- The 2/15 No Way Out PPV which featured two elimination chamber matches, Randy Orton vs. Shane McMahon in a no rules match and JBL vs. Shawn Michaels did an estimated 274,000 worldwide pay-per-view buys (164,000 domestic buys).
- Press Release: John “Bradshaw” Layfield & Layfield Energy Co. Join the Vyper Fight League
The Vyper Fight League and Vyper Productions are proud to announce the addition of John “Bradshaw” Layfield, formerly WWE’s “JBL,” and Layfield Energy Company to the VFL product. John Layfield, coming fresh off of his retirement from professional wrestling, will be joining the VFL broadcast team as one of its hosts. Layfield is a former WWE Champion; the longest reigning in Smackdown history, a former broadcaster on WWE Smackdown, regularly appears on Fox News Channel’s The Cost of Freedom, is a best-selling author, and is the president and owner of Layfield Energy Company. John Layfield joins the VFL at its inaugural event, Enter the Vypers Pit, on Friday April 24th, 2009, at 4400 Shepherdsville Road in Louisville, Kentucky.
In addition to John Layfield joining the VFL broadcast team, Layfield Energy Company is a proud sponsor of the Vyper Fight League. Layfield Energy Plus is a breakthrough supplement product that triggers energy, focus, and is an anti-inflammatory, with all the gain and none of the pain. Layfield Energy Plus is endorsed not only by John Layfield himself, but also by former WWE Diva and Covergirl, Torrie Wilson, as well as Baseball Hall of Famer, Wade Boggs. For more information go to www.LayfieldEnergy.com
Friday April 24th, 2009, the VFL presents Enter the Vypers Pit, where the world of Mixed Martial Arts will be revolutionized. The Vypers Pit is a state-of-the-art facility, equipped with stellar production capabilities and an intimate environment where every seat in the house is up-close-and-personal to the action. The facility is television ready and television friendly. Upon launch, the VFL will be taping monthly Friday Night Fights for future television broadcasts. The Vyper Fighters will be showcased with some of the most upscale production value in the MMA world.
The VFL is owned and operated by Danny Davis, a respected and successful member of the Sports Entertainment media for almost three decades. Davis has hosted and produced over 600 television tapings, and he has groomed hundreds of Sports Entertainment stars for the spotlight, including current UFC Heavyweight Champion, Brock Lesnar. Davis and Lesnar maintain a close relationship, and Lesnar has a keen interest in the success of the VFL and its fighters.
The VFL will host the most competitive fights in the region with the hungriest and most talented up-and-coming fighters around. For more information visit www.VyperFightLeague.com. In conjunction with Layfield Energy Company, and the addition of John Layfield to the VFL product, the Vyper Fight League is sure to rock the foundations of the MMA world on Friday April 24th, 2009, as the VFL presents Enter the Vypers Pit.
- Poll results: Do you consider CM Punk a main event calibre talent?
Yes - 56%
No - 44%
- The Sun tabloid newspaper in the United Kingdom have comments from The
Rock after World champion John Cena challenged him for a match at
WrestleMania 26 in Glendale. "John's perspective is very interesting to me.
It's borderline laughable," said the former people's champion. A couple of
years ago Cena spilled the beans saying that for someone who says that he
loves the wrestling business so much, he should have never left for
Hollywood full time. "But can I just say that I wish him the best of luck
with his movie career and everything else he does," The Rock added. Last
year at the Hall of Fame, Rock made fun of Cena's movie "The Marine" saying
that WWE showed it to the Iraqi insurgents as torture while on their Tribute
to the Troops tour.
- The 4/9 Impact scored a 1.3 cable rating, with an average audience of 1.9 million viewers.
- 4/9 Impact TV results from Orlando, FL: Sheik Abdul Bashir over Suicide in a non title match;
Samoa Joe over Booker T; James Storm over Scott Steiner; Awesome Kong over Velvet Sky & Madison Rayne in a handicap match; and The Motor City Machine Guns over Mick Foley in a first blood handicap match.
- UPDATED ALL-TIME WRESTLING/MMA TOP 15 (North America)
1. $6,900,000 - 4/5/09: Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels Mania 25, Houston*
2. $5,854,590 - 3/30/08: Floyd Mayweather vs. Big Show Mania 24, Orlando*
3. $5,379,300 - 12/30/06: Tito Ortiz vs. Chuck Liddell, Las Vegas*
4. $5,380,000 - 4/1/07: Trump’s hair vs. Vince’s hair, Mania 23, Detroit
5. $5,086,352 - 4/19/08: Georges St. Pierre vs. Matt Serra, Montreal
6. $5,060,352 - 12/29/07: Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva, Las Vegas
7. $4,815,625 - 11/15/08: Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Couture, Las Vegas
8. $4,304,740 - 5/26/07: Chuck Liddell vs. Quinton Jackson, Las Vegas
9. $4,290,020 - 1/31/09: Georges St. Pierre vs. B.J. Penn, Las Vegas
10. $3,846,033 - 3/17/02: Hulk Hogan vs. The Rock, Mania 18, Toronto
11. $3,752,420 - 5/24/08: B.J. Penn vs. Sean Sherk, Las Vegas
12. $3,530,905 - 4/1/01: Steve Austin vs. The Rock, Mania 17, Houston*
13. $3,490,857 - 4/1/90: Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior, Mania 6, Toronto*
14. $3,468,440 - 12/27/08: Forrest Griffin vs. Rashad Evans, Las Vegas
15. $3,452,123 - 7/8/06: Ken Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz, Las Vegas
*Indicates settling an all-time record at the time of the event
- Bobby Lashley didn't attend the Ultimate Fighter tryouts earlier this week in Seattle. He had said in an interview last week that he was entertaining the idea but wanted to work his way up the ladder on his own name.
- Former WWE Diva Lisa Varon (Victoria) talked to Dixie Carter at the UFC Fight Night show last week in Nashville. Carter said she would be interested in bringing Varon in but that was as far the conversation went. Varon is wanting to pursue MMA at the moment and has no interest in wrestling. It's also believed she has time remaining on her WWE contract which would mean even if she did want to go to TNA they couldn't put her on TV for a few months.
