LAW Nov 19 Update – Estrada Released
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**The WWE announced on
Tuesday that they have released Armando Alejandro Estrada (Hazim Ali). Estrada
wasn’t being used on TV but had been part of the ECW brand over the last year
and a half. Estrada came up through Ohio Valley Wrestling where he worked under
the name Osama Rodriguez Alejandro where he worked as a bodyguard for Muhammad
Hassan and later as a worker. He was called up in April 2006 and debuted as the
manager of Umaga the night after “WrestleMania 22″ and instantly began a feud
with Ric Flair. Estrada got over instantly with his catchphrases to the point that
the WWE told him to stop using them as they were getting babyface reactions. In
an interview with The LAW in January 2007 Estrada told us that he would like to
do more in ring work than simply managing.
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The LAW conducted with Estrada from January 2007
**WWE “Raw” did a 2.9 rating
on Monday night, down from last week’s 3.1 rating and this show had a main
event that was advertised a week in advance with Orton Vs Punk.
**Next week’s edition of ECW
(which will be taped Monday prior to “Raw” in Providence, Rhode Island) will
feature an “Extreme Rules” match between Tommy Dreamer and Jack Swagger.
**Bill Goldberg will be on
this weekend’s edition of “Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling” on
CMT.
**The WWE sent out a press
release announcing the launch of “WWE Universe” as their own social networking
site where users can talk to talent, read blogs, upload photos and chat.
**My latest blog on the Survivor Series.
**The WWE stock continues to drop closing WEdnesday at $10.33, which is another 52 week low.
LAW MMA UPDATE
**M-1 has issued a statement
in an attempt to put together a fight between UFC heavyweight champion Brock
Lesnar and WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko. M-1 is asking for a
co-promotional fight with M-1, Affliction and UFC, which has zero chance of
happening with the UFC standing to gain nothing from a deal of that nature. The
statement includes a quote from Randy Couture that he made at his post fight
party Saturday where he said “Fedor would probably tear Brock up at this point”.
**On “Ultimate Fighter 8″
tonight it’s the final quarter final fight with John Polakowski meeting George
Roop at lightweight. There is also a big incident on the show where Polakowski
snaps.
**The California State
Athletic Commission held their hearing yesterday to formally accept the
resignation of outgoing Executive Director Armando Garcia, who was not present
at the hearing. Bill Douglas and Dean Lohuis have been appointed as the interim
heads of operations and administrations. A search committee has been put
together to find a permanent replacement, which could last until March of next
year. Sherdog.com confirms that Douglas has
applied for the job.
**Paulo Filho has officially
been released from the WEC following his performance on November 5th against Chael Sonnen. Filho is in the process of moving to Los
Angeles from Brazil.
**Five Ounces of Pain.com
confirms that Marcus Aurelio has been left go by the UFC after his loss to
Hermes Franca at UFC 90 in a dark fight.
**MMA Mania is reporting
that Jon Fitch will fight Akihiro Gono at UFC 94 on January 31st in Las Vegas. Fitch last
fought in the UFC this past August at UFC 87 where he lost a unanimous decision
to Georges St. Pierre ending a 16 fight unbeaten streak for Fitch. Gono most
recently lost to Dan Hardy by split decision at UFC 89.
**MMA commentator Stephen
Quadros will appear on this Sunday’s edition of “Dexter” on Showtime in the United States and TMN in Canada.
**Congratulations to Canadian
and Puerto Rico wrestler Devon Nicholson who
won the Joslin’s Canadian Open Grappling tournament last weekend. The annual
tournament is the largest Canadian grappling tournament put on by Rick and Jeff
Joslin each year.
**UFC co-founder Art Davie
will be on Fight Network Radio Thursday at 3pm EST on Sirius 98 Hardcore Sports
Radio.
**I’ve recently started
writing for “In Play Magazine” out of Detroit.
The first article I wrote is currently on their site – click here for the full
digital issue and my piece is on Page 38.
FIGHT NETWORK RADIO FOR
NOVEMBER 19TH:
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Segment 1 – Nick Charles of
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