Archive for June 7th, 2009

With its premiere just more than a month away, “Entourage” is heating up in the buzz department. Just days after news broke that Zac Efron will make a cameo appearance as himself, THR confirmed three additional guests booked for appearances this season. Set for the show are Matt Letscher, William Fichtner and Scott Caan.... »

With only three hours of allocated pay-per-view time, some noteworthy elements of a WWE event do not make it to television. Headline Planet has the details on what went down off the air; this “what you didn’t see” report will be updated as live arena correspondents send more information. DARK MATCH: Mickie James and Kelly... »

WWE presented its annual “Extreme Rules” (formerly ECW: One Night Stand) pay-per-view telecast on Sunday, June 7. Headlined by Randy Orton vs. Batista and Edge vs. Jeff Hardy, the pay-per-view featured a number of gimmick matches and title defenses. How did WWE kick off its summer pay-per-view lineup as the road to... »

Just minutes before WWE Extreme Rules went live, PWInsider confirmed that Batista, one of the event’s main-eventers, has suffered from another injury. According to the story, Batista will undergo surgery for a torn biceps this Tuesday. At press time, he was still booked for tonight’s pay-per-view and tomorrow’s RAW, but the injury will very... »

WEC presented its highly-anticipated rematch event between Mike Brown and Urijah Faber Sunday night. Brown surprised MMA fans and critics by defeating Faber, once called a top pound-for-pound fighter, in their last bout, and the very popular Faber went into this fight hoping for redemption–and the opportunity to wear the WEC Featherweight belt... »

Reviews for the new “Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” have been mixed. The audience reception, similarly, has not been overwhelmingly positive. After debuting to a strong 7.1 overnight rating Monday, Conan’s version of “Tonight” has lost some of its audience each successive night. It posted a 5.0 on Tuesday, a 4.3 on Wednesday,... »

Friday night belonged to comedy newcomer “The Hangover,” but “Up” expectedly rallied in the latter part of this weekend to secure a second box office victory, according to early estimates. “Up” grossed an estimated $44.2 million, producing a victory margin over less than one million over “The Hangover” ($43.3 million). “Land of the Lost,”... »

Brian S. sent along the following: John Cena’s WWE films release of “12 Rounds” on Blu-Ray and DVD will be on June 30th. Shane Barry sent along the following: This past Friday night during Smackdown, the local TV station advertised Monday Night Raw for July 20, 2009 in Raleigh, NC. The main event announced was... »

– One of the interesting complications of tonight’s show is the fact that the “Extreme Rules” concept seems to directly clash with WWE’s new PG stance against featuring excess blood in the matches. Some have specifically pointed to the Randy Orton vs. Batista steel cage match as one that could directly benefit from... »

According to sources, final plans for tonight’s “Extreme Rules” matches and storylines were decided very late last night. Apparently Jeff Hardy and Edge have vowed to attempt to steal the show with tonight’s ladder match for the World title. It shouldn’t be a difficult task as both are ladder match specialists. There is a good chance... »

Cody Dalton sent along the following: The 6/16 Smackdown & ECW Tapings will be held in Roanoke, Virginia. Recenlty, I saw a commercial advertising the Main Event for Smackdown being taped that night. Edge & Chris Jericho will face Jeff Hardy and Rey Mysterio. I’m not sure if it’ll be on the live show... »

Triple H is being featured in local television commercial advertisements for the upcoming June 19th WWE RAW-brand house show in Des Moines, Iowa. Commercials aired as recently as Friday night during WWE SmackDown! promoting HHH’s in-ring return in a match against Randy Orton for the WWE title. The 6/19 house show is less than... »

WWE has their “Extreme Rules” pay-per view event tonight at the New Orleans Arena in Louisiana. The card for tonight’s show looks as follows: Steel Cage Match: (WWE Title) -Randy Orton (c) vs. Batista Ladder Match: (World Title) -Edge (c) vs. Jeff Hardy Extreme Rules Match: (ECW Title) -Christian (c) vs. Jack Swagger vs. Tommy Dreamer No Holds Barred Match: (Intercontinental Title) -Rey Mysterio (c) vs.... »