Ric Flair’s robe, which he wore to the ring, has been donated to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. The robe will be a part of the Smithsonian’s Pop Culture Exhibit alongside Jim Henson’s Muppets and Fonzie’s jacket from Happy Days.
Charlie Haas defeated Deuce.
Beth Phoenix & Jillian defeated Candice Michelle & Kelly Kelly.
Kane, Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase & Manu defeated Rey Mysterio, CM Punk, Kofi Kingston & Evan Bourne.
Jamie Noble & Mickie James defeated Paul & Katie Lea Burchill.
The Miz defeated JTG.
Batista defeated Santino Marella.
Rey Mysterio is expexted to sign a new three-year deal with WWE as his current deal is expiring soon, 411mania.com reported. AAA made a big play for Rey, as they offered a shocking amount by the standards of Mexico. The deal included a guarantee of more than seven figures per year. Most couldn’t understand how AAA was offering such a deal as it seemed out of their league. It is felt that if Rey took the deal that he could essentially do anything he wanted in AAA.
Tickets for the Royal Rumble at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit on January 25th will go on sale from November 15th.
Brock Lesnar’s UFC debut against Frank Mir is one of the fights on the September 27th/28th edition of the syndicated TV program “UFC Wired”.
The No.1 contender for the WWE Title, Jeff Hardy, had received 6 stitches in Barcelona, Spain but will miss zero ring time and this is not considered by any means a serious injury nor will it affect Jeff’s in ring schedule. This sort of thing, while unpleasant, goes with the territory.
Along with WWE Senior Vice President of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis, WWE Superstars Mr. Kennedy and Randy Orton, WWE Diva Melina, and WWE Producers Ricky Steamboat and Barry Windham will all be attending FCW’s Talent Evaluation Clinic.
Triple H & Jeff Hardy defeated Montel Vontavious Porter & The Brian Kendrick.
Maria & Brie Bella defeated Natalya & Victoria.
The Great Khali vs Vladimir Kozlov (No Contest).
Chavo Guerrero defeated Jimmy Wang Yang.
Carlito & Primo defeated Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder & become new WWE Tag Team Champions.
