NOTES & NEWS – HOGAN, TNA, TAMMY & FUNK’s
- 04/18/2007 (12:17:55 pm)
- Georgiann Makropoulos
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Hulk Hogan Fights Back: "I'm Happily Married"
Tuesday April 17, 2007
Tuesday April 17, 2007
Wrestler and reality star Hulk Hogan swears there’s nothing fake about the strength of his marriage. Denying reports that he and his wife, Linda, are talking divorce, Hulk tells Usmagazine.com, “I’m happily married, and everything is cool.”
The Hulkster's remarks come after the New York Post reported the Hogans’ marriage has taken a beating after 20 years, with the pair fighting over child-rearing issues and feeling the strain of filming a reality show, VH1’s Meet the Hogans.
Linda has reportedly also gotten irritated with the 53-year-old Hulk’s desire to get back in the ring, because she’s worried he’ll get hurt.
We appreciate her concern, but does she think those guys really wrestle?
Millions Watch TNA Footage On Tuesday's "House" On FOX
April 18th, 2007 01:09
MILLIONS WATCH TNA FOOTAGE ON FOX'S "HOUSE" ON TUESDAY NIGHT
By Bill Banks
On Tuesday night, millions of Americans watched TNA Wrestling footage on the hit FOX show "House".
"House" averages 20 million viewers each week and is one of the top-rated shows on television along with American Idol, Dancing With The Stars and CSI.
The footage that aired on Tuesday's episode, titled "Act Your Age", featured Christian Cage vs. Abyss for the World Heavyweight Title from Lockdown 2006, with Mike Tenay and Don West calling the action in the background.
The footage was part of a pivotal moment in the episode as Dr. House, watching Lockdown on television, realizes what is causing a mystery illness in a child patient.
TNAwrestling.com will post the footage within 24 hours.
OTHER TNA WRESTLING NEWS ITEMS AND UPDATES:
- TNA Wrestling is coming to the Louisville Gardens in Louisville, Kentucky, this Friday night! Tickets are still available at the Louisville Gardens box office and at all Ticketmaster outlets, and can by ordered by phone at (502) 361-3100.
- On sale now exclusively at Best Buy locations is the 2006 Turning Point Pay-Per-View event, featuring the acclaimed Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle II.
- Don West is featured in this week's "Trade Fax", the official newsletter of the sports collectible industry, for his merchandise deals on ShopTNA.com and TNA Today. The article discusses West's success with the Shop At Home network and bringing that same amazing ability to TNA Wrestling.
- TNA Wrestling has seen tremendous popularity on YouTube in recent weeks, as we now rank among the top channels/networks on the site. Thanks to TNA Today as well as our Fanfest and Pay-Per-View footage, TNA videos are now among the most viewed on the popular site, beating out CBS, NBC, NBA, NHL and many more.
www.inyourheadonline.com will be joined by Tammy "Sunny" Sytch live tonight starting at 8 PM Eastern. Please join us for the live show, interactive chat room and your calls at 508 644 8503. Call in after 8:30 and ask Tammy a question yourself.
Funk's Corner - David Von Erich
The Amarillo Sports Arena was packed to the rafters. The fire fire department shut down the box office and would not allow any more people into the building. It was the only time I have seen a show start fifteen minutes early because there was no more room for additional wrestling fans.
The Main Event was Dory Funk Sr. vs. Fritz Von Erich in a Texas Death Match. During the show there were two tall and lanky red headed kids 4 and 5 years old running around the sports arena good mannered, but very noticeable. They were the Von Erich Brothers, David and Kevin.
The Texas Death Match led to the Spinning Toe Hold versus the Iron Face Claw where only the two holds were legal followed by the first and only German Blood Match where the winner was the one who first filled his towel with his opponent's blood. Fritz Von Erich vs Dory Funk Sr. was always an epic event in Amarillo.
I broke into the wrestling business after finishing a football career at West Texas State University and it was only natural that I face the biggest and baddest heel ever to come to the Amarillo Territory, Fritz Von Erich. The same two kids, David and Kevin were there that night also, but they had grown up and were tall for their ages of around 7 and 8 years old.
After winning the NWA World Championship from Gene Kiniski in February of 1969 one of my biggest thrills in wrestling came in 1972 when I faced Fritz Von Erich defending the NWA World Championship in Texas Stadium before 26,000 people. David and Kevin were there as teenagers. They were playing football, basketball and participation in track and field at North Dallas High School.
In 1977 just after the debut of David and Kevin into professional wrestling and with Fritz's UHF Wrestling Show coming into the Amarillo Territory on limited cable it was a natural to bring the Von Erich Brothers into the territory to face Myself and my Brother Terry. (Funk Brothers vs the Von Erich Brothers - The Von Erich's were the bad guys, but the teenage girls screamed when they took of their jackets in the ring.)
In 1980 I went to Championship Wrestling from Florida to take the book for the owner, Eddie Graham. David Von Erich was in the territory. He was in preparation to leave the Florida Territory and return home to Dallas and work for his famous father, Fritz Von Erich.
I called Fritz on the phone and explained how much potential David had and what a natural athlete He was. I asked Fritz to leave David with me in the Florida Territory, Explaining to Fritz that it would be beneficial to us to have such a talent to work with and it would also be beneficial to David to have the opportunity to work on top in a territory and be successful where his father had little influence.
Fritz agreed and in the Florida Territory we were off and running with David first as a top heel and later as a top baby face. Good Guy and Bad Guy aside the important thing was David Von Erich was a great worker and developed a huge following of fans.
Now on !BANG! TV at www.dory-funk.com go to "Blast From the Past to see David Von Erich and Dory Funk Jr. commentated by the Dean of Professional Wrestling Announcers, Gordon Sole
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