POSTED: December 3, 2008 - 5:36 pm
CATEGORIES: Wrestling
**WWE "Raw" did a very strong 3.4 rating on Monday night, up from last week's 3.3 number.
**The WWE has cut Imani Lee and Mike Jarvi, who were both working in WWE developmental. Lee is a former K-1 kickboxer who has had one professional MMA fight where he lost in a main event to former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez in November 2006 at a small event in Bakersfield, California.
**WWE Champion Edge will return to The LAW this weekend - Dan Lovranski spoke with the champion earlier today and that entire interview will air this weekend on the show. We will also be joined by Jonathan Snowden, the author of "Total MMA", which is excellent.
**The "Tribute to the Troops" show will be taped on Friday and then air on December 20th on NBC. The show takes place in Baghdad, Iraq at the Camp Liberty Base Complex.
**The WWE has announced the nominees for the following Slammy Awards this Monday night in Philadelphia:
Match of the Year:
*2008 Royal Rumble Match
*Ric Flair Vs Shawn Michaels - WrestleMania 24
*Money in the Bank Match - WrestleMania 24
*Edge Vs The Undertaker Hell in a Cell Match - SummerSlam
Diva of the Year:
*Michelle McCool
*Kelly Kelly
*Beth Phoenix
*Mickie Jame
**Del Wilkes has states that he has not sold the rights to his "Patriot" gimmick to Tom Brandi. Wilkes is stating that Brandi has been using the gimmick in the northeast and telling people that he purchased the rights to the gimmick from Wilkes. The now retired Wilkes stated he is not planning to take any action against Brandi but wanted to let everyone be aware of the situation.
**The WWE stock closed at $11.23 on Wednesday.
LAW MMA UPDATE
**Tonight is the big WEC 37 show from Las Vegas, which on paper looks to be one of the best fight cards of the year. The show will air on Versus in the U.S and on TSN2 in Canada. Here is the lineup:
MAIN CARD
*Miguel Torres Vs Manny Tapia for the Bantamweight Title
*Wagnney Fabiano Vs Akitoshi Tamura
*Danny Martinez Vs Joseph Benividez
*Brian Bowles Vs Will Ribeiro
DARK FIGHTS
*Johny Hendricks Vs Justin Haskins
*Ricardo Barros Vs Mark Munoz
*Cole Province Vs Diego Nunes
*Bart Palaszewski Vs Alex Karalexis
*Hiroyuki Takaya Vs Cub Swanson
*Mike Budnik Vs Shane Roller
**Tonight are the final two episodes of "Ultimate Fighter 8" built around the following semi final fights starting at 10pm EST tonight on Spike:
*Ryan Bader Vs Eliot Marshall (Light Heavyweight)
*Krzysztof Soszynski Vs Vinny Maghales (Light Heavyweight)
*Phillipe Nover Vs George Roop (Lightweight)
*Junie Browning Vs Efrain Escudero (Lightweight)
The show also teases Browning being thrown out of the house prior to his fight after he has another blow up, which causes Dana White to come to the house.
**Jon Fitch confirmed today on this week's edition of "Inside MMA" on HD Net that he will in fact be fighting Akihiro Gono at UFC 94 on January 31st. Fitch and Gono were scheduled to fight on that date but then the impasse occurred between UFC management and Fitch, which led to Fitch being released and then brought back the next day.
**Affliction announced today that Josh Barnett will fight Gilbert Yvel at the January 24th at the "Day of Reckoning" card in Anaheim, California.
**The brand new procedures for the California State Athletic Commission with their forms of testing will commence on December 11th.
FIGHT NETWORK RADIO FOR DECEMBER 3:
Segment 1 - Steve Sievert of MMAJunkie.com previews WEC 37
Segment 2 - Bill Douglas, Assistant Director of the California State Athletic Commission
Glad to hear that you got Edge for the LAW this Sunday. It's been a while since a top-level guy has been on the LAW and having listened to Edge's past interviews I'm sure this one will be great.
Hey Guys, i love the show and i was just listening to you talk about the beat the clock sprint from smackdown and had matt hardy beat kozlov, it would have been the exact same thing as a no contest becuase only jeff, trips and kozlov were the ones involved. sometimes all of the guys competing can get a title shot and sometimes only the main contenders will be involved and they use guys who dont have anyhting else to do.
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
My Slammy votes for todays categories go to Flair vs. Michaels and Michelle McCool
Hi there. Long time listener, first time poster. In regard to Gotthorm and his justified critique - good job and I hope u keep it up. Old Dan has had it too easy over the years. he's never been held accountable for all the classless stunts hes pulled. what Gotthorm has brought to our attention on this board is only the tip of the iceberg. ther's been many many instances like this over the years. FNW if u are reading this ---- dont renew Lovranski's contratc!!
hi john - ive noticed in the last few days that the fight network is no longer availaible on SKY here in the uk. i was wondering what the reason for this was, and wondered if you would mind letting us, over the water, know whats going on! thanks
Gotthorm was gone from this board for too long. Do not give up your dream of ending Dan Lovranski's pathetic worthless career. Gotthorm, do you actually live in Toronto? If you do, then you need to show up at O'Gradys on a Monday night for Raw and call that loser out and slap him right in the face with the petition so he knows that no one wants him around. The people at the Fight Network probably don't even read this board because of the heavy critisism and don't want to face up to the fact that they need to shitcan Dan Lovranski.
Bird and Gotthorm - You claimed that stars would stop coming on the Law to protest Da Lovranski. This weeks guest will be WWE Champion, Edge. Edge is one of the top heels in the business. How do you explain you discrepancy?
I hope Dan doesn't Schmoz Interview poor Edge...
not to worry, worried fan. I think Mr. Copeland can take care of himself during his interview.
I hope Edge tells Dan to FUCK OFF if he starts out his Schmoz Interview by asking him "Now because you're one of those guys, Edge, who's been in bed with both Lita and Vickie I wanted to kinda get your thoughts on the two chicks and how they differ or how they're similar to another?" Oh wait, what am I doing... I shouldn't be giving this guy any ideas - you know he reads this blog.
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