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[Victor Rambo]

He broke kayfabe. WWE will fire him. :p

[Rappy Veteran]

It was Orton's birthday.

After the "celebration" and "fun" etc, HHH pedigreed him lol

oh I remember HHH's birthday that was funny

[LOC Veteran]

He broke kayfabe. WWE will fire him. :p

Nah, most people in the crowd know when they are in character and when they break kayfabe these days. Plus, quite a few people these days cheer Orton (ugh) and to see him act "normal" and like, smile is a good thing! :D

[Rappy Veteran]

Sources say that Michael Cole has some major heat on him right now from within WWE. The feeling is that he isn't taking his job seriously anymore and officials aren't happy with some of his "stupid" comments made on TV lately. They also feel that he is no longer putting the company first.

There may be another shuffling of announcers soon as Jerry Lawler being attacked on RAW Monday night and Matt Striker filling in for him was done so WWE could test the waters to see how the different announcers work together. Vince is said to be very high on Matt Striker at the moment.

Word is that several people who had been trying out for the new WWE announcer spot were contacted this past week and thanked for applying but were told that someone else had been hired.

There are also rumors that Sean Mooney has been re-hired by WWE although I have been unable to confirm that just yet.

[red.]

I wouldn't mind if Jerry goes. He's been stale for a while and used to be much better when he had a heel act going on.

[LOC Veteran]

Put Jerry on SD! with JR then. They work best together anyway.

[Rappy Veteran]

Mark and Jay Briscoe had an informal tryout at last night's WWE Smackdown/ECW tapings in Philadelphia.

Both men are under contract to ROH, but were given permission to do the tryout as when WWE extended the invitation.

Becky Bayless, who has worked for both ROH and SHIMMER, also had a tryout at last night's Smackdown/ECW tapings.

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The Briscoes are good, would be good to see them in WWE!

[LOC Veteran]

Not to mention they could join Legacy! (or not...)

[Rappy Veteran]

Nov. 23, 2009: Jesse Ventura

This week, WWE Hall of Famer Jesse Ventura will take the reins from Hershey, Pa., on a special Thanksgiving three-hour presentation of Raw. The illustrious Superstar?s role comes just more than one week before the debut of Ventura?s new truTV series, Conspiracy Theory, which airs on Dec. 2 at 10 p.m. ENov. 30, 2009: Verne Troyer

Best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers comedy series, Verne Troyer will serve as guest host on Nov. 30 from Baltimore. One of the shortest yet largely recognizable men in the world, the actor has more than 15 years of television experien

Dec. 7, 2009: Mark Cuban

Instead of humoring the NBA Universe with his infinite antics and making authoritative basketball decisions for one night, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban will spend time delegating responsibility to WWE Superstars when he hosts Raw on Dec. 7 from DallaDec. 14, 2009: Dennis Miller

Comedian and radio talk show host Dennis Miller, meanwhile, will serve as the host of the 2009 Slammy Awards during a special three-hour presentation of Raw on Dec. 14 from Corpus Christi, Texas. The five-time Emmy award-winning comic is renowned for his improvisations and acerbic humor about pop culture and politics.

[Victor Rambo]

^When will rock host? :(

[LOC Veteran]

My guess is sometime in Jan or Feb.

[red.]

Yay, more guest hosts that i haven't heard of (Mark Cuban, Dennis Miller) nor care about (Verne Troyer).

I can imagine how "sophisticated" the show with Verne Troyer is going to be ;)

[LOC Veteran]

I can understand not hearing of Mark Cuban (he's an NBA team owner I believe lol) but Dennis Miller?!

[TheElite]

Heard of Mark Cuban, but not Dennis Miller.

[Rappy Veteran]

heard of all but Cuban

[Victor Rambo]

Mark cuban was in survivor series 2003. Randy orton gave him RKO that night.

[LOC Veteran]

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson recently did an interview on the Jack Diamond Show, and he said the following when asked if he wanted to work with WWE again in the future:

"I love that world and being able to entertain, especially if I could go back whether it's on Smackdown and do a promo or guest-host or we could create this cool show, whatever that may be. Especially now, I'm at the point where I can go back and give back to the fans and help out the guys in any way I can."

"Right now we're trying to put together - there is always something cool and interesting for me to do. I would like to do something more than just host the show. I'm in the process of creating something really cool for the fans - something very special and unique. It will be something like one big entertaining show."

Apparently The Rock is currently (rumored) to guest host RAW on Jan. 4th (the first RAW of 2010).

[Victor Rambo]

^Awesome :D

[Zoom7000]

Just hope it's a 3 hour special! :D

[Rappy Veteran]

The Rock (Y)

[Rappy Veteran]

While nothing has been confirmed yet, the names being heavily considered for the Class of 2010 WWE Hall of Fame next year are Ted DiBiase (who is considered to be a strong possibility), The Road Warriors, Demolition and Slick. There were some rumors that The Ultimate Warrior and Lex Luger are under consideration after they were placed on the WWE Alumni page over on WWE.com. Another name that was considered a possibility was The Honky Tonk Man since he is from the Phoenix area. Bob Armstrong is another name that was thrown out on Smackdown recently and seems to be under consideration as well. The actual voting process is done by some of Vince McMahon's closest advisers, but Vince ultimately picks and chooses on his own.

[Victor Rambo]

Rock, Yokozuna and Owen Hart for Hall of Fame 2010. :shifty:

[Mazhar]

Wow, taker tombstoned Cena on RAW. Undertaker vs. John Cena for WrestleMania 26!

[MightyJordan]

Undertaker vs. John Cena for WrestleMania 26!

I'd be up for that, as it would mean that John Cena would actually lose! :D

[LOC Veteran]

They would have to be very careful if they do Cena/Taker at WM26. They can't turn Cena heel (since he's the face of the company, pun intended in more ways than one) and Taker certainly won't be a heel. Face vs. Face at WM usually never works out well, so they'd have to have some awesome storyline leading into it, and not that Cena wants to end Taker's streak (which would make Cena a heel).

Still, it would be a terrific match up imo. Taker always brings out the best in his opponents (usually) and since they can't do HBK/Taker 2 (at least not yet) Cena may be the best option. But again, they have to be very, very careful with it.