- ECW on 3/10 did a 1.3 cable rating with an average audience of 1,784,000 viewers.
- ECW TV notes from Jacksonville, FL. Primo beat The Miz in a very
good opening match. Far better than any match this week on Raw. Carlito
and Morrison did commentary, and The Bella Twins were at ringside. If
they do add a tag match to Wrestlemania I guess it would be these two
teams in title vs. title. Tyson Kidd pinned DJ Gabriel with his
springboard elbow drop. Christian won the battle royal for the final
slot in Money in the Bank. A funny off camera note was that as R-Truth
was rapping through the crowd before the match all the guys in the ring
were bobbing their heads to the music. Because they only had 8 minutes
half the guys bumped out in the first minute. The final two were
Christian and Chavo. Finish was Chavo stood on the outside apron and
Christian caught between the middle ropes. Christian used the ropes as a
spring to kick Chavo in the face and knock him down for the win.
- Kizarny (Nick Cvjetkovich) blogged about his release. He said he wasn't
going to be bitter or complain and is "too stupid and crazy to ever
quit" the wrestling business.
- Ken Shamrock was suspended for one year and fined $2,500 by the California State Athletic
Commission for testing positive after his fight against Ross Clifton last
month. 'The World's Most Dangerous Man' tested positive for a cocktail of
Stanozolol, Norandrosterone, Noretiocholanolone steroids according to the
Los Angeles Times. Shamrock won the fight against his big opponent and it
was his first win in a couple of years.
- The Office of the Hennepin County Attorney held a press conference today
and announced that no charges will be filed against Verne Gagne in
connection with the death of Helmut Gutmann. "Gagne will not be charged,
since because of Gagne's illness, he is unaware of what happened. Gagne
suffers from Dementia, such that it would make it impossible and unjust for
him to be held criminally responsible under the law in Minnesota," said
chief prosecutor Michael Freeman. The news was also carried on the official
website at hennepinattorney. org. Gutmann died of complications after he and
WWE Hall of Famer Verne Gagne engaged in a physical exchange at a health
facility in Bloomington.
- Today in wrestling history:
* 1924 - Mae Young was born
* 1972 - Nunzio was born
* 1983 - Rick Steamboat & Jay Youngblood defeated Sgt. Slaughter & Don
Kernodle for the NWA tag titles
* 1984 - Mr. Wrestling II defeated Junkyard Dog for the Mid-South North
American title
* 1990 - Jerry Lawler defeated Jimmy Valiant for the USWA title
* 2000 - Justin Credible & Lance Storm defeated Mike Awesome & Raven and
Tommy Dreamer & Masato Tanaka for the ECW tag titles
* 2000 - Super Crazy defeated Rhino for the vacant ECW Television title
* 2001 - Ozzie Timmins died at 81
