-There were several celebrities in attendance at last night’s Survivor Series pay-per-view at the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, Florida. As shown on camera, Shaquille O’Neal of the Miami Heat, Alfonso Soriano of the Chicago Cubs, and Johnny Damon of the New York Yankees were all at last night’s show. One of Florida’s top indie wrestlers, Billy Fives was in attendance along with indie workers Johnny Vandal and Jackie. In addition to Shaq, Udonis Haslem and Jason Williams of the Miami Heat sat at ringside. WWE super fans the Sign Guy and Tye Dye Guy were also in attendance at the show.

-The Miami Herald has a new article now online praising last night’s Survivor Series show. The publication says 48 out of 50 people polled about the event said that it ranged from very good to great to awesome.

-WWE® Opens New Developmental Territory in Tampa, Fla.

STAMFORD, Conn., November 19, 2007 – World Wrestling Entertainment® is proud to announce the formation of Florida Championship Wrestling, a new training center for future WWE Superstars. The official developmental territory is scheduled to be fully operational by December 2007.

“Florida Championship Wrestling will serve as a training ground for the WWE Superstars and Divas of the future,” said John Laurinaitis, Senior Vice President, Talent Relations. “FCW is building a top-notch facility in the heart of Tampa Bay that has the capacity to groom our vast crop of rising Superstars.”

FCW’s training facility is being expanded to 10,000 square feet, and will include a 300-seat arena. The rejuvenated training facility will also host a weekly show in front of a live audience to be broadcast for regional television. Currently, the facility operates with four rings in which it trains 35 contracted athletes. WWE plans to increase that number to more than 60 in the near future.

WWE has contracted with WWE Legend and former Superstar Steve Keirn to operate the territory. WWE trainer Tom Prichard will oversee all talent training.

FCW is located at 4535 S Dale Mabry Rd in South Tampa. More information is available at fcwwrestling.com.

-WWE Champion John Cena will not be on NBC’s upcoming Celebrity Apprentice television show as first reported. TV Guide released the official cast list earlier today and it did not include John Cena.

-After last night’s Undertaker vs. Batista Hell in a Cell match at Survivor Series, Edge left first to his music. WWE World Heavyweight Champion Batista was the second competitor to leave ringside, being helped to the back by two referees. Undertaker was last to leave the ring as he left to his music and did his fist gimmick at the top of the ramp.

-Today’s press release issued by WWE regarding the Florida Developmental territory could be to send a message to Ohio Valley Wrestling as the company’s top training ground. According to Scherer, Triple H and Shawn Michaels were unimpressed with OVW when they last visited and it is reasonable to assume that OVW is being placed on notice.

-WWE Superstar Kane, is scheduled to be signing copies of the WWE Tagged Classics DVD sets on Saturday, December 1st. He will be in K-Mart at 1500 Charleston Highway, West Columbia, S.C. between 6pm and 8pm.

-WWE will be transmitted in Brazil on Television “SBT”. To launch Smackdown and Raw in Brazil, Shane McMahon will visit the country with three superstars of the WWE: Melina, Great Khali, and John Cena, on 11/29 in São Paulo, SP.

-Matt Hardy is not injured. The SmackDown superstar was backstage at WWE's supershow in Fort Meyers on Florida and the Survivor Series pay-per-view last night.

-The reason as to why WWE didn’t push the 10th anniversary of the Montreal screw job is that the company feels that Bret Hart is on their team because he did the Hall of Fame Ceremony. The two are also in talks of helping Bret Hart promote his new autobiography when it releases in the United States. Vince McMahon has also talked with Hart about doing a follow up DVD release.

-It is rumored that WWE RAW superstar Carlito gave his notice to management last week. Nothing has been confirmed by World Wrestling Entertainment, but many of Carlito's colleagues believe this to be the case. In the past the RAW superstar has worked with TNA writer Dutch Mantel; therefore TNA should not be ruled out as a future option.

-Harry Smith tested positive for Stanazolol (Winstrol V) on September 13th. Smith allegedly took the anabolic steroid while he was working developmental territories. He is scheduled to return from his suspension at the December 2nd RAW house show in Savannah, Georgia.

-WWE Hall of Famer Jesse Ventura will be releasing a book on 4/1 called "Don't Start the Revolution Without Me." The former Minnesota Governor will cover what he finds wrong with the country.

-In today’s Sydney Morning Herald in Australia, features an interview with Triple H. He speaks on the new WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2008 videogame.

-Chris Benoit’s doctor, Dr. Phil Astin, has requested to the judge to ease his bail conditions so he can work and earn a living. Astin filed for bankruptcy when he was unable to work due to being under house arrest. He wouldn’t work in the medical field as he voluntarily handed over his medical license.

-In the latest issue of Maxim magazine, which features Sarah Michelle Geiler on the cover, has an article on Chris Benoit's murder-suicide.

-There will be a big 3-hour episode of RAW on December 10, with a special start time of 8 pm ET on USA Network.

-In a rather interesting note, several new bottles of “WCW Nitro cologne for men” are still for sale on eBay, and various other websites. You can check it out on eBay or poke around Amazon.com listings if you’re interested in smelling like “a perfectly executed pile-driver.”



-TNA will be touring Quebec late next month. As of right now shows have been scheduled on December 27th in Montreal and then December 28th in another city.

-Reports in Mexico are promoting Samoa Joe vs. Dr. Wagner Jr. for a show on December 14th in Monterrey. A.J. Styles vs. a Mexican star, most likely Mr. Aguila or Konnan Big is also being promoted for December 15th at El Toreo. The December 14th show is being billed as USA vs. Mexico. The promotional poster features Sting, Wagner Jr., and Angle.

-As we reported over the weekend, Talia Madison will now be working in TNA under the name “Velvet Sky” while Angel Williams will now go by “Angelina Love.” Mike Johnson is reporting the reason that this was done was so TNA can own and market the names. Expect Williams and Madison to use their other ring names while working on the independent circuit outside of TNA Wrestling.

-Jeff Jarrett had to publicly apologize to the Japanese media and New Japan Pro Wrestling for Ron Killings missing a booking for the promotion. According to Mike Johnson, Killings missed his flight. Needless to say this did not go over well with TNA management.

-Christy Hemme has announced on her MySpace.com web site that she is recording a CD that will be released in January. Here is what she wrote: "The [band's] myspace will be finished in 3 weeks-ish, you can get our shirts now, we are about to do our first photo shoot, the album will be finished in Januaryand on January 5th we will be playing our first show at the Pomona Fairgrounds for Easyriders!"

-Despite reports indicating otherwise, Sabu was not backstage at last week’s TNA television tapings.



-Former WWE & WCW star, Shawn Stasiak, recently released a documentary DVD called “Shawn Stasiak Determined”. The DVD features shoot interviews, bodybuilding workouts, and inspirational tales. Rob Van Dam and Skandor Akbar make appearances on the documentary which is available at musculargalore.com.

-Today would have been Elizabeth Ann Hulette's (Miss Elizabeth) 47th birthday. Hulette passed away on May 1, 2003.

-Former WWE, WCW and ECW star, 2 Cold Scorpio is scheduled for EWF’s event at the EWF Arena on December 2nd. He will also be doing a wrestling clinic that afternoon.

-The Sandman is scheduled to be wrestling for EWF on December 22nd at the EWF Arena. He will be available for autographs and Polaroid’s before the event and The Sandman will be doing a clinic for wrestlers that afternoon.

Speaking of The Sandman, he is accepting indy bookings via Tod Gordon. Tod Gordon can be contacted via myspace at myspace.com/pwuczar.

-Former WWE and WCW star Shawn Stasiak, is accepting indy bookings via his official myspace page at myspace.com/shawnstasiak and This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it