The National Wrestling Alliance announced the following participants and locations and the first round match ups for “Reclaiming the Glory: The NWA World Heavyweight Championship Tournament presented by Big Vision Entertainment.” The tournament will take place at events across North America and begins Saturday June 2, 2007.
Saturday June 2, 2007
Cornelia, GA – www.nwa-wildside.com
CHAD PARHAM Vs. “MR. MID-ATLANTIC” DAMIEN WAYNE
Thayer, MO – www.cswwrestling.com
AARON AGUILERA Vs. “SCRAP IRON” ADAM PEARCE
Salyersville, KY – www.nwabluegrass.com
“SHOOTER” BRENT ALBRIGHT Vs. OSAMU NISHIMORA
Saturday June 9, 2007
Phoenix, AZ - www.risingphoenixwrestling.com
FRED SAMPSON Vs. GLAMOUR BOY SHANE
Saturday June 16, 2007
Vancouver B.C., Canada – www.eccw.com
“THE BOMBER” NELSON CREED Vs. “THE AMERICAN DRAGON” BRYAN DANIELSON
Danvers, MA – www.necwwrestling.com
PEPPER PARKS Vs. CLAUDIO CASTIGNOLI
Saturday June 30, 2007
Lebanon, TN – www.nwatop-ropewrestling.com
ROUGHNECK RYAN Vs. SICODELICO, JR.
Quincy, MA
MIKEY NICHOLLS Vs. FERGAL DEVITT
The NWA Board of Directors selected the participants and Executive Director Robert K. Trobich will supervise the tournament. For more information about these events and the NWA visit nwawrestling.com.
Gregory Helms is doing well after undergoing surgery today to repair two broken vertebrae in his neck. The SmackDown Superstar and former Cruiserweight Champion is expected to be out of action between nine months and a full year while recuperating and rehabbing his neck. The extent of the injury to his neck was determined when Helms consulted with Dr. Lloyd Youngblood last week. Dr. Youngblood performed the surgery on Helms earlier today, and Helms is said to be in high spirits.
WWE has come to terms on the release of Ariel, Scotty 2 Hotty & Nick Mitchell of the Spirit Squad. The WWE wishes them all the best in all future endeavors. These three releases are in addition to Mark Canterbuy aka Henry Godwin.
The A&E reality series featuring Mick Foley will be tentatively titled, Wrestling My Family. Foley was filming footage over the weekend at the New York Wrestling Connection’s school in Long Island, which is headed by Foley’s former ECW World Tag Team championship partner Mikey Whipwreck. Backstage footage was also filmed at the NYWC event in Deer Park, LI on Saturday night as Foley visited the show. While the production company did film parts of the live show, Foley did not appear before the crowd. At this point, there has been no official announcement of the series being picked up by A&E, so they may have just been filming pilot footage to show to A&E executives.
Raw steamrolls into Moline, Ill. tonight, with the court of public opinion still in shock over what transpired at Judgment Day less than 24 hours ago. On three separate occasions in as many weeks, WWE Champion John Cena suffered the Raw wrath of The Great Khali, falling before the behemoth’s colossal might. However, The Champ accomplished the impossible at Judgment Day, withstanding Khali’s vaunted power and becoming the only man who has ever made the leviathan tap out. Though bruised and battered, a victorious Cena heads into Moline still wearing the gold. But is the threat of Khali truly behind him . . . or will giant-sized retribution be on hand Monday night?
Randy Orton took a major first step in refocusing his career onto a championship-bound track . . . at the expense of a barely-able-to-focus Shawn Michaels. After already dealing HBK his second severe concussion on Raw Monday night, the Legend Killer orchestrated a pre-match attack Sunday night that made easy ring pickings of The Showstopper, whose indomitable spirit urged him to compete against doctor’s orders. The badly injured Michaels left Judgment Day in an ambulance, while Orton now heads into Raw with a revitalized agenda. Has he killed the legend of Shawn Michaels? Be prepared as Raw raises the roof in Moline tonight at 9/8 CT on USA Network.
This week, SmackDown rolls into Baltimore with Edge, the brand-new World Heavyweight Champion leading the way. To celebrate his championship triumph, the Rated-R Superstar will present his inaugural address on Friday Night SmackDown, just days before his first title defense against Batista. The controversial Superstar is known for making big splashes, most notably the Live Sex Celebration with Lita following his first WWE Championship win. What can he possibly have in store for SmackDown? How will The Animal - Edge’s Judgment Day opponent - respond to the Rated-R festivities?
Also this week, the unbelievable aftermath of Edge’s title theft from last Friday’s SmackDown will be revealed as exclusive footage of Undertaker’s post-loss departure from the arena. Tune in to see the mysterious and eerie events that you didn’t see last week. General Manager Theodore Long continues to look for an assistant. This week on SmackDown, Long will interview Vickie Guerrero at the behest of his girlfriend Kristal. Could the GM finally found the right person for the job? Finally, legendary music icon Ozzy Osbourne will rock SmackDown with a live performance of the official theme song for Judgment Day, “I Don’t Wanna Stop”. Will WWE Superstars be ready to jam with the Prince of Darkness? Catch this first for SmackDown this week and experience a rock milestone for sports-entertainment.
World Wrestling Entertainment have come to terms with the releases of Sabu and Vito. With Rob Van Dam’s contract coming due soon, could we eventually see Van Dam and Sabu pop up in TNA to fued with Team3D?
One week after he tore Mr. McMahon’s Executive Assistant limb from limb, Bobby Lashley will get another crack at Jonathan Coachman…this time in a sanctioned match Monday night on Raw. Will we see a repeat beating when these two square off one-on-one? Or will Coachman somehow manage to hold his own against the mountainous Lashley? Also, the new World Heavyweight Champion, Edge, will be at Raw to say goodbye. There’s no doubt the Rated-R Superstar will be gloating as he makes his final Raw appearance before heading to SmackDown. WWE Champion John Cena has a tall mountain to climb as Raw heads to its final stop before Judgment Day.
One would assume Cena will be looking for The Great Khali, the No. 1 contender, who stole the title and walked out of Raw last week after leveling The Champ with his own gold. Can Cena gain any momentum against the monstrous Khali heading into their one-on-one encounter? Carlito called out Ric Flair on Raw last week, but as first reported by WWE.com, Flair was not in the arena. Will “Nature Boy” have anything to say this week in response to Carlito’s words and his treatment of Raw beauty Torrie Wilson? Find out all this and more on Raw, Monday night at 9/8 CT on USA Network.
TNA Sacrifice was the last event promoted by TNA under the agreement that allowed them the rights to use the NWA World Heavyweight Title and NWA World Tag Team Titles. The NWA announced on their website that they have stripped the belts from the current title holders. A tournament is expected to be announced soon to declare new champions. TNA has received new belts that will replace the current NWA title belts.
The SmackDown realm has become Rated-R with its new World Heavyweight Champion, Edge. At the conclusion of the Steel Cage Match between Undertaker and Batista, the Rated-R Superstar capitalized on the beaten and exhausted gladiators and cashed in his Money in the Bank title opportunity. Want to see how it all went down - from the hellacious cage confrontation to the execution of Edge’s calculative scheme? Tune in this Friday night for the dramatic and historic edition of SmackDown. Montel Vontavious Porter is another Superstar in search of gold, and the cocky MVP is the No. 1 contender to Chris Benoit’s United States Championship. Can MVP find a way to defeat the Rabid Wolverine to claim his first bling on SmackDown?