**Here are the matches on WWE
‘Smackdown’ tonight at 8pm EST on My Network TV and The Score in Canada:
*John Morrison Vs Dolph
Ziggler for the Intercontinental Title
*Beth Phoenix Vs ???
*Matt Hardy Vs Eric Escobar
*Finlay Vs Drew McIntyre
*CM
Punk Vs Scott Armstrong
*Chris Jericho Vs Kane
**Today’s
edition of Fight Network Radio features myself chatting with the editor of the ‘Wrestling
Observer Newsletter’ Dave Meltzer about the signing of Hulk Hogan and Eric
Bischoff by TNA and all of the different questions these signings raise.
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**The
WWE crew has the weekend off as they will be heading off to Europe
next week for a tour.
**The
TNA crew is in Rio Rancho, New Mexico headlined
by A.J Styles Vs Samoa Joe and then in Loveland,
Colorado on Saturday night for
house shows.
**The
following matches have already been announced for the TNA TV tapings on Monday
night in Orlando
for the show that will air next Thursday:
*Team
3-D Vs Hernandez & Matt Morgan
*Homicide
Vs Bobby Lashley
**Dixie
Carter is now on Twitter. Highlights of her early posts include the news that
Desmond Wolfe will begin working TNA house shows on December 4th in
Portland, Maine and that she was pouring a glass of wine prior to watching ‘Impact’
- I usually need something a bit harder before ‘Impact’, but to each their own.
**The
WWE sent out a press release today promoting the appearances of Ozzy and Sharon
Osbourne on Monday’s edition of ‘Raw’ in Worcester,
Massachusetts.
**The
Sun out of the U.K is reporting that boxing star Ricky Hatton will be hosting ‘Raw’
on November 9th in Sheffield,
England. That
could be dangerous having a guy nicknamed ‘The Hitman’ hosting the show on the
anniversary of the 1997 ‘Survivor Series’.
**Blaine
van der Griend, who pens the weekly TNA ‘Impact’ review has another great
article up on the SLAM! Wrestling site chatting with former Smokey Mountain,
WCW, ECW and TNA manager ‘Father’ Jim Mitchell.
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