The word legend is thrown around a lot these days, but “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair is the very definition of the word and the National Wrestling Alliance will be inducting him into the NWA Hall of Fame on June 7th at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, GA!
Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff will be teaming up with CMT to produce an eight episode celebrity wrestling reality show that is slated to premiere this Fall. The name of the show will be “Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling” and two professional wrestlers (Brian Knobbs and Brutus Beefcake) will train ten celebrities to compete for the Celebrity All-Star Wrestling Championship. Hogan, Bischoff and a secret celebrity will serve as the judges of the show.
A man who subdued a would-be shoplifter at a Wal-Mart in Tallahassee attributed the move he used to WWE Hall of Fame wrestler Ric Flair.
After being caught stealing DVDs from the store, Kelvin Bispham pulled a knife on employees. Will Hudson, the Good Samaritan, got involved by restraining the “bigger” Bispham in a bear hug with a “grip hold.” The article, first published by Tallahassee.com, says that Hudson had first seen the move done by Ric Flair.
“He’s bigger than me, but I was holding him,” Hudson said in the article. “It’s hard to get out of the position when you grab them from behind.”
Asustek Computer plans to bring Wii-like wireless gaming to PCs with the Eee Stick, two controllers that use motion sensors so people can bowl, slash swords, and play other games on a PC.
Initially, Asustek plans to bundle the controllers with its popular Eee PC low-cost laptops and the desktop Eee Box and will be available in mid-August. Next year, the Eee Sticks will be sold in packs with five to eight games they can be used with for around NT$2,000 to NT$2,500 (US$66 to $82).
People are used to having a single password that lets them sign into their email accounts from any PC in the world, but what about their video games?
Well, in the “near future,” says Valve, an update called Steam Cloud will arrive and allow players to store their hard-earned game save data online.
It’s a simple idea with big ramifications for the PC game business, as it could usher in a new era of being able to go anywhere, on any PC, and pick up on any save game.
And this isn’t some gimped game save data we’re talking about, either. Players will have access to their game profiles and configuration settings, which will be cached on a player’s machine before being uploaded to Valve servers.
After the initial release in the “near future” Valve plans to use the Steam Cloud to save all types of game data, including user generated in-game footage and deathcam screenshots.
During Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown! taping, a drunken fan jump over the guard rail and ran to the ring to attack The Edgeheads. He landed a shot on one of the Edgeheads and then was struck by Bam Neely before security got involved.
Serious editing will be required since the fan interrupted the segment involving Edge, the Edgeheads, La Familia and the Undertaker.
A new book titled “Ring of Hell” is out with scandalous details on the backstage scene in Japan, ECW, WCW, and WWE. The book goes into theories as to what drove Chris Benoit to kill his son Daniel and wife Nancy.
The book also has details on other backstage stories not necessarily related to Chris Benoit. Former WWE writer Dave Lagana, who was fired from WWE is mentioned in the book. Writer Matthew Randazzo V cites sources that claim that Lagana was released because he was offering sexual favors to male and female talent.
EXCUSE ME, DID THAT SAY MALE TALENT? YIKES!
According to a report on Eurogamer, it was revealed that a new report from Chart-Track found sales of the Xbox 360 are 18% ahead of the PS3 in the UK since the launch of Grand Theft Auto IV.
Adding insult to injury was the fact that official GTA IV sales figures for the first four weeks revealed the Xbox 360 is the format of choice for UK gamers. Fully 57% of the total sales of the game went to the Xbox 360, compared to 43% for the PS3.
It’s being reported that a celebrity surgery show imposed photos of WWE’s Ashley Massaro and the model that was named in a high rent escort ring and they are the exact same person.
Where do I sign up?
The 5/26 edition of WWE Monday Night RAW pulled just a 2.9 cable rating. The show did hours of 2.87 and 2.94, with only three quarter-hours reaching the 3.0 mark.
Aside from Christmas, New Year’s, Independence Day and an October 8, 2007 edition of RAW which did a 2.8 against Monday Night Football and a series-deciding MLB playoff game, this is the lowest number for RAW since December 15, 1997. This leaves little room for the poor rating to be blamed on the Memorial Day holiday.
The company hopes to bring back viewers by giving away a million dollars on live TV, a move Eric Bischoff pulled during WCW’s ratings downfall.