- WWE today announced that its Chief Financial Officer, George Barrios, will
participate in the ROTH 21st Annual OC Growth Stock Conference, on Tuesday
February 17, 2009, in Dana Point, CA. Barrios' remarks are expected to begin
at approximately 11:00AM EST with a live audio webcast to be streamed online
at corporate.wwe. com. A replay of the presentation will begin shortly after
the actual presentation time and will be available until May 22, 2009.
- Linda McMahon was approved by the Connecticut State Senate 34-1.
- The makers of the TNA iMPACT! video game, Midway Games, filed for Chapter 11.
The company will still
continue to operate however there will obviously be some changes. In the
press release, Midway announced that they have shipped one million units of
the TNA video game to stores across the United States. The company had very
high expectations for their first TNA game but it was obviously not even
close enough to make any difference financially.
- Madison Rayne signed a TNA deal.
- UFC has cut ties with Christian Wellisch, Rich Clementi and Luigi Fiorvanti.
- On this day in wrestling history:
* 1960 - One Man Gang was born
* 1973 - R-Truth was born
* 1978 - Ted DiBiase defeated Dick Slater for the Missouri Heavyweight
title
* 1985 - Jesse Barr defeated Brian Blair for the Florida Heavyweight
title
* 1990 - Rex King & Steve Doll defeated Robert Fuller & Brian Lee for
the USWA Tag Team titles
* 2000 - Don & Ron Harris defeated Big Vito & Johnny the Bull for the
WCW Tag Team titles
