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By AARON MYKYTA, MOP Squad Sports NWA/TNA Editor

May 24, 2006 - 7:15:00 PM

ECW news: Beulah, tryouts, house shows

Credit: NoDQ.com



Beulah McGillicutty has not signed on with ECW just yet but WWE officials have talked about bringing her in, although she's committed to being a mom. There is a good chance that she'll make an appearance at ECW One Night Stand. Since Tommy Dreamer is in charge, if she ever wants to come in, she'll be allowed to come in.



Former WCW wrestler Tim Horner was given a tryout this past week as a road agent. They are going to need a few new road agents for ECW and some people are getting tryouts.



As noted earlier today, the second ECW house show has been booked to take place on Sunday, June 25th in Elizabeth, PA at the Court Time Sports Center. The first ECW house show is set to take place the night before in Philadelphia at the old ECW Arena.



TNA iMPACT Replay Rating, Tracy Brooks, AJ, More

Credit: PWInsider.com



The TNA iMPACT Saturday replay rating scored a 0.6 final rating which is the same rating that the Ultimate Fighter replay that preceded it scored.



International Wrestling Zone, a new company in Italy have signed Tracy Brooks, Christopher Daniels and AJ Styles for their shows on September 8th in Ferrara, September 9th in Brescia and on September 10th in 10 in a location to be announced. AJ Styles wrestled Petey Williams in a Rome NWA title match a while ago for the EWF company, this will be the first trip to Italy for Brooks and Daniels.



Doctor says Shawn Michaels needs surgery

WWE.com posted the following statement tonight:



"Shawn Michaels underwent an MRI today in San Antonio to learn the extent of the injuries to his leg. HBK's physician, Dr. Jacobs, claims that Michaels will need surgery. The only question is when. But at the very least, in the short term, Shawn Michaels will need some degree of convalescing."



Tazz to ECW, Mysterio keeping World Title

Source: Dave Scherer



- Dave Scherer reports that there is talk of moving Tazz to ECW to announce with Joey Styles. If this does happen the leading candidate to take Tazz's place on Smackdown is Simon Dean.



- Scherer also reports that the plan as of now is to have Rey Mysterio keep the World title until at least the Great American Bash PPV.



RAW does under a 4.0 for first time in months

Credit: PWInsider.com



This week's edition of Raw saw a pretty substantial drop, doing a 3.7 cable rating, with a 5.4 share. That ends the streak of weeks at the 4.0 mark and above. The show did a hours of 3.5 and 3.8, so it wasn't even a strong 3.7 this week. I won't guess as to why the number dropped this week but you can bet that WWE management hopes it's a one week thing.



WWE Approaches Former DX Members

Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter



It's being said that some WWE officials have recently made contact with Raod Dogg and Billy Gunn in regards to a possible WWE return. Road Dogg was directly approached about the situation, however Road Dogg and Billy Gunn are both still under contract with TNA. If they did in fact come back to the company, there would have to be a penance to pay due to the inflammatory remarks they've made towards Triple H in interviews in the past.



Another idea would to have two younger wrestlers join the Degeneration X group with Triple H and Shawn Michaels to give them a rub like with The Evolution faction. As this point however, the "DX Reunion" set for June will simply consist of Shawn Michaels and Triple H being a tag team.



WWE Great American Bash Poster w/Batista

Credit: NoDQ.com



In a new promotional photo released by InDemand, the Great American Bash 2006 poster features SmackDown! Superstar Batista with the USA flag in the background. This marks the first WWE GAB PPV where it features a male; the other two featured Torrie Wilson, now a RAW Diva.



It is expected that Batista will be back for the PPV which will air on Pay-Per-View July 23rd.



Parts of Wrestlemania 22 DVD edited

Thanks to Ernie Sawyer for sending this along



I purchased the WrestleMania 22 DVD today and have noticed some edits, particularly in the Mickie James/Trish Stratus match, mainly at the end. When Mickie grabs Trish between the legs, I remember Mickie licking her fingers on the pay per view. On the DVD, that is edited out. Also edited out is the botched finish with the Stratusfaction.



Another SmackDown! Star Injured At The Tapings

From WWE.com: Tuesday night in Bakersfield, Calif., Funaki, competing in a Velocity match, was knocked out for nearly two minutes. SmackDown head trainer Larry Heck later determined that he suffered a Grade 2 concussion. Funaki was taken to a local medical facility for precautionary X-rays. He will have a 100 percent recovery rate.



Be sure to watch Velocity this Saturday on WWE.com for more on this situation.



RAW, Lance Storm, Brooke Hogan, Beth Phoenix

Partial Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter



Beth Phoenix's page has been put onto WWE's web site.



Lance Storm has posted an updated commentary on his official web site at StormWrestling.com.



Todd Glassman has been hired to promote Brooke Hogan's single "A Hulk of Burning Love."



The 5/7 edition of Raw on Telemundo did a 2.22 Hispanic rating, and 364,000 viewers.



Former WWE superstar Matt Morgan uses the ring name Gomora in Japan's HUSTLE group.



Rey Mysterio News, Terry Funk & More

Credit: PWInsider.com



Rey Mysterio was featured on "Diamondbacks Insider" on FSN Arizona. The showed his opening pitch which he threw last weekend. Rey also said that he was nervous, he looked very excited to be there. The pitch was over the plate, a pretty good pitch. It was also mentioned that D-Backs star, outfielder Luis Gonzalez is a huge wrestling fan.



Terry Funk appeared on CNN this morning. During CNN's American Morning program, there was a story about airport luggage at McCarren Airport in Las Vegas. They briefly spoke with Terry Funk and his wife regarding the ability to check in for your flight at hotels as opposed to the airport terminal. Terry Funk's name was not mentioned, nor did they make any mention of his being a wrestler.



D-X News, SmackDown vs. RAW 07, Schedules & More

Credit: PWInsider.com



Over at the MTV website has a feature on when they went to the Yukes studios as they were working on the WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2007 game.



The following is a list of WWE RAW and SmackDown show schedules:



RAW 7/17/2006 San Antonio, TX

SmackDown 7/21/2006 (7/18/2006) Corpus Christi, TX



RAW 7/24/2006 Cleveland, OH

SmackDown 7/28/2006 (7/25/2006) Detroit, MI



RAW 8/7/2006 Tupelo, MS

SmackDown 8/11/2006 (8/8/2006) Huntsville, AL (WWE.com Live Events list currently has this listed as being in Nashville, TN)



WWE has hinted yet again the return of D-X. Over at the WWE shop website, they are now offering D Generation X T-Shirts and DVDs. Items feature WWE superstars Triple H and Shawn Michaels and former Chyna.



Paul Heyman/ECW, Dusty Rhodes, Vince McMahon, More

Credit: NoDQ.com



WWE and Starbucks are working together to send 106 pounds of Starbucks coffee to the troops in Afghanistan.



Vince McMahon wants Paul Heyman to be 100% committed to the ECW project. As a result, the name Greg Gagne has surfaced as a front runner for the head booker job in OVW.



If Dusty Rhodes was more open to travel, he would also be a top contender for OVW's head booker position. He lives in Marietta, GA, so one would wonder if he might be more available to Deep South, which is also looking for a booker.



Speaking of Dusty, his son Cody Rhodes (Runnels) debuted on the May 13 OVW show in Corydon, IN.



Rene Dupree has been medically cleared to wrestle following his latest hernia surgery.



WWE Developmental Talent Vacates Championship

The following is a statement from Mason Raige



As a result of my commitment to Ohio Valley Wrestling in Louisville, Kentucky, I am not able to defend the NYWC Heavyweight Championship the way a title is deserved to be defended. Rather than serve as a part-time champion, I am choosing to relinquish the title effective immediately.



I wish the NYWC nothing but the best, and I hope to return there sometime soon. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the NYWC fans for all of their encouragement and support. Working in front of you has been a distinct honor. Thank you for your loyalty.



Strongly,

Mason Raige



Backstage Details On DX, See No Evil News, Foley

Credit: NoDQ.com



WWE's "The Dusty Rhodes Story" debuts in the fanastic series on July 2 on PPV.



This Friday, Mick Foley will be signing autographs at Bob's Sports Cards in Canyon Country, CA. For details, call 661-251-2226.



Kane's movie, "See No Evil" has now pulled in $5,301,914 in five days. The movie earned $343,339 on Tuesday.



At the moment the plan is for WWE to keep just the two members for D-X; Shawn Michaels and Triple H. One potential idea is for WWE to bring in in younger talent to join the group to get them over. However it is being reported that WWE actually made contact with the Road Dogg (BG James) about the New Age Outlaws returning, despite what James and Gunn have said publicly about Triple H. The Outlaws remain under contract to TNA.



RAW Party, SmackDown News, Wreckless Intent

Credit: WrestlingObserver.com



The Stro has given us an update on Steve Doll: Wanted to update everyone on the condition of former WWE star Steven Dunn. Was told today it isn't looking good for him as he is still hanging on life support at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. Please keep the family of Steve Doll (Steven Dunn) in your thoughts and prayers through this difficult time.



From the first day of sales, WWE's Wreckless Intent CD is projected to sell about 75,000 units this week.



For those in Tacoma, there is a special post-RAW party at the Best Western Hotel at the Tacoma Dome. When the show is over, you can go right next door at watch the West Coast feed of RAW at Season's Lounge.



Last week's WWE SmackDown was ranked at number 4 among network sports events for the week, trailing NASCAR on FOX (4.8), and NBA playoff games on ABC that did a 3.5 and 3.2 respectively. The Byron Nelson Classic golf did a 1.6 on Saturday and 2.0 on Sunday, and Poker did a 1.2, NHL playoffs on NBC did a 0.9.



WWE SmackDown will be pre-empted this coming Friday in New York (Saturday 8 p.m. air time), DC (Saturday 8 p.m.), Houston (Saturday 1 p.m.), Hartford (Saturday 8 p.m.), Syracuse (Saturday 8 p.m.), Binghamton (Friday 10 p.m.) and Utica (Friday 10 p.m.).



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