Trevor Hunnicutt begins this report…
Welcome again to the News and Rumours (no, I am American) here on the Balrog’s Lair. I’m gonna keep it short and sweet today because Michael did it too. The 11/25 edition of Raw did a 3.4 cable rating, with a 5.1 share. The show did hours of 3.4 and 3.4. That is down from last week’s 3.7. The average rating for this entire year of RAW is 34.44% down from the show’s rating peak in 1999.
The 11/24 edition of Heat did a 1.4 cable rating, with a 2.2 share.
The 11/23 edition of Velocity did a 0.9 cable rating, with a 1.5 share.
The 11/23 edition of Confidential did a 0.8 cable rating, with a 1.6 share.
Well, WWE has proved once again that they are very profitable internationally as according to a 1Wrestling.com report, WWE has already sold out arenas for their January 24th and 25th events in Tokyo, Japan. Most tickets were sold through the Japan WWE fan club and the rest were sold as soon as tickets went on sale! The arena, The National Yoyogi Stadium Gymnasium 1 will seat about 12,000 for each night. Early next year, WWE will also do one show in South Korea and three in South Africa. Ticket sales for the event in South Korea went on sale on yesterday and are also selling well from what I understand.
In some sad news, Tim Woods, star of the territories in Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas during the 1970s, passed away last night at about 8pm. He suffered a mass heart attack, the believed reason for his death.
Another death in the sport of wrestling as two days ago, Jeff Peterson passed away two days ago. He battled cancer since early 2000 and once beaten it into remission but the cancer returned and took his life. He has worked for the ECWA, IPW in Florida, APW in California, and PCW.
Well I hate to end it on a bad note but that’s all I have for you today. Have a nice night all and check out my column which will be up here in about 5-7 hours. I will also be back next Tuesday and Sunday as always with News and Rumors. Have a nice Thanksgiving. And its holiday season so if you celebrate any of the following get ready: Christmas, Chanakuah, and Kwanza. Bye.
Michael Blaszkowski continues…
Yo. My name is Michael Blaszkowski, and this report doesn’t deserve your time. More on that later, but first, an opening paragraph about the upcoming holidays.
The holiday season (as the months of late-November to early-January are known around my parts) is a time of joy, a time of rememberence, a time of family gathering. No matter your faith or religion, with college students getting time off and workplaces freeing their paid slaves, the next months will involve much quality time with those you love. If there’s but one lesson I can bestow on all of you, its this: enjoy the time you have, because you never know when old age, sickness, gunshots, or commercial airliner will take out those you hold dearest. Cherish everything.
Welcome to The Balrog’s Lair; I’m your party host, specially commissioned by God to delivereth to you all that is wrestling, yet tastes like news. Today’s agenda is noticeably short, and I apologize. However, a look around the ‘net will reveal why. There is, in fact, no news today, and the little tidbits I have for you are mostly scraps, unfit for a full meal like a News Report, but yummy as a snack to hold you over until Eddie T. takes it away a couple days from now. In fact, The only hope you have for a normal-sized news report on this Sunday afternoon(/night/Monday/whenever you read this) would be for me to make some jokes to cover for it, and uh…Daddy told me not to. Before I go, I’ll leave you with a listing of “what’s hot” on TBL.com, so any lack of reading material is not my fault: Its Triple H’s. The News is on the phone for you, and it’s totally thrashed from Thanksgiving.
Starting off on a serious note, The Balrog’s Lair would like to send its condolences to the families of “Mr. Wrestling” Tim Woods and “All American” Jeff Paterson. Mr. Woods suffered a massive heart attack, while Paterson had been fighting off cancer for some time. Sadly, both passed away, and our thoughts and prayers are with them and their loved ones at this time.
As reported on Martin and J.Balrog’s lovechild, the TBL Express, midcarders are muchos upset at the ending of RAW. See, Triple H was billed as mighty injured from the Elimination Chamber match, and expected to be gone from the show for a bit. Further, Shawn Michaels and Rob Van Dam had a main event that many, including myself, have been dying to see for some time. Being that the match had no vitamin H, though, Mr. Helmsley decided to interfere in it, laying out both competitors and proving why there is no one on his level. The image of Triple H, standing victorious over the bodies of the two “fresh” main eventers, was apparently quite sickening to the backstage crew. I don’t get why, I mean, Triple H is so much better then any of them: don’t they realize this? As if there was any doubt, Triple H proved it when he laid out HBK so easily. Was RVD able to do that? I think not.
Tough Enough favorite (and by favorite, I, of course, mean, successor to Darryl’s “Most Laughed At” crown) Scott was eliminated last episode, according to Tough Enough website. Apparently it came down to him or Kelly, but Kelly got to stay. Any bets on who gets axed next week?
Uh…there’s other news…kinda…not really, I lied. Like I said, there wasn’t much to say, so says I…or something. Hopefully the news’ll pick up and either the Edd-ster (or Mr. Trevor Hunnicutt, Ph.D. I dunno, no one keeps me informed of the schedule…is there even a schedule? Oh, right, staying on-topic. So one of them will have a 5-star report for ya later this week. Until then, here’s a listing of what’s currently up on the site as of “my sending this in” time by me, and hopefully what got put up in between then and “Mr. Hawrysko’s posting time” by Martin.
Missed Thanksgiving? Not sure what to be thankful for? Check out The Balrog’s Lair’s Thanksgiving special. (Updated 2002)
-Another week, another debut, as apparently Joe is mass breeding the f***ers now. Actually, check out the kid’s column (Kid, 9 years older then me, same difference), he seems like he actually likes the business, which is amazing in today’s day and age. Still, his blind obedience to the product without mind for its flaws is very irksome, but far be it from me to bitch out a fellow TBL writer. Team unity, undivided front, blah blah blah. Actually, I may just offer a response on behalf of the “Internet” in my next column. I mean, if someone’s got a problem with me speaking my mind, they can eat me. Unless they’re a gay zombie. Speaking of…
Adam Gor-something or other, uh…let’s try this again.
Mr. PTR is back with his one man crusade upon the Big Show, also known as The Anti-Antagonist. Laugh as he mocks the overweight champion. Cry as you realize that The Big Show is champion regardless. Take arms when you realize that one bullet could end it all. KIDDING! Don’t kill The Big Show! Bad reader! Never kill! DAMMIT, GORZELSKY, PUT THE GUN DOWN!
The Razor’s Edge is back, and its meaner then ever, “meaner” being the 80s equivalent of the early-90s “wicked” or the late-90s “kick ass”. Columns are like books, so check ’em out.
And once you’re done checkin’ that one out, check out the The Not So Regal View. His column focuses on the massive changing of the guard that took place at SummerSlam. Wait, Survivor Series. Either way, its ALL CHANGE.
News reporter AND columnist Eddie T. is back, and he is taking NO prisoners! Um…Actually, he just wrote a column, but I got your attention, didn’t I?
Here at TBL, we got your RAW reviews and your SmackDown! reviews, all you need do is ask.
With references to Big Men abound, TBL’s own “Living Legend”, J.P. Joyce, is back with a column asking the eternal question, Does Size Matter?
As if that wasn’t enough for you, as always, the TBL newsboard is updated 24 hours a days, 7 days a week. Further, we got that TBL Express thang goin’ down. If that isn’t enough bang for your buck, check out Homestar Runner for extra diversion. And that, as they say in the business, is that. As always, this is Michael Blaszkowski saying “I love rock and roll. Put just one more of those quarters in that there jukebox, baby.” May you all have love peace and soul, my children. With that, I’m out, peace.
