JIM ROSS SUFFERS BELLS PALSY ATTACK
- 10/20/2009 (4:26:41 pm)
- Georgiann Makropoulos
News on Nigel McGuinness and much more.
Thanks to Mike Aldren for this news from his Wrestling Globe Newsletter:
10/18 Smackdown/ECW house show results from Mexico City, Mexico: Cryme
Tyme over The Hart Dynasty; Michelle McCool over Mickie James & Natalya
in a three-way; Drew McIntyre over Finlay; William Regal over The
Hurricane; John Morrison over Matt Hardy; Christian over Ezekiel
Jackson; Batista & Rey Mysterio over Dolph Ziggler & Kane; and The
Undertaker over CM Punk.
10/19 Raw TV results from Jacksonville, FL: Big Show, Jack Swagger, Kofi
Kingston, Mark Henry & Cody Rhodes over Chris Masters, Evan Bourne, MVP,
Primo Colon & Chavo Guerrero Jr.; Randy Orton over Ted DiBiase Jr.;
Triple H over John Cena; The Miz over Marty Jannetty; Melina over
Jillian Hall to retain the Divas title; and Shawn Michaels vs. Chris
Jericho never happened. Pre show dark match was Jamie Noble over Heath
Slater, and Kelly Kelly vs. Gail Kim was taped for Superstars.
The Smackdown/ECW tapings are tonight in Columbia, SC. ECW main event
tonight on SyFy is William Regal vs. Zack Ryder.
***
Jim Ross suffered a Bells Palsy attack last night on a flight from
Oklahoma to South Carolina for the Smackdown TV tapings. He said he
called the WWE doctors in Jacksonville and they arranged for special
medication to be couriered to him which will help slow down the
paralysis. He was planning to work tonight's show but WWE said no way
and are arranging a flight to send him home so he can see a neurologist
on Wednesday.
Ross wrote on his blog this afternoon: "Life is about facing the
challenges we encounter so I am going to do all I can to get better and
back at the announce desk asap. I wish I had more answers but I simply
don't at this time. I want to be a part of Bragging Rights but only time
will tell if that will be physically possible. My passion and love for
the game is in tact but I have to do what's best for my long term
health. WWE has been tremendously supportive of my situation of which I
am very grateful. Never count me out of the game as this isn't the first
mountain that I have had to climb. Jerry Lawler and Michael Cole will
handle SD from Columbia. My thanks to every one for understanding this
matter. Better days are on the horizon." Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler
are expected to announce Smackdown this week in place of Ross and Todd
Grisham, who is on his honeymoon.
10/18 Smackdown/ECW house show results from Mexico City, Mexico: Cryme
Tyme over The Hart Dynasty; Michelle McCool over Mickie James & Natalya
in a three-way; Drew McIntyre over Finlay; William Regal over The
Hurricane; John Morrison over Matt Hardy; Christian over Ezekiel
Jackson; Batista & Rey Mysterio over Dolph Ziggler & Kane; and The
Undertaker over CM Punk.
10/19 Raw TV results from Jacksonville, FL: Big Show, Jack Swagger, Kofi
Kingston, Mark Henry & Cody Rhodes over Chris Masters, Evan Bourne, MVP,
Primo Colon & Chavo Guerrero Jr.; Randy Orton over Ted DiBiase Jr.;
Triple H over John Cena; The Miz over Marty Jannetty; Melina over
Jillian Hall to retain the Divas title; and Shawn Michaels vs. Chris
Jericho never happened. Pre show dark match was Jamie Noble over Heath
Slater, and Kelly Kelly vs. Gail Kim was taped for Superstars.
The Smackdown/ECW tapings are tonight in Columbia, SC. ECW main event
tonight on SyFy is William Regal vs. Zack Ryder.
***
Jim Ross suffered a Bells Palsy attack last night on a flight from
Oklahoma to South Carolina for the Smackdown TV tapings. He said he
called the WWE doctors in Jacksonville and they arranged for special
medication to be couriered to him which will help slow down the
paralysis. He was planning to work tonight's show but WWE said no way
and are arranging a flight to send him home so he can see a neurologist
on Wednesday.
Ross wrote on his blog this afternoon: "Life is about facing the
challenges we encounter so I am going to do all I can to get better and
back at the announce desk asap. I wish I had more answers but I simply
don't at this time. I want to be a part of Bragging Rights but only time
will tell if that will be physically possible. My passion and love for
the game is in tact but I have to do what's best for my long term
health. WWE has been tremendously supportive of my situation of which I
am very grateful. Never count me out of the game as this isn't the first
mountain that I have had to climb. Jerry Lawler and Michael Cole will
handle SD from Columbia. My thanks to every one for understanding this
matter. Better days are on the horizon." Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler
are expected to announce Smackdown this week in place of Ross and Todd
Grisham, who is on his honeymoon.
Here is the link to JR's full Blog: http://www.jrsbarbq.com/blog/old-friend-pays-visit
The updated line up for Sunday's Bragging Rights PPV: Randy Orton vs.
John Cena for the WWE title in a 60-minute no DQ Iron Man match, if Cena
loses he leave Raw forever; The Undertaker vs. CM Punk vs. Batista vs.
Rey Mysterio in a fatal four-way for the World title; Chris Jericho,
Kane, Dolph Ziggler, Eric Escobar, Drew McIntyre & Cryme Tyme vs. Triple
H, Shawn Michaels, Big Show, Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger, Kofi Kingston &
Mark Henry; John Morrison vs. The Miz in a non title match; and Melina,
Kelly Kelly & Gail Kim vs. Michelle McCool, Beth Phoenix & Natalya.
Marty Jannetty on Raw last night was a one shot deal. He looked good in
the ring but running down the ramp you could tell that ship sailed a
couple of years ago. The really skinny guy who Miz was originally going
to face was Puma (TJ Perkins) who had a tryout recently with TNA. He
also trains at the FCW school in Tampa but isn't under WWE contract.
Kofi Kingston is now billed from Ghana, West Africa (he was legit born
there) so he isn't Jamaican any more. Vince wants to use him in more
speaking roles and his Jamaican accent wasn't very convincing.
Kingston's parents moved to the U.S. in 1981 when he was an infant but
he grew up in Cambridge, MA.
NASCAR drivers Kyle Busch and Joey Logano will host Raw next week in
Buffalo, NY. Both are driving WWE-themed cars at the Texas Motor
Speedway on Saturday.
Jacksonville.com has a story on WWE coming to town for Raw with comments
from Kelly Kelly at http://tinyurl.com/yz3ll3l.
WWE did tremendous business in Mexico this past weekend. Four shows drew
over 60,000 fans and grossed more than $2 million.
Former WWE wrestler Manu (Afa Jr.) did an interview with Tommy Fierro at
http://whosslammingwho.podomatic.com. Responding to an interview Randy
Orton gave soon after his release, where Orton buried him, Manu said:
"The guy [Randy] made me look like, I am just not that guy." He said he
was shocked by Orton comments and couldn't believe that he buried him in
the way he did. He was very complimentary when asked about Ted DiBiase
Jr. but it was a no comment regarding Cody Rhodes.
The new Smackdown vs. Raw video game went on sale today in the United
States. I haven't played any games for years but I got the chance to try
out this game at SummerSlam. It's pretty addictive. The main feature in
this version is customization and enhanced storyline modes. We made a
pink Undertaker at the unveil after party which didn't go down too well
with the WWE PR reps. Trish Stratus is included as a bonus character
this year along with The Rock, Steve Austin, Bob Orton Jr., Dusty
Rhodes, and Ted DiBiase.
The Batista DVD, I Walk Alone, also went on sale today. It's a 3-disc
set with a documentary and matches.
The Jeff Hardy DVD, My Life My Rules, is in the can, meaning it's
complete and ready to ship, and will be released as originally planned
on December 15. Silvervision released some notes today. The documentary
will focus on his return to WWE in 2008 right up to his match against
Matt at Wrestlemania 25. There are 27 matches including; vs. Sean
Waltman as the 1-2-3 Kid in 1994, the Triangle Ladder match vs. The
Dudley Boyz and Edge & Christian at Wrestlemania 2000, and vs. RVD in
their Ladder match at SummerSlam 2001. They also have some bonus footage
shot at Jeff's home and Shannon Moore's tattoo parlour.
MTV sent out a release hyping the WWE themed episode of South Park on
Comedy Central on Wednesday. The description of the episode is the kids
signing up for wrestling class after going to a WWE show. However, they
soon find out the kind of wrestling they teach at school is not the same
thing they saw at the matches.
Cyndi Lauper and Sharon Osbourne were on the Howard Stern radio show on
Monday. Lauper talked about Lou Albano passing away and said he was a
father figure to her. She said she last spoke to him after he suffered a
stroke but didn't say when that was.
The next 3-hour Raw will be at Giant Center in Hershey, PA on November
23, the night after Survivor Series. All three brands are listed for the
show.
CM Punk did a web chat at TheState.com this morning to push tonight's TV
taping in Columbia. Nothing very noteworthy. He said he would love to
work a Wrestlemania program with Rey Mysterio, and if he could wrestle
anyone from the past it would be Harley Race.
Chavo Guerrero turns 39 today. He noted on his Twittter he partied with
Snoop Dogg last night because they share the same birthday.
The Hattiesburg American at http://tinyurl.com/yz72jgp has a story on
Big Show's upcoming movie, Knucklehead.
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