the Wild Samoan, who accomplished Rourke, Rourke, “should accept been a wrestler, he was anon one of the boys.”

Several readers beatific in chat that video footage of Randy Orton’s advance on Vince McMahon from aftermost week’s RAW was already edited into his Titantron access video at aftermost night’s Rumble. As Jim Ross wrote in his blog this weekend, the storyline WWE is activity with is that Vince McMahon suffered a blow from Orton’s arch kick.

JBL has adapted his WWE Universe blog with his comments about WWE’s contempo firings. “I can’t acquaint you how apologetic I was to apprehend some of my acceptable accompany are no best with WWE. It’s aloof allotment of life, I know, but that doesn’t accomplish it any bigger to accord with. I accept been actuality best than I anytime dreamed, and absolutely appropriate now on top of my game,” he said. “It’s been a abundant run, but out-staying the aggregation you came in with is tough.”

Speaking of JBL, he has enlisted the advice of above WWE diva Torrie Wilson to advice advance one of his new activity drinks, “Energy Plus: No Pain.” Wilson on JBL are featured on the packaging as able-bodied as in a bartering for the drink. You can see the bartering and acquirement a case of ” Activity Plus: No Pain” at Amazon.com.

Chris Jericho has now clearly been added to the account of participants for Sunday’s Royal Rumble. Visit WWE.com for an adapted account of Rumble participants. With CM Punk, Finlay and Mark Henry appear on RAW and now Jericho added, nine spots now remain.

To comedy into accepted storylines, WWE removed both Chris Jericho and Jeff able from abode shows this weekend.

WWE’s Armageddon PPV gets appear on 1.20.09, which is this Tuesday.

Jim Ross has a new blog access up, actuality are some of the highlights: On Nattie Neidhart: I accept abounding questions from Natalya admirers allurement about her future. I don’t accept a clear brawl but I feel that Natalya hasn’t aching the apparent of her abeyant in the WWE and her best canicule are yet to come. She is fundamentally complete and has a abundant allowance of gab, which is a acceptable affair for a aptitude in angry today. I could see her actuality the Diva or WWE Women’s Champion actual calmly in the future. She’s one of my favorites so I achievement that I’m not jinxing her. On Video Libraries: Some appetite to apperceive why the WWE doesn’t do DVD’s from the Memphis or Mid South Angry territories. Simple acumen is that the WWE doesn’t own the libraries. The Memphis video library bearings is a blend which is absolutely too bad as they had some abundant account TV shows for years and years but unless addition cares abundant about acclimation this library it is acceptable admirers will anytime see that aeon of angry be aggregate with today’s fans. Mid South is endemic by Bill Watts’ ex-wife and she has not approved an absorption in affairs the library as best I apperceive but I am not nor do I appetite to be complex in that agreement which I accept is abeyant at this time. On a WWE Absoluteness Show: Will the WWE anytime do a Absoluteness TV Appearance has been asked actuality afresh also. I accept no abstraction is the answer. However, if the WWE could administer and vet the assembly of such a appearance I could apparently see it accident as it accord the cast added acknowledgment and ability advice adorn absolute stars or actualize new stars. I apperceive of annihilation on the “drawing board” but absoluteness TV is bargain to aftermath and seems to be the accepted trend on abounding TV networks.” On Hall of Fame Inductions: Way too abundant is actuality fabricated about who presents who in the WWE Hall of Fame. I anticipate some admirers are accident afterimage that the Hall of Fame is about those that are actuality inducted and not those that are presenting them. For example, this is Steve Austin’s well-earned and adapted night in Houston on April 4 and not the presenter’s. This goes for any one who is presenting a Hall of Fame inductee. Acceptable grief, does it absolutely amount who does a 2 minute or so addition as continued as it is the being the inductee wants to represent them? Let’s stop the pain, as Michael Cole would say.

This is the announcement for Monday Night RAW in Sioux City ,Iowa – Jan 12 2008
Tickets accessible at the Tyson Events Center Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.com, or by buzz at 712-252-3434. WWE Monday Night RAW / ECW presented by 12 Rounds allotment to Sioux City for the aboriginal time in about two years!

Main Event:
John Cena vs. Chris Jericho – World Heavyweight Title Match

Other Matches:
-CM Punk vs. William Regal in a rematch for the Intercontinental Title.
-Randy Orton vs. Kane
-Matt Hardy vs. Jack Swagger for the ECW Championship

Also in action:
-Shawn Michaels (w/ JBL)
-Rey Mysterio
And abounding added live

Shelly Lenay beatific this in: Hurricane Helms has a new blog up at either http://www.myspace.com/gshelms or http://www.gregoryhelms.com.

Jay McDonnell beatific this in: Hey – apparent a bartering announcement the acknowledgment to Monday Night Raw actuality in Pittsburgh in the abutting anniversary or so at the Mellon Arena and the capital alike is listed as a amateur blackmail match: Batista vs Jericho vs Cena.

During aftermost night’s TNA Impact, the aggregation teased a adaptable active in commendations to a abstruseness being that will be in Kurt Angle’s bend this Sunday at Final Resolution in his bout with Rhino with Mick Foley acting as appropriate enforcer. The adaptable active declared that the being was a above World Champion who already captivated a tag aggregation appellation with Mick Foley. Foley’s accomplished tag aggregation appellation ally accommodate The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kane, Terry Funk, Kevin Sullivan (who never captivated a World Title) and Mikey Whipwreck. So one would anticipate it would best acceptable be either Funk or Whipwreck if they go through with the tease. The aboriginal plan was to accompany aback Frank Trigg for the angle, but affairs were afflicted due to a scheduling battle and TNA was alive on a backup this week.

Next week’s WWE Armageddon PPV on December 14 has awash about 9,000 tickets and is said to be accomplishing fine, but it doesn’t arise the appearance will be affairs out.

KnoxNews.com has an account with Chris Jericho. The above WWE World Heavywight Champion commented on the time he spent in Morristown, Tennessee while alive for Smoky Mountain Wrestling in the mid-nineties. “I’d go to the 24-hour Wal-Mart in Morristown,” Jericho said on aggravating to accept fun in the baby town. “I’d go to the Sizzler, and I went to a lot of movies. Thank advantage for Morristown’s cine theater.” Jericho additionally talks about defective a breach from WWE for a while and aggravating out added things.

Matt Hardy has a new blog with a band advising bodies watch the “Bigger, Stronger, Faster” documentary (which focuses on steroids in sports). Hardy additionally wishes anybody a abundant Thanksgiving

WWE admirers in Philadelphia are activity to accept to accord with a cardinal of SmackDown preemptions in Philadelphia this advancing baseball division back the bounded MyNetworkTV associate aloof active a accord to advertisement Philadelphia Phillies games. The affiliate’s website put out a columnist absolution announcement the acknowledgment of Phillies amateur to the station.