POSTED: October 13, 2008 - 1:40 pm
CATEGORIES: Wrestling
**Last night's edition of The LAW is available for download here. I would definitely recommend checking out the Eric Bischoff interview, he has high hopes for being able to present a distinctly different product that could come out of this CMT reality show. We also have a full recap of the "Bound for Glory" Pay Per View, Dave Meltzer joins us, your calls and then we have a special "Ask a Wai" with Jason Agnew sticking around.
**Tonight "Raw" takes place in Anaheim, California at the Honda Center. No matches have been announced yet but Johnny Knoxville will be there to do an angle with The Great Khali.
**The "Bound for Glory" event was a very good show last night highlighted by the last part of the show. Kurt Angle Vs Jeff Jarrett was probably match of the night as Jarrett looked great for someone that hasn't worked in as long as he has and Angle was a step above last night and had his working boots on in no secret. I really didn't care for the chair shots taken by Mick Foley and Jeff Jarrett in the main event not to mention the second straight PPV that Angle took that guitar shot right on the head, sure the guitar is gimmicked but with such a long history of neck problems is it really worth it for Angle? Thankfully Abyss is okay from the flaming table spot but did suffer burns to his arms as that was a scary moment where they couldn't get the fire out right away.
**Tonight The LAW is at O'Grady's Tap and Grill in downtown Toronto at 171 College Street at McCaul for "Raw" on the big screen plus prizes, trivia and half priced chicken wings.
**Kevin Nash returned at the Pay Per View last night, all his talk about there being a snag in the merchandising cut he would receive was a total work by Nash to set up the surprise return last night. He re-signed with the company weeks ago and then did those interviews on his own stating differently.
**Today is a travel day for TNA back to Orlando. The TV tapings tomorrow night will be built around the announcement of Mick Foley's retirement (after 3-weeks in the company). They have also announced the following matches for the tapings:
*Booker T. Vs Hernandez
*Sheik Abdul Bashir & Sonjay Dutt Vs The Motor City Machine Guns
*Roxxi Vs Raisha Saeed
**Mick Foley has signed on with Amdram Productions to resume work on the "Hey Dude" series that Foley was working on prior to shelving the project when he began doing commentary on "Smackdown" back in April. The premise of the series is Foley will be playing himself as an ex-pro wrestler and author trying to find work in Hollywood. They haven't bought a network for the series but will be shopping it next spring.
**Dos Caras Jr. is now stating that he has not signed with the WWE as they did not offer him enough money and will continue working with CMLL.
**This comes from Grant Zwarych, for anyone looking for Ring of Honor tickets for the November 8th show in Markham, Ontario:
I have 2 tickets to the 11/8 Ring of Honor Toronto show 2nd row ringside. Just looking to get face value of tickets back. $120 USD for the pair plus $8 for registered mail shipping. Anyone interested please email me. First chance at the tickets to the first to email me. grantsindex@nexicom.net
FEEDBACK FORUM
Chris from Toronto:
Do u guys think anybody will bother to vote for cyber sunday? It seems like a hassle to do it on your phone and after that u have to pay a dollar? I think we are going to see a lot of fixed results this year, what do u think?
Joe from Boston:
3 years and 3 TNA World Title wins for Sting. Why don't they just rename Bound for Glory to Sting wins the TNA Title. It would save me the money.
Tony Stevens:
I've been reading about the roast of the Iron Sheik on October 10, 2008 and the lack of class joke a comedian ("Roundboy" Jimmy Graham) made referencing Owen Hart and the reaction of Scott Hall. First thing is the so called comedian crossed the line and his defense on his blog holds no water at all. That said Scott Hall went over the line also, but he probably did what most true Owen Hart fans would have liked to have done. Unfortunately the comedian broke no laws other than having no class. He mentioned that the roast would be released on DVD. If it is his part should be completely eliminated. Additionally any money raised from the sale should go to a trust fund for Owen's children. The comedian should not get paid anything and his check should also go into the same trust fund.
Stu Fehr:
Saw the PPV and gave it a somewhere between thumbs in the middle to thumbs up - enjoyed the X division steel asylum match, Angle vs Jarrett, 3 way cage - booker - styles, Monster ball (except the fact that mongo was there) and Sting vs. Joe
Whatever they were paying Mongo it was too much...he almost ruined the match due to his slow and stupidity, looked like he could not figure out what came after "2"
Question: When will Chris Daniels drop the Curry Man gimmick and come back as Christopher Daniels - he was the best heel in TNA plus if he did, would they put him in the Main Event status? He has great talent in ring and a great talker
Great show as always and hope the LAW has a great thanksgiving
POLLOCK: No plans for them to drop the Curry Man gimmick that I have heard.
Stephanie in Winnipeg:
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised at the outcome of TNA's main event. Another Bound for Glory, another unnecessary Sting title victory.
What baffles me more than anything is how Steve Borden can feel this adds any sort of legitimacy to his 'wrestling lore.' Two week title reigns are not what legends are made of, nor are victories at the hands of run-ins and flukes. If anybody wants to watch a *real* title fight, one worthy of the legacy the now former TNA World Champ should have, Joe versus Punk II is showing on Ring of Honor at 1am EST.
On this weekend of thanks in Canada, we should at least be satisfied.
P.S. I'd vote for Honky in a heartbeat...IF I COULD VOTE THIS YEAR. Some WWE Universe we live in, eh?
Haley in Tampa, Florida:
What are your opinions on the WWE's women's division? Who are your favorite and least favorite Diva's now? I really think WWE's gotta step up their game and stop hiring models. I'm also glad they didn't put the title on Candice at No Mercy because her in ring skills are now terrible, if it's ring rust or whatever she needs to step up her game. Any idea on who's gonna get the next women's title opportunity on RAW? And what's happened to Michelle McCool? She's only defended her butterfly championship once since she won it in July! By the way, the new SmackDown theme is awful.
The ‘Ask a Wai' segment with Wai Ting and John Pollock at the end of each show is quickly becoming one of my favorite parts of the show, even when your talking about what you did each week, it's still great.
POLLOCK: I think Natalya is one of the most underrated right now and is largely being forgotten on "Smackdown". Gail Kim and Beth Phoenix are probably two of the most seasoned and solid workers on the national scene right now and Kong offers such a great contrast with her look and style that gets her matches over tremendously.
Slow news day.Hey John if u read this i could call the wwe about the voting issue and send the tape to u.
Your show will not play as a podcast from my iphone? Is it not available in this format? I can listen to other podcast from ESPN or the Pain clinic so I don't think it's a problem on my end. Any suggestions?
The podcast doesn't connect to iTunes either. Best thing is where the link says "Click to download here", right click and save it to your desktop. Then drag it into iTunes...
Hey guys I made a petition to get Dan "The Mouth" Lovranski removed from the airwaves, hopefully you guys can pass it along and help us get rid of this cancer. United we are strong ** replace \ with forward slash ** www.petitiononline.com\Mouth\petition.html
The Eric Bischoff project on CMT will fail. What makes him think he can evaluate talent. He couldn't see the potential of a future Hall of Famer like Stone Cold Austin right under his nose in the old WCW. I got a theory why Candice Michelle has been horrible in her matches lately. I believe she is "gunshy" form the rash of injuries she has sustained. She had improved on her wrestling skills before her major shoulder injury a few years back. But now I think she is hesitant in her abilities. I wouldn't be surprised if she didn't re-sign with the WWE in the future. Too bad. The LAW program does seem to be better without Dan. I am not picking on Dan, consider this constructive criticism. He needs to be in a support role than in a lead role. Or at least improve on his interview skills with the wrestlers. He should listen to Bob Costas or George Strombo to get a feel on conducting an interviews. I think the head offices in WWE are taking its' Canadian fans for granted by not letting us vote on their Cyber Sunday PPV event. I don't mean to brag about ourselves, but we are more intelligent and sophisicated than our American counterparts. And because of that fact, I believe they realize that we could change the match-ups that they originally planned.

