Hello wrestling fans, and welcome once again to the one and only (The) People's Wrestling Website, TPWW.net. There is a good deal of news to discuss today, including a huge development on the ECW front. So without further delay, here are today's news and rumors.
The major story of the day is that ECW has agreed to a deal with the one and only Scott Hall for Hall to appear at ECW's two weekend shows tonight and Saturday night in Schenectady, NY and Poughkeepsie, NY, respectively. The Poughkeepsie show will be a TV taping, and should air on next week's syndicated ECW show, ECW Hardcore TV. According to various reports, after Hall was released from WCW, he asked his friend and former "Clique" teammate Justin Credible to send out feelers to ECW owner Paul Heyman regarding a possible appearance by Hall in ECW. Heyman agreed, and Hall is expected to debut at tonight's show, as well as tomorrow's. If all goes well, Hall is expected to play a role in ECW's December 3rd PPV, Massacre on 34th Street. According to various reports, Hall wants to prove himself in ECW and possibly may be interested in a future role with the WWF, if the WWF becomes interested. If Hall shows that he still can perform with the best of them in ECW, I wouldn't be surprised if the WWF shows interest, although that is simply speculation at this time.
In other ECW/WWF news, Jim Ross reportedly denied that the WWF has signed Chris Chetti in a recent interview, according to Dave Scherer. As of now, it is still assumed that the WWF HAS in fact signed Chetti to some sort of deal and it is unknown why Ross has denied it. It may be that the WWF first wants to evaluate Chetti before actually signing him to a deal. More on this situation as we hear it.
Jim Ross also recently mentioned on The Wrestling Guys radio show in Ohio that the WWF may pair up the Road Dogg and new talent, K-Krush as a tag team. K-Krush has been working several dark matches in the WWF over the last few weeks, and may make his TV debut soon.
MTV will air a WWF special tonight entitled "WWF Rocks!" The show will be hosted by Edge & Christian and will take a look at the music aspect of the WWF. MTV's Adam Zuckerman sent along a full preview of the show, which you can check out HERE.
Thursday's edition of WWF Smackdown! scored a 4.9 final rating, down from last week's 5.0 but still relatively strong.
The following matches have been confirmed for WWF Survivor Series on Sunday, November 19: Triple H vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock vs. Rikishi, Kurt Angle vs. The Undertaker for the WWF Title, and Chris Jericho vs. Kane. More matches should be officially announced soon.
The full card has been announced for the WWF's UK-only PPV on Saturday, December 3 from Sheffield, England. Thanks to Mark Howlette for pointing that out. The card is as follows:
- Steve Austin & The Rock vs. Triple H & Rikishi
- Kurt Angle vs. Kane vs. Chris Jericho - WWF Title
- The Undertaker vs. Chris Benoit
- The Hardys & Lita vs. Bull, Goodfather, & Ivory
- William Regal vs. Crash - European Title
- Chyna & Billy Gunn vs. Eddie Guerrero & Dean Malenko
- Steve Blackman vs. Perry Saturn - Hardcore Title
- The Dudleys vs. T&A; vs. Edge & Christian - Tables Match
- Val Venis vs. Bradshaw
The Road Dogg will guest host Sunday night's edition of WWF Heat on MTV.
Jim "Sinister Minister" Mitchell underwent surgery to repair nerve damage in his hand as a result of the accident at this past Sunday's ECW PPV. The surgery was said to have gone well, and Mitchell has returned home after a 5 day stay in the hospital. He reportedly wanted to return at this weekend's ECW shows, but was told to stay home and rest. Mitchell reportedly has a 60/40 chance of regaining full use of his injured hand, according to the Pro Wrestling Torch.
The participants for the Lethal Lottery Tag Team Tournament this Monday on Nitro have been announced... In the first round, Scott Steiner & Sting will take on Mike Awesome and Bam Bam Bigelow... plus, Booker T and Lex Luger will take on Kronik. The two winning teams will then face off against each other later in the night, and the winning team will face off teammate vs. teammate on Thunder.
In site related news, a new Women of Wrestling Fantasy Tournament has been added and the results to our previous "Triple Threat" Fantasy Tournament have been posted. To cast your vote, click HERE.
And with that, it's time to wrap this baby up. Until next time...
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