| Live WWE RAW Spoiler Coverage From London, England
*Todd Grisham is doing his best to warm up a noisy and full arena. We have heard eleven and a half thousand fans (a sellout) in attendance.
Ric Flair does a promo, thanking us for our presence and says the WWE loves London.
Jeff Hardy defeats Kenny in a decent ten minute match with the Swanton bomb.
Mickie James defeats Victoria to not much reaction.
Next up is Chris Masters vs. Val Venis, who comes out to almost no reaction despite my best efforts. Masters wins in an OK bout. Venis asks for a rematch right there and gets it, winning. Not sure how it will air on Heat.
Crime Tyme defeat Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin - much to my dismay. Crowd a little quiet after heat. Surely its time for Raw now!
In what seems like a dark match after a test start for Raw start, Johnny Nitro took on Eugene, who got a big reaction.
4/29 WWE Backlash HOLT report: What the live crowd saw that PPV ...
Just got back from Backlash last night and I must say that I throughly enjoyed the show. Here are some items from the show: -Ric Flair came out before them show began and cut a promo talking about how he loves Atlanta and he thanked us for selling out the building and told us to enjoy the show. This was definitely one of the best ways to get the crowd riled up. -I don't know how it came off on TV, but the crowd was pretty hot all night. -Carlito defeated Johnny Nitro in the pre-show match. Carlito was way over with the crowd. What in the world has happened to Nitro? -I noticed there were some scattered empty seats around the arena. In the "Executive Suites" section there were about 20 U.S. troops which I thought was cool. -Chris Benoit eneded up with a monster pop once he was announced as being from Atlanta.
WWE) Four Horsemen Update, International Tour Disappoints, Umaga
The talk of reforming the Four Horsemen as a way to promote the DVD released last month never got far because Arn Anderson's neck and arm atrophy would prevent him from doing anything respectable in the ring. Although he works out with wrestlers in the ring sometimes, it would be obvious to fans he wasn't able to fully function because of his hand, and Arn wouldn't want to be remembered that way. The Horsemen idea never included anyone new, and would have just been Ric Flair, Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, and Arn for a short-term reunion of some type. Overall, the European tour was a disappointment with some shows drawing in the 1,200 range. The idea of running full-time territories around the world grows less and less likely with each passing day. Most parts of the UK would not be able to sustain a full-time touring WWE group, Japan is certainly out of the question since it's not supporting any full-time wrestling groups, Mexico business was way down this tour, and while it was not a disaster it's pretty clear that with what the WWE stars make and what the ticket prices are for rare WWE shows, a regular troup down there would be a money loser.
WWE) Four Horsemen DVD News Plus WWE.com Notes
World Wrestling Entertainments DVD "Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen" has topped the Billboard DVD charts again in the Sports and Recreation category. The DVD has been on the charts now for four weeks. Source: 1wrestling.com
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This month on WWE 24/7 Online is Stone Cold Month. WWE.com will feature the Texas Rattlesnake as he battled Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat in his WCW Days. Also you will get another take at Steve Austin vs. The Rock at Wrestlemania XIX. WWE.com interviewed the frontman for the band Daughtry. Daughtry supplied the single for this years Backlash PPV. Despite not winning American Idol is new album has sold an amazing 2.5 million copies. When asked on his hectic schedule, Daughtry had this to say:
Im very busy all the time now, playing shows for people who know who we are Chris Daughtry goes into detail of watching professional wrestling as a child.
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