TNA iMPACT! Rating Is In, More On Cade's WWE Firing, Austin Note, 'Mania
The 10/16 edition of TNA iMPACT! did a 1.1 cable rating.
Jim Ross is back with another blog from his official website, which can be read at JrsBarBQ.com in its entirety. Ross talks about a number of topics this week but the most newsworthy piece was Ross giving new details on Lance Cade's WWE release. Here's what Ross said: Lance Cade had his WWE contract terminated a few days ago which completely caught me off guard. As I wrote a few days ago, I was and still am a fan of Lance's and was shocked when I heard news of his dismissal. I feel confident that Lance will rebound from this misstep and find the success that many feel he deserves. Nonetheless, for some to compare Lance's incident where he had a seizure on an airplane that necessitated an emergency trip to a hospital with Jeff Hardy being asked to leave a plane because it was perceived that he was allegedly intoxicated seems like a stretch to me. Neither individual was on the right side of the equation of their respective issues but Lance, unfortunately, came too close for comfort by incurring a life threatening seizure and put the WWE in a position to make a really tough call. Could this matter have been handled better? I have no idea as I was not in the loop, thankfully, but I do feel that at some point in the future, and this is simply my opinion, after enough water has gone under the bridge that both parties could well do business again with each other.
Rock legend Alice Cooper was on Canadian interview show "The Hour" with George Stroumboulopoulos this week was asked about his appearance at Wrestlemania III back in 1987. Alice responded: "That was one of the most terrifying things in the world ? you talk about the Manson murders being terrifying, how 'bout 90,000 people ? wrestling fans ? 60,000 of them blue-haired old ladies screaming for blood, and I'm going 'I hope this isn't my audience. My audience isn't as crazy as this.' That was the craziest audience in the world. They really were. And I kept thinking, 'They don't really believe this do they? They don't really believe this is real, do they?' And I think they did."
Stone Cold Steve Austin is finishing up work on his new movie "Damages" today in Vancouver, British Columbia. The film centers around an underground fighting scene. Austin is the lead in the movie as "John Brickner", a recently paroled convict who is forced to involve himself in the illegal underground fighting world. Damages is Austin's first leading role outisde of WWE Films.