Post by tnafan4life on Apr 2, 2008 14:12:17 GMT -5
According to a number of sources, WWE was thought to be unhappy with the post WrestleMania Raw rating. Internally, they were expecting the show to do at the very least a 4, considering that it aired after their biggest PPV of the year. I am under the impression that the company didn't even release the number company-wide, as they usually do on Monday afternoon via email, because some people I spoke with that usually know the number had not received it. Others who did have it told me that the brass wasn't happy with it. As a matter of background, WWE used to allow certain people in the company to give the ratings numbers to sites like this one. In 2002, as the numbers started to drop, those people were told that it was no longer allowed. In fact, they were told they had better not get caught doing so. For a while, the lockdown was solid (luckily for us, we don't depend on WWE sources for ratings) but slowly thereafter the numbers started leaking out from WWE headquarters again. It's interesting that the number wasn't made available by WWE sources yesterday as it was after WrestleMania X8 in 2002 when WWE cut off access to the "insider" media.
Frank Imparato sent this. Man, it's a nice story. ... My name is and I am currently employed as a 9-1-1 dispatcher and I am a former Traffic Accident Investigator. I am also a certified first responder. I was attending the Mickie James/Torrie Wilson autograph signing in Orlando this weekend. I was about 5 people away from getting an autograph when my mother Loretta observed a man going into an epileptic seizure. I immediately made my way threw the crowd to get to the gentleman. Once I got up to the patient I observed him collapse and begin violently shaking. Immediately, I noticed that he was too close to that table where Mickey and Torrie where seated, and it was a danger to him. I instructed Mickie and Torrie to clear the area around the patient. Mickie immediately got up from the table and Torrie and I moved the table out of the way. I then knelt by the patient and began to administer basic life support. I instructed someone to call 911 and made sure that EMS was on the way. During this time Mickie James knelt down next to me and took hold of the gentleman hand. When the gentleman came out of his seizure the first thing he saw was Mickie looking down at him telling him everything was going to be ok. She was a great assistance to me while I conducted a patient assessment, as she kept his mind off of what just happened and she was able to keep him cool, calm, and collected. She truly was a vital part of the first aid process. I feel with out a shadow of a doubt, that had it not been for the quick reactions of Mickie and I the headlines would read "Fan dies at autograph singing" rather then "Mickey helps save a fans life". I would like to thank Mickie for going above and beyond the call of duty. She truly exemplified what it means to be a WWE superstar.
As we reported Monday on the PWInsider.com Elite Hotline, the reason Roddy Piper wasn't in attendance at Wrestlemania or the Ric Flair farewell ceremony was he was working on a film project in Winnipeg and could not feasibly make it to Orlando.
Several names from past visited the company at Wrestlemania this past Sunday. We mentioned on Sunday that Andrew "Test" Martin was backstage. The Warlord, Haku and Kendall Windham were also backstage visiting. Kendall was also at the Hall of Fame ceremonies.
In regard to rumors of Chavo Guerrero being backstage at TNA over Wrestlemania weekend, I've been told by several TNA sources that Guerrero wasn't at any of the company's TV tapings.
MTV.com has an article online about the upcoming Get Smart feature film, which will feature The Great Khali and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson at this link.
Jeff Sheridan sent along this link to the transcript from Jesse Ventura's appearance on Larry King Live last night.
Source - PWInsider.com
Frank Imparato sent this. Man, it's a nice story. ... My name is and I am currently employed as a 9-1-1 dispatcher and I am a former Traffic Accident Investigator. I am also a certified first responder. I was attending the Mickie James/Torrie Wilson autograph signing in Orlando this weekend. I was about 5 people away from getting an autograph when my mother Loretta observed a man going into an epileptic seizure. I immediately made my way threw the crowd to get to the gentleman. Once I got up to the patient I observed him collapse and begin violently shaking. Immediately, I noticed that he was too close to that table where Mickey and Torrie where seated, and it was a danger to him. I instructed Mickie and Torrie to clear the area around the patient. Mickie immediately got up from the table and Torrie and I moved the table out of the way. I then knelt by the patient and began to administer basic life support. I instructed someone to call 911 and made sure that EMS was on the way. During this time Mickie James knelt down next to me and took hold of the gentleman hand. When the gentleman came out of his seizure the first thing he saw was Mickie looking down at him telling him everything was going to be ok. She was a great assistance to me while I conducted a patient assessment, as she kept his mind off of what just happened and she was able to keep him cool, calm, and collected. She truly was a vital part of the first aid process. I feel with out a shadow of a doubt, that had it not been for the quick reactions of Mickie and I the headlines would read "Fan dies at autograph singing" rather then "Mickey helps save a fans life". I would like to thank Mickie for going above and beyond the call of duty. She truly exemplified what it means to be a WWE superstar.
As we reported Monday on the PWInsider.com Elite Hotline, the reason Roddy Piper wasn't in attendance at Wrestlemania or the Ric Flair farewell ceremony was he was working on a film project in Winnipeg and could not feasibly make it to Orlando.
Several names from past visited the company at Wrestlemania this past Sunday. We mentioned on Sunday that Andrew "Test" Martin was backstage. The Warlord, Haku and Kendall Windham were also backstage visiting. Kendall was also at the Hall of Fame ceremonies.
In regard to rumors of Chavo Guerrero being backstage at TNA over Wrestlemania weekend, I've been told by several TNA sources that Guerrero wasn't at any of the company's TV tapings.
MTV.com has an article online about the upcoming Get Smart feature film, which will feature The Great Khali and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson at this link.
Jeff Sheridan sent along this link to the transcript from Jesse Ventura's appearance on Larry King Live last night.
Source - PWInsider.com
