WWE & TNA Tidbits

Courtesy of AngryMarks.com:

Here's the latest on what to expect from tonight's WWE "Monday Night Raw" lineup.

* Randy Orton Makes His WrestleMania Choice
* Money in the Bank Qualifier: Rey Mysterio vs. Mike Knox vs. Kane
* For the Right to Face The Undertaker at WrestleMania: Shawn Michaels vs. Vladimir Kozlov

And here is what has been announced for tomorrow night's edition of ECW on Sci-Fi.

* Kane Visits The Boogeyman to Hype See No Evil's Debut on the Sci-Fi Network
* Money in the Bank Qualifier: Mark Henry vs. Santino Marella
* Christian vs. Finlay

Tonight's "Raw" dark match will be Shawn Michaels, Triple H and John Cena vs. Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase.

Philshar.com has an interview up with Batista where he says rehabbing his injury and that, "I'm over the hump, it's been two months. Physically, I'll be able to do a comeback maybe in a month's time."

Nick 'Eugene' Dinsmore will make an appearance for OCW in Columbus, Ohio on March 14th.

Slam Wrestling has a new Q&A up with The Highlanders, talking about their careers and their time in WWE.

Last but not least WWE sent out the following press release today.

WWE® DEBUTS ON FOX TURKEY

Istanbul, March 2, 2009 – World Wrestling Entertainment® (WWE) and Fox Turkey have announced a new agreement to launch SmackDown® across the country on March 2.

'SmackDown!'s biggest WWE Superstars, including Undertaker™, Edge™, Triple H™ and Vladimir Koslov™, are poised to captivate viewers across Turkey every Monday at 11pm with their unique brand of action entertainment.

Andrew Whitaker, President of International for WWE, said: "WWE is excited to announce SmackDown's launch on Fox in Turkey. To partner with one of the fastest growing youth TV stations in the country will prove an excellent fit for WWE's energetic and athletic 'SmackDown!' programming."

Emre Mumcuoğlu, Director of Programme Acquisitions at Fox Turkey, added: "Fox Turkey is delighted to launch WWE in Turkey, one of the biggest entertainment shows in the world. We hope that it will receive the same success with the Turkish audience as it has worldwide."

WWE is coming after Booker T and his Legends Convention the weekend of WrestleMania in Houston. WWE has now contacted several of the names confirmed for the event and asked them to appear for WWE during the weekend instead. As a result Torrie Wilson, Nick Bockwinkel, Tito Santana and Ron Simmons have now pulled out of Booker's event and will be appearing for WWE at the AXXESS and or Hall of Fame Ceremony.

WWE is purchasing plane tickets as well as paying booking fees for each of them. Sid Vicious has also pulled out but it is not known is he will be appearing for WWE. Still appearing at Booker T's Fight for Kids Foundation event are: Sting, Kevin Nash, Samoa Joe, Amy "Lita" Dumas, Booker T, Sharmell, Team 3D, Ernest Miller, Christy Hemme, The Beautiful People, Jimmy Hart, Jake Roberts, Brian Knobbs, Tully Blanchard and Iceman King Parsons.

In house show news, TNA returns to Knoxville, Tennessee on April 30th for an event at the Knoxville Coliseum. Also TNA has moved their house show at the Eastwood Expo Center in Niles, Ohio again and the new date will be April 25th. Previously the show had been announced for the dates of March 13th, April 23rd and April 26th. Last but not least in house show news there will be a TNA event on May 2nd at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington, West Virginia.

TNA is very happy with the early ticket sales for their Lockdown PPV. They've sold more than 1,000 tickets for the show in the first weekend.

WWE and TNA will be holding European tours simultaneously in September.

Last but not least Jim Cornette's book on the Midnight Express has been shipped to the printers. As soon as they are available Jim Cornette will be selling them on his personal website.

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