News On RVD, Raven, Lashley, WWE Ratings, Miz, & More

— Rob Van Dam and Raven will be highlighted on the “Extreme Wrestlers” PPV next month in matches being advertised as their bouts in the independent scene once ECW closed.

— For anyone living in the Atlanta area or planning on attending the Atlanta Comic-Con, the word is that Amy Dumas, Ted DiBiase, The Iron Sheik, Kevin Nash, Ernest Miller, Raven, TNA’s Tara, Torrie Wilson and of course, Virgil, will be making signing appearances this weekend.

— Bobby Lashley will be appearing on 12/11 from 1-3PM at Gino’s Pizzeria & Cafe (2040 Forest Avenue) in Staten Island NY 10303 for a signing appearance.

— ESPN won the prime time cable ratings last week, scoring a 3.3 average thanks to football ahead of USA Network’s 2.0. SyFy ranked # 18 with a 0.8 and Spike was #25 at 0.7. The two hours of Raw ranked # 8 and #9 for the week.

— The Miz will make an appearance tomorrow on Bill Simmons’ BS Report on espn.com.

— Tickets for the 1/28 Dragon Gate USA debut will go on sale via The B.B. Kings website and Ticketmaster this Friday morning 12/3. You can find the event listing on the B.B. Kings website at http://www.bbkingblues.com/ The NYC event is being promoted by Rocks Off, one of the top local rock club concert promoters in the New York area. Open The Dream Gate Champion Masato Yoshino, Open The Freedom Gate Champion BxB Hulk, CIMA, Naruki Doi, PAC, Austin Aries, Ronin of Chuck Taylor, Johnny Gargano & Rich Swann, Brodie Lee, Ricochet, Jon Moxley and more have been announced for the event so far. “Premium” tickets (aka Ringside) are on sale at the Dragon Gate USA website, www.dgusa.tv, but if you want to go through B.B. Kings’ box office or Ticketmaster, you can as of Friday.

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