March 2008 News Archive

In a story that's been picked up by news outlets such as CNN and FOX News, dozens of WWE fans were injured at WrestleMania 24 last night when fireworks and cables fell on the crowd.

According to reports, more than 40 people in attendance were injured. One fan, Barbara Vetere, had the following to say about the incident: "It felt like a whip. I have a welt on my neck. Like a baseball bat hit me. It was horrible. Horrible."

The pyrotechnics malfunction reportedly took place at the end of the night following the Edge vs. Undertaker main event. There were no serious injuries, fortunately.

Check out our Wrestlemania results now to see what went down in Orlando last night. Then, check out the following, official preview for tonight's follow-up on Monday Night Raw...

At WrestleMania XXIV, Randy Orton shocked the world by pinning John Cena and retaining his coveted WWE Championship at the Citrus Bowl. Now that Orton has proven his dominance against not one, but two of Raw’s most powerful and skilled Superstars, who could possibly step forth to oppose him?

And how will Triple H and Cena react after having been foiled in their attempts to recapture the WWE Championship? We'll find out as Raw rolls across town to Orlando's Amway Arena.

After a legendary 36-year career, Ric Flair was defeated by Shawn Michaels, and given a standing ovation by the 74,365 at the Citrus Bowl. How will The Showstopper deal with the emotions involved in ending the career of his friend and 16-time World Champion? And while Flair is forbidden to compete in the ring again, will this be the last we see of the Dirtiest Player in the Game?

And with Beth Phoenix & Melina topping Maria Kanellis & Ashley Massaro in their BunnyMania Lumberjack Match at WrestleMania, who will rise up from the WWE Divas division to challenge the powerful Glamazon and make a move on her cherished title?

Here are the Wrestlemania results for a great Wrestlemania XXIV...

Before the show aired, Kane won the 24-man battle royal and will face Chave Guerrero for the ECW title later in the show.

John Legend opens the show with a great rendition of "America the Beautiful," as a video package airs and Jim Ross welcomes viewers to Wrestlemania XXIV.

Belfast Brawl: JBL vs Finlay
JBL throws Hornwaggle to the floor and Finlay retaliates by hitting JBL’s head against the announcer’s table. Finlay dives under the top rope after JBL on the outside, who takes him down with a garbage can lid in midair – OUCH! JBL throws garbage can at Hornswaggle who is outside the ring and goes for Finlay. Finlay fights back – gets JBL into a rolling fireman’s carry. Slams JBL into the table that was propped up in the corner! JBL clotheslines Finlay with the Clothesline from Hell and he’s down for the count!
Winner: JBL

Kim Kardashian - the guest hostess with giant boobs – announces what is going on with the Money in the Bank Match. Mr. Kennedy comes out and says he’ll be the only man to win it twice. Then, it's match time...

John Morrison vs. Carlito vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. CM Punk vs. Mr. Kennedy vs. MVP vs. Chris Jericho
There's pandemonium pretty much right away. Shelton Benjamin falls off the ladder in the middle of the ring onto a ladder on the outside of the ring . Chris Jericho and Morrison on top of a ladder – Jericho giving Morrison a domino stretch on the top of the ladder while Kennedy climbs up another ladder and takes advantage. Jericho and Kennedy going against each other on two ladders. CM Punk and Carlito jump from the rops onto the ladders. Kennedy CM Punk and Carlito down. Carlito gives Jericho backstabber off the ladders – Carlito looks like he hurt his hand.

MVP is the only one up and goes for the briefcase. Matt Hardy comes from nowhere! Takes MVP down with a twist of fate off of the ladder! Wrestlers are getting back up – Jericho and Carlito going at it. John Morrison gets tipped off of the ladder and lands mid-crotch on the ropes. Carlito goes after Jericho and spits apple in his face. Jericho and CM Punk in the middle going at it, CM Punk won’t give up. Jericho gets hung up on the ladder and can’t get out. CM Punk gets the briefcase. Wow!
Winner: CM Punk

Brand Supremacy Match: Batista vs. Umaga
Spinning heel kick by Umanga with some serious air. Umaga kick right to Batista’s head. Umaga dominating the match, throwing Batista into the turnbuckle and doing some nerve holds. Match is fairly boring for a pair of big men. Batista gets the upper hand and enacts a huge Batista Bomb. Gets the pinfall.
Winner: Batista

ECW Championship: Chavo Guerrero vs. Kane
Kane enters from the back of the ring and surprises Chavo. He immediately slams and pins Chavo. Thank goodness. Some love for Kane finally!
Winner: Kane

Career Threatening Match: Shawn Michaels vs. Ric Flair
After a lot of back and forth, both men are down in the middle of the ring. Michaels drops and elbow off the top rope. Michaels is tuning up but doesn’t superkick him. Flair gets him into the figure four! Michaels reverses it and got out.

More chops to the chest. The two going at it – at one point Michaels tries to bridge out but his ribs won’t let him. Flair takes HBK’s knee down with his shoulder and HBK is down. Flair goes for the figure four but HBK twists him out. Figure four back on! HBK gets to the ropes and Flair starts kicking him. Michaels gives him some sweet chin music!! One, two, KICK OUT!!!

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Many fans have been wondering how the Floyd Mayweather/Big Show match will go down tonight. Will it be boxing? Wrestling? A combination of both?

Now that the company has announced an "anything goes" stipulation to the bout, many WWE officials are not optimistic about how it will turn out.

Despite the fact that he's been training hard for the match, Mayweather has been reportedly slow to pick up many of the basics of pro wrestling.

Triple H has been assigned the task of trying to save the match from being a disaster. He's been working closely with Mayweather and Big Show over the past few days. Expect the match to be heavily scripted.

Source: PWTorch.com

How will this, and other Wrestlemania matches, play out? Visit The Wrestling Post tomorrow for a full Wrestlemania XXIV recap!

As WWE fans have known for awhile, Ric Flair is part of the 2008 Hall of Fame class. Here's a look and a listen at The Nature Boy receiving the honor:

Greeting, wrestling fans.

The Wrestling Post staff is on vacation - we need a few days off to get ready for the Edge/Undertaker and Triple H/John Cena/Randy Orton championship matches - but we'll return in time to recap Wrestlemania XXIV next week.

Thanks for your patience and we look forward to providing the most detailed Wrestlemania recap on the Web first thing Monday morning.

Until then, comment in our forums (because they're fun) and check out our gallery of WWE Divas (because they're hot). See you next week.

Check out the updated card for TNA Lockdown on Sunday, April 13. All matches will take place inside the Six Sides of Steel Cage...

TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match
- Kurt Angle (c) vs. Samoa Joe

Lethal Lockdown Match
- Team Cage (Christian Cage, Kevin Nash, Rhino & ?) vs. Team Tomko (Tomko, AJ Styles & Team 3D)

Xscape Match for the TNA X Division Championship
- "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal (c) vs. Curry Man vs. Sonjay Dutt vs. ?? vs. ?? vs. ??

Mixed Tag Team Match
- Booker T & Sharmell vs. Robert Roode & Payton Banks

- BG James vs. Kip James

- TNA Women's Champion Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed vs. Gail Kim & ODB

Here are a couple TNA Wrestling tidbits that may interest fans:

- TNA has announced Sting will return at next week's first-ever live edition of iMPACT! The legend will do a live interview. Also announced for the show are Kurt Angle vs. AJ Styles & Tomko, Awesome Kong in action and more.

- After a successful house show tour of the north east last month, TNA Wrestling is returning to Vermont and New York in May. The details:

THURSDAY, MAY 8: BARRE, VERMONT
TNA Live at the Barre Auditorium, 7pm bell time. Tickets go on sale March 28 at www.flynncenter.org

FRIDAY, MAY 9: DERBY, VERMONT
TNA Live at the Indoor Recreation of Orleans County (IROC), 7pm bell time. Tickets go on sale March 28 at www.iroc.org/tna.html

SATURDAY, MAY 10: PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK
TNA Live at the Crete Civic Center, 1pm bell time. Tickets go on sale March 28 at www.flynncenter.org

Stone Cold Steve Austin was interviewed this week by Great Britan's The Sun. Here are highlights:

Austin on having one more match: “I take that never say never approach to having a last match. For a while I just said: ‘No, it will never happen' but who knows? And I’m not saying this to get everybody up. It would have to be the most perfect set up in the whole world and all the stars to align for it to happen. The chances are few and far between but could it? Damn. Maybe."

On Hulk Hogan slamming him: “He’s just a bitter, insecure guy. I give him all the credit in the world, because I’ve watched a lot of his career unfold and the Hulkamania thing was one of the biggest things ever. But believe me I’ve been around the entertainment business since the back end of 1989, and if there’s one thing you’re going to find out it’s that if you’ve got thin skin you’re probably in the wrong business.

So there’s not a damn thing Hogan can say to rile me up or charge me up. I’m secure in the career that I’ve had and everything I did. It makes me laugh when he’s got to do that, because I really think it makes him look like a chump.”

The following Smackdown tapings for this week will air tomorrow night... 

- Batista defeated Deuce & Domino.

- The WWE Diva Competition featured arm wrestling with Cherry, Eve, Victoria and Michelle McCool. It came down to Victoria and Michelle, with Michelle coming out on top. It was stated that Victoria was then voted off by the fans.

- Big Show defeated three wrestlers in a squash match (two of the wrestlers were former TNA stars The Naturals - Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas).

- World Heavyweight Champion Edge defeated Funaki.

- VIP Lounge: MVP's guest was WWE Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho. They had a briefcase hanging over the ring. Both MVP and Jericho started arguing. The segment ended with MVP climbing up a ladder to get the briefcase, while Jericho pushed him off.

- Kane vs. Chuck Palumbo ended in a No Contest when The Great Khali and Mark Henry hit the ring to break it up.

- John Morrison & The Miz defeated Jesse & Festus to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles.

- The Undertaker defeated ECW Champion Chavo Guerrero in a Non-Title Match. After the match, Edge and The Edgeheads hit the ring to take out Undertaker.