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WRESTLING
LAW Nov 20 Update - The Rock Discusses Return
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John Pollock
Fight Network Journalist

POSTED: November 20, 2009 - 2:44 pm

CATEGORIES: Wrestling

**Here are the matches scheduled for ‘Smackdown' tonight at 8pm EST on My Network TV and The Score in Canada, the matches were taped this past Tuesday in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
*Batista Vs Matt Hardy
*Finlay Vs Drew McIntyre
*John Morrison Vs Dolph Ziggler in a 2/3 Falls Match for the Intercontinental Title
*Mickie James Vs Layla
*The Undertaker & Kane Vs Chris Jericho & Big Show

**This Sunday night on The LAW Dan ‘The Mouth' Lovranski and Jason Agnew will review the ‘Survivor Series' pay per view, chat with Dave Meltzer of the ‘Wrestling Observer Newsletter' about the show and UFC 106 and I will speak with UFC welterweight Matt Serra about his next fight. Tune in Sunday at 11pm EST on Sirius 98 Hardcore Sports Radio and online right here.

**Mick Foley appeared on ‘The Daily Show' in a skit involving a story about an elementary school student who will not recite the Pledge of Allegiance at his school until there are equal rights for gays and lesbians. Foley came out and was introduced as ‘Senior Asskicker' and cut a promo on anyone that attempts to bully the kid in question.

**There are no house shows this weekend for WWE, TNA or Ring of Honor, they only major show from any of the promotions is the ‘Survivor Series' on Sunday night in Washington, D.C.

**Here is the full lineup for the ‘Survivor Series' on Sunday night:
*John Cena Vs Triple H Vs Shawn Michaels for the WWE Title
*The Undertaker Vs Chris Jericho Vs Big Show for the World Title
*Batista Vs Rey Mysterio
*Team Orton (Randy Orton, Ted DiBiase, Cody Rhodes, CM Punk, William Regal) Vs Team Kofi (Kofi Kingston, Christian, MVP, Mark Henry, R-Truth)
*Team Miz (The Miz, Sheamus, Drew McIntyre, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger) Vs Team Morrison (John Morrison, Matt Hardy, Finlay, Evan Bourne, Shelton Benjamin)
*Team Michelle (Michelle McCool, Layla, Beth Phoenix, Alicia Fox, Jillian) Vs Team Mickie (Mickie James, Melina, Kelly Kelly, Gail Kim, Eve Torres)

**Dwayne Johnson has been promoting ‘Planet 51' this week and when asked about the WWE he has stated that he plans to be hosting ‘Raw' on a yet to be determined date in January and says he is hopeful of doing more than just hosting the show (if he is somehow teasing that he'll work a match, they would be crazy to do that on free TV, unless of course his schedule only allows it to be a TV match, but realistically if January is wide open to host the show, you would imagine he could do the ‘Royal Rumble'). The ideal scenario would be to shoot a huge angle on TV and set something up for WrestleMania but I really doubt Johnson is planning to do anything more than a one shot on the night of ‘Raw'. Two factors to consider with Johnson is that UFC is running a ‘Ultimate Fight Night' head to head on January 11th and there is the chance TNA will announce going live on Monday January 4th with Hulk Hogan, which if that was the case I would assume WWE would tackle the TNA competition rather than a standard Fight Night, which isn't going to challenger ‘Raw' in terms of viewers based on the lineup for that show.

**Hulk Hogan proposed to his girlfriend Jennifer McDonald prior to leaving for Australia for the tour.

**The Hulkamania tour kicks off early Saturday in Melbourne, Australia featuring the first match with Ric Flair since March 30th 2008. The lineup for the first show is as follows:
*Hulk Hogan Vs Ric Flair
*Rikishi & Brian Christopher Vs Eddie ‘Umaga' Fatu & Orlando Jordan
*Ken Anderson Vs Sean Morley
*Ed Leslie Vs Jon Heidenreich (this will be the YouTube search of the year)
*The Nasty Boys Vs Vampire Warrior & Black Pearl
*Shannon Moore Vs Matt Cross
*Nick Dinsmore & The Pimp Fatha (Charles Wright) Vs Rock of Love (Kaden Anthony & Billy Blade)
*Lacey Von Erich Vs Koa Marie Turner Vs Kiara Dillon Vs Stephanie Pietz in a Bikini Contest

**TNA officials contacted the Pro Wrestling Guerilla this week and alerted them that Chris Sabin will be unable to work the Battle of Los Angeles shows this weekend after aggravating his neck injury this past week at the TV tapings and will be taking a few weeks off and possibly longer. Sabin originally injured his neck last month during a spot with Brother Ray at the ‘Impact' tapings after taking a uranage and landing badly, which aired on TV a few weeks back.

**The Battle of Los Angeles shows begin tonight in Reseda, California at the American Legion Post, Night 2 is tomorrow night at the same location. Here is the lineup for tonight:
*Kenny Omega Vs Kevin Steen - Block A
*Jerome ‘LTP' Robinson Vs Scott Lost - Block A
*Brian Kendrick Vs Austin Aries - Block B
*Colt Cabana Vs Joey Ryan - Block B
*Nick Jackson Vs Brandon Gatson - Block C
*Alex Shelley Vs El Generico - Block C
*Roderick Strong Vs Johnny Goodtime - Block D
*Matt Jackson Vs Human Tornado - Block D
*Brandon & Dustin Cutler Vs Malachi ‘CK' Jackson & Ryan Taylor (non tournament match)

**The Connecticut Post has a story up on the wealth of Linda McMahon in comparison to the Republicans she is running against as well as incumbent Chris Dodd.

You can contact John Pollock at john@thefightnetwork.com, on Twitter @lawradio and on Facebook on ‘The LAW Live Audio Wrestling' and ‘Official Facebook Group of Review A Wai'.

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