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| WWE News: The WWE Pecking Order, ECW Star Misses Out On Being Moved To Raw, More Insider Draft Notes
-- Internally, WWE officials have a pecking order list regarding the top five stars in the company. In no particular order, Triple H, Undertaker and John Cena are regarded as the company's three biggest stars. Batista and Shawn Michaels fall in the second tier level right behind them.
Publish Time: Jun 25, 2008 22:34:40 (MDT)
Source: Lords of Pain
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| WWE News: WWE Changing Umaga's Character, New Star Debuting Next Month, Rey Mysterio's Contract Status
-- WWE's thinking about letting Umaga cut his own promos on television. There have discussions regarding the possibility. People are buzzing backstage that Umaga will reveal his ability to speak English soon.
Publish Time: Jun 25, 2008 15:04:46 (MDT)
Source: Lords of Pain
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| (WWE) WWE Spends $1.5 Million For RAW, Smackdown & ECW
WWE is earning 1,154,000 per week in TV rights fees. Last year the cost of each television taping was $600,000, but because of the high cost of producing the TV in High Definition, the cost jumped to $750,000 this year.
Publish Time: Jun 25, 2008 19:22:14 (MDT)
Source: The Wrestling News Page
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| ECW Rating Is In, WWE Spends $1.5 Million Per Week On RAW/SD!
WWE now earns $1,154,000 per week in rights fees when you combine Raw, Smackdown and ECW. However, because of the cost of producing the TV in High Definition, the cost of each television taping went from $600,000 last year to $750,000 this year.
Publish Time: Jun 25, 2008 17:09:14 (MDT)
Source: Wrestling News
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| (WWE) Rey Mysterio's WWE Status, Triple H/Cena Original Plans
- Rey Mysterio is still in negotiations with WWE on a new contract. He was under the impression his contract was close to expiring, but WWE added 10 months to the contract due to his injury. WWE negotiates contracts a year before they expire.
Publish Time: Jun 25, 2008 11:07:01 (MDT)
Source: The Wrestling News Page
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| (WWE) This Week's WWE RAW Rating
WWE Monday Night RAW three-hour draft special pulled a 3.7 rating with hours of 2.78, 3.46 and 3.95. Average viewership was 5.3 million. This is good news for WWE because last week's rating was 3.3 and the week before a 3.0.
Publish Time: Jun 25, 2008 11:22:03 (MDT)
Source: The Wrestling News Page
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| SLAM! Live coverage of the 2008 WWE Supplemental Draft
Welcome to SLAM! Wrestling's live coverage of the WWE Supplemental Draft. The Draft is slated to begin at 12:00 eastern. Check back throughout the afternoon for our live updates and instant analysis.
Publish Time: Jun 25, 2008 9:30:56 (MDT)
Source: Slam! Sports
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| WWE News: When You Can Catch The Supplemental Draft, Jim Ross Apologizes, Cole Comments
-- The administrator of the WWE Fan Nation site announced that the WWE Supplemental Draft will be taking place tomorrow at noon on WWE.com.
Publish Time: Jun 24, 2008 21:49:38 (MDT)
Source: Lords of Pain
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| WWE News: Will Their Be A Supplemental Draft?, Cena vs. Triple H, Latest On Vince McMahon
WWE News: Will Their Be A Supplemental Draft?, Cena vs. Triple H, Latest On Vince McMahon Submitted by Daniel Pena on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 9:45 PM EST
Publish Time: Jun 24, 2008 19:49:34 (MDT)
Source: Lords of Pain
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| WWE RAW Ratings Are In - WWE Tours The Success of the 2008 Draft
-- According to data compiled by Neilson Meida Research, last night's special 3-hour 2008 Draft edition of WWE RAW did a 3.4 cable rating.
Publish Time: Jun 24, 2008 17:04:41 (MDT)
Source: Lords of Pain
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| (WWE) WWE SmackDown Taping Results *Spoilers* (06/27)
WWE taped this Friday's edition of SmackDown from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Special thanks to WrestlingNewsWorld.com reader John Paul for text-messaging the following results.
Publish Time: Jun 24, 2008 21:22:11 (MDT)
Source: The Wrestling News Page
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| WWE.com Confirms The Supplemental Draft - Full Details
Only two days after a handful of career-altering shake-ups occurred in the world of sports-entertainment, the 2008 WWE Supplemental Draft will take place right here, Wednesday at noon ET, exclusively on WWE.com.
Publish Time: Jun 24, 2008 21:39:14 (MDT)
Source: Wrestling News
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| Breaking News: WWE Supplemental Draft Tomorrow
After finishing up WrestleZone Radio just moments ago, I talked to someone and the latest word is that the WWE Supplemental Draft will begin tomorrow at noon ET on WWE.com.
Publish Time: Jun 24, 2008 20:39:25 (MDT)
Source: Wrestling News
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| WWE News: Latest On Possible Supplemental Draft, Three-Hour Raws, Kofi Kingston Speaks Out
-- It appears that WWE really only had plans in mind for the top talent and not really the lower end wrestlers. Apparently, WWE didn't plan ahead in regards to shifting lower card talent. At the moment, they are contemplating a Supplemental Draft, but it isn't a sure thing.
Publish Time: Jun 24, 2008 13:19:33 (MDT)
Source: Lords of Pain
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| (WWE) Jim Ross Update: Will Make Smackdown "Kick Ass"
Jim Ross updated his blog today again at www.jrsbarbq.com after posting a very emotional blog where he said that he considered quitting WWE after being drafted to Smackdown.
Publish Time: Jun 24, 2008 16:37:00 (MDT)
Source: The Wrestling News Page
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| WWE News: Batista on the Cover of Muscle & Fitness, WWE Launches New Clothing Line
-- Similar to the very popular Afflication brand clothing line, World Wrestling Entertainment has launched "WWE Top Rope" - a new premium line of t-shirts.
Publish Time: Jun 24, 2008 10:19:44 (MDT)
Source: Lords of Pain
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| Jim Ross Nearly Quits WWE Following Last Night's Brand Switch To SmackDown
Jim Ross has posted a blog on his official website regarding his move to SmackDown last night during the WWE Draft. Here is an excerpt of what he said regarding the move.
Publish Time: Jun 24, 2008 11:19:40 (MDT)
Source: Lords of Pain
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| WWE chairman hurt in freak accident
WWE Chairman Vince McMahon was injured in a freak accident in San Antonio Monday night.
Publish Time: Jun 24, 2008 10:44:08 (MDT)
Source: 11 News Houston
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| WWE News: Details Behind The Hardys & Rey Mysterio Brand Switches, Raw Star Getting Repackaged
-- With the exception of Umaga to SmackDown, the closest thing to a surefire move was Rey Mysterio to Raw. Officials actually made the decision a few weeks ago while SmackDown writer Michael Hayes was away on suspension.
Publish Time: Jun 25, 2008 22:19:34 (MDT)
Source: Lords of Pain
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| A Supplemental WWE Draft?, HHH/SD! Update, J.R, More
As best I can tell right now there will NOT be a supplemental draft this year. So what you got on RAW is what you get. That could change but two people I talked to today say there won't be one. I really think there needs to be something more on WWE.com.
Publish Time: Jun 24, 2008 10:39:24 (MDT)
Source: Wrestling News
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| (WWE) WWE Follows Up On RAW "Accident"
WWE issued the following press release this morning. STAMFORD, Conn., June 24, 2008 One of the most dramatic scenes in the history of Monday Night RAW took place live last night on USA Network s ratings winner.
Publish Time: Jun 24, 2008 7:37:00 (MDT)
Source: The Wrestling News Page
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| WWE Suspending McMahon's Million Dollar Mania Following "Tragic Accident" On Raw
Reportedly, WWE officials were looking to figure out a way to write out Vince McMahon's "Million Dollar Mania" contest because they obviously weren't going to be giving away a million dollars every single week for too long. It looks like they figured something out.
Publish Time: Jun 23, 2008 23:19:42 (MDT)
Source: Lords of Pain
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| (WWE) WrestleMania 24 Attendance Report; Mayweather Affect
The final count of people that attended WrestleMania 24 in Orlando, Florida was 63,100. This made the event more papered than what the company first expected with 11,500 free tickets given away for their show.
Publish Time: Jun 25, 2008 19:22:01 (MDT)
Source: The Wrestling News Page
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| WWE News: An Update On Big Daddy V's Return To The Ring, More Draft Notes, WWE.com Outage
-- Big Daddy V, who has been out of action since mid-March, should be returning to the ring soon. Additionally, He was moved over to the SmackDown brand in today's Supplemental Draft.
Publish Time: Jun 25, 2008 12:49:36 (MDT)
Source: Lords of Pain
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| (WWE) Umaga's Character Change, Ron Killings/WWE Update
- With Umaga being moved to SD!, there's talk about making him cut his own promos. This would mean his character would reveal that indeed he can speak English first.
Publish Time: Jun 25, 2008 16:37:05 (MDT)
Source: The Wrestling News Page
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