Joe's 411: B/R Pro-Wrestling News

First off, RAW in Birmingham, Ala., was great. Loved every second of it, and we got to see a title change hands and on top of seeing parking lot brawl between Randy Orton and Ric Flair. But enough about RAW in my hometown, on to what you came for, the 411.

Samoa Joe News

This is actually a bit of breaking news if you will, Samoa Joe actually hurt a few of his fingers yesterday and just updated his official Twitter account and said he hurt himself again. Here is what he had to say:

"Just left Boise State training facility was told I have a torn my triceps in addition to broken fingers. Sweet!....."

This is terrible for TNA right now. He is just now getting back into the main event picture, and he is supposed to be taking out the Main Event Mafia one by one. Also, we know now that "Taz" will be making his way to TNA.

He is allegedly the man behind the new persona/image of Samoa Joe. TNA has been throwing hints out as to who it is, but they have yet to actually show him on TNA television.

I would think Taz would come out, because of his popularity, at a PPV. He has not been able to be on TNA TV for a while because of a supposed no-compete clause.

I would think because Taz left the WWE after his contract with them expired, that he would be able to do whatever he wanted.

But I guess not. In any case, it is not clear how much time Joe will miss, but torn triceps are not comfortable what so ever.

I would think he would be out a few months. Unless TNA decides to have him just do sneak attacks and no real wrestling in the ring, he will have to stay out.

I would think because Joe is so important to the storylines going on right now, and that he needs to stick around for the new image to pay off where Taz comes to TV, that TNA will most likely be considering that. 

More Kennedy news

Looks like Mr. Kennedy was not liked by a few others behind the scenes. Orton was one of the people to go to Vince McMahon and complain about Kennedy's in ring work.

McMahon was said to already be in a bad mood that night over the whole Denver Debacle Situation.

No one was named directly, but it was said to be multi-time World Champions who said something. Which I would think you could fill in the blanks yourself there.

On the plane ride home, Vince basically went nuts and put him on the "do not call list." While Kennedy was not fired on the spot and fired Friday, the plans to have him released actually started the moment Orton said something to him.

For those of you who do not know what the "Do not call list" is, it is the list that very few are on where the WWE basically refuses to have them back in the company.

Many believe the wrestling business to be a "never say never" business, however the WWE has not brought back anyone on that list according the Wrestling Observer.

A few examples include: Raven, Chyna, and Kanyon.

So putting Kennedy on that list is a bit harsh because these people did do a few things you could understand to be bad for the WWE.

Kennedy has botched moves in the past, but that is no reason to release him for a few moves he missed. Even if it was on top stars in the company.

If that were the case guys like Mark Henry and Batista would have been released a while back. However they are still with the company aren't they.

I think Vince was a bit harsh to put him on that list, especially if he becomes a big star outside of the WWE.

Bobby Lashley update

It seems that TNA has yet to sign Bobby Lashley, despite having him come in and point and walk around as if something big will happen.

It kind of makes me wonder why they would bring him in and have the TNA fans excited when they never came to a long-term deal.

Lashley did get a three-day deal with them for the LockDown PPV and 2 TNA iMPACT tapings, he also filmed some for a third iMPACT show but it was done under the deal for the three days he was contracted. They split them apart to keep him in the TNA spotlight.

Lashley has stated that he will not sign anything with TNA until after his fight with Bob Sapp on June 27. So it looks like it won't be until the middle of July at the earliest before we see Lashley in TNA.

He is listening to deals from them, of course, but he has claimed he will NOT sign anything yet. I think it makes sense, considering he could be injured in the fight with Sapp.

And if TNA has him sign a deal he cannot live up to, he would have to wrestle being unable to. Also, TNA would be out of pocket money wise if Lashley is out of commission too.

Both parties would lose, so Lashley's idea of waiting makes sense in the long run and it is something fans should respect.

More on TNA

It seems an unlikely TNA segment got the most views from fans. It was the TNA Knockout Title match signing with Awesome Kong and Angelina love that drew 130,000 views.

To me it proves to TNA that the fans like the Knockouts, especially the Knockouts Champion Angelina Love.

So maybe they should make a main event or two with the Knockouts; I'm just saying.

The supposed No. 1 guy in Kurt Angle lost views, because his match with Matt Morgan followed the signing and it drew 101,000 views. So obviously fans love the Knockouts.

I think maybe TNA should respect them more, go with what works, that is what I say.

WWE RAW Rating

RAW's rating was up this week compared to last week, nothing like a trip to Sweet Home Alabama to boost everyone spirits.

It drew a final rating of a 3.4 but did hours of a 3.23 and 3.6. This was great for the WWE, also they didn't have to compete with the NBA Playoffs either. So that was good for them.

They did lose again to "Jon and Kate Plus 8" again, as did many others. If you are not familiar with the show, it is about a family with eight kids screaming with a power-hungry mother yelling at her husband and treating him like a dog the entire time on the show.

I would cheat too, Jon, Kate is the dog if you know what I am saying.

Maybe the WWE should pull a Jon and Kate Plus 8 and have Triple H cheat on Stephanie McMahon Helmsley. I'll keep you updated.

Small 411

Torrie Wilson is on "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here" on NBC. It was on last night and will be on tonight, tomorrow, and the next day. The vote offs start on tonight's show.

The men won the immunity challenge, so the women will be the ones voted on. So everyone vote for Torrie Wilson! She is wearing a bikini half the time, do we really want to see her go?

Santino is said to be John Cena's best friend in the WWE right now, Cena revealed in an interview. He claimed Santino is into country music, who would have known that an Italian likes Country Music?

That is all for the 411 today. Make sure to check them all out.

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